Job overview
Highly Specialist Physiotherapist or Exercise Physiologist in Cancer Care
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work at one of the UK’s largest NHS Trusts. We are looking for a Band 7 Physiotherapist or Exercise Physiologist who is ready for new challenges or an experienced Band 6 who is seeking promotional opportunities to join our prehabilitation team.
We are pleased to be expanding our well-established team to continue providing a trust wide prehabilitation service. The successful post holder will hold a leading role in the on-going development and running of a multidisciplinary prehabilitation service. The post-holder, supported by the clinical leads, will work alongside a dietician and occupational therapist as well as managing a team of 4 exercise physiologists across the trust to deliver a service that will not only reduce complications from hospital treatment but aim to improve patients’ long-term health as they adopt lifestyle changes. The post-holder will also work closely with the wider multi-disciplinary teams including surgeons, oncologists, clinical nurse specialists and anaesthetists.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate should be a dedicated, skilled and motivated clinician with a wide breadth of experience in oncology, rehabilitation and the management of long-term conditions as well as having excellent exercise prescription skills. At Bart’s our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation; providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in East London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of care and being an outstanding place to work. For this reason, we recognise the importance of personal and professional development and that it is crucial to the success of our service. We therefore offer a robust teaching and training programme with the opportunity to complete Quality Improvement and Audit projects and we provide a supportive and engaging environment to develop and grow our therapists. As a band 7 you will also have the opportunity to develop your own supervisory and leadership skills through supporting and supervising junior therapists, therapy support workers and students.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Degree/Qualification in physiotherapy or BSc in Physiology/Sports Science or equivalent
2. AHCS registration or HCPC registration
3. Post graduate courses relevant to the clinical speciality
Desirable criteria
4. Evidence of Masters level qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant clinical area
5. Member of special interest group
Experience
Essential criteria
6. Experience working at band 6 or equivalent level
7. Experience of service development and audit.
8. Broad ranging experience in an acute setting including; neurology, surgery, orthopaedics, rehabilitation and oncology and palliative care demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning.
9. Senior experience in an outpatient setting including: musculoskeletal, management of long-term conditions and exercise prescription
10. Experience of clinical education of students, developing educational programmes, teaching and presenting.
11. Experience of multi-professional working
Desirable criteria
12. Previous experience working at a band 7 level.
13. Experience in working within a prehabilitation setting.
14. Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve patient care quality.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
15. Knowledge of cancer treatments and consequences of treatment related side effects.
16. Knowledge of risk factors for morbidity and mortality post-surgery, and how optimisation may mitigate these
17. Knowledge of person centred care, positive psychology, behaviour change and self-management
18. Demonstrate understanding and appropriate application of principles surrounding risk management, Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety
19. Recognises boundaries of own responsibilities.
Desirable criteria
20. Awareness of Local and National Cancer Directives including how prehabilitation fits with personalised care
Skills / personal attributes & abilities:
Essential criteria
21. Highly developed communication skills i.e. Advanced Communication skills or equivalent
22. Advanced exercise prescription skills to maximise physiological adaptations in an often short time period
23. Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines
24. Enthusiasm, commitment, flexibility and self-motivation
25. Ability to communicate effectively and flexibly and to adapt communication style to the needs of patient and staff.
Desirable criteria
26. High level of data collection and analytical skills
27. Previous experience of cardiopulmonary exercise testing
**Visa Sponsorship Information**
Recent changes to UK immigration policy on the Health and Care Visa and Skilled Worker Visa could mean that this role is not eligible for sponsorship or that you may not meet the eligibility criteria.
Sponsorship can only be offered if this post and any individual offered employment meet all the Home Office’s requirements under the UK Skilled Worker visa scheme.
If you are applying from outside the UK or will require sponsorship, please mention this clearly in your application.
To be eligible for sponsorship, the following conditions must be met:
28. Eligible role: The position must be on the UK Skilled Worker visa list. You can check your eligibility here: -.
29. Salary threshold: The role must meet the minimum salary set by the Home Office. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.
30. Skill level: The role must meet the minimum skill requirement of RQF Level 6 or above (graduate level).
31. English language: Applicants must demonstrate English proficiency at CEFR level B2 or higher.
32. Other criteria: Applicants must meet all other criteria as set out by the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)