Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.
We employ just under 5000 staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.
The South West London Collaborative Bank
Kingston Hospital is a part of the local South West London Collaborative and offer competitive bank rates to work across the three NHS trusts: St Georges, Kingston Hospital and Epsom & St Helier. Our Smart App booking system makes life easier for flexible working!
Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits
The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and invests heavily in the wellbeing of its staff. Alongside opportunities for career development, there is a dedicated team of Staff Pastoral Wellbeing Practitioners who work with the Clinical and Corporate divisions, to provide pastoral support to all staff. These Practitioners are part of the wider Health & Wellbeing provision which includes a specialist Staff Physiotherapist, Occupational Health and access to counselling and an Employee Assistance Programme. The team works together to enhance staff wellbeing and to promote a healthy work-life balance.
Recent awards:
- Our Health Heroes Awards 2018 – Staff Retention and Wellbeing Employer of the Year
- HPMA Vivup Award for Well Being 2019
- NHSE National Healthcare Support Worker Award for Innovation and Excellence in Pastoral Support – 2023
- NHSE London Healthcare Support Worker Award for Sustainable Retention Initiative – 2023
Trust Values
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has five key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:
- Caring – Design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants.
- Safe – Make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern as safety comes first
- Responsible – All staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
- Value Each Other – Value each other's contribution
- Inspiring - We always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients
Job overview
We are looking for enthusiastic Band 6 Chartered physiotherapists to join our dynamic team. The post holder will join our Band 6 Respiratory rotation, which includes Intensive Care & Paediatrics, Surgery, Acute Medicine (Acute Respiratory and Acute Assessment Unit), and AIR Team (NIV and Long-term conditions). Individuals need a good experience in a variety of acute medical, respiratory and surgical pathologies and conditions.
We are a very friendly, supportive team who are keen to recruit a physiotherapist who is keen to keep a varied caseload at Band 6 level and who are looking to further expand their knowledge and skills. We actively encourage in-service training and recognise the value of supervision and appraisal.
The successful candidate will participate in weekend and on-call Respiratory duties.
For an informal discussion and/or visit please contact Anna Melvin, Physiotherapy Operational Lead, anna.melvin@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
To provide a high standard, efficient, cost effective, evidence based physiotherapy service to patients admitted across acute medicine, surgery, intensive care unit and the NIV service at Kingston Hospital, to develop the service and to support the team leads.
Working for our organisation
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust cares for more than half a million patients a year, from across Kingston, Richmond, Elmbridge (Surrey), Merton, Wandsworth and Sutton. In 2018, we became the first acute hospital trust in London to be rated “Outstanding” for overall quality and leadership by the national Care Quality Commission regulator.
We have approximately 350 beds and directly employ around 2,900 staff. Our trust provides a full range of diagnostic services and treatment services. Our main site is the Kingston Hospital site but we also run a number of outpatient clinics in the community, including in Raynes Park, Surbiton, Queen Mary's Roehampton and Teddington.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
Person specification
Knowledge
Desirable criteria
1. Working knowledge of a broad range of complex medical and surgical conditions
2. Knowledge of research
Education, Experience, Skills
Essential criteria
3. BSc in Physiotherapy
4. HCPC registration
5. Band 5 experience as a physiotherapist including rotations in orthopaedics, neurology, MSk and respiratory.
6. Experience of working in a rehabilitation setting
7. Experience of working in the acute NHS environment
8. Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner
9. Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
10. Ability to work as team member
11. Ability communicate, educate, motivate and negotiate effectively with staff,patients and carers
Desirable criteria
12. Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (MCSP)
13. Student or physiotherapy assistant supervision
14. Participation in respiratory on call/weekend physiotherapy service
15. Involvement in audit, research and understanding quality issues
Your application : Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References : You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date : In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting : You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS : Kingston Hospital NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Salary :
For applicants without prior NHS experience at the same pay band or higher, the salary will start at the lower value within the advertised range.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.