Highly Specialist Physiotherapist or Exercise Physiologist Cancer Care
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.
About us
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.
Job 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
* Degree/Qualification in physiotherapy or BSc in Physiology/Sports Science or equivalent
* AHCS registration or HCPC registration
* Post graduate courses relevant to the clinical speciality
* Evidence of Masters level qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant clinical area
* Member of special interest group
Experience
* Experience working at band 6 or equivalent level
* Experience of service development and audit.
* Broad ranging experience in an acute setting including; neurology, surgery, orthopaedics, rehabilitation and oncology and palliative care demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning.
* Senior experience in an outpatient setting including: musculoskeletal, management of long‑term conditions and exercise prescription
* Experience of clinical education of students, developing educational programmes, teaching and presenting.
* Experience of multi‑professional working
* Previous experience working at a band 7 level.
* Experience in working within a prehabilitation setting.
* Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve patient care quality.
Knowledge
* Knowledge of cancer treatments and consequences of treatment related side effects.
* Knowledge of risk factors for morbidity and mortality post‑surgery, and how optimisation may mitigate these
* Knowledge of person centred care, positive psychology, behaviour change and self‑management
* Demonstrate understanding and appropriate application of principles surrounding risk management, Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety
* Recognises boundaries of own responsibilities.
* Awareness of Local and National Cancer Directives including how prehabilitation fits with personalised care
Skills / personal attributes & abilities:
* Highly developed communication skills i.e. Advanced Communication skills or equivalent
* Advanced exercise prescription skills to maximise physiological adaptations in an often short time period
* Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines
* Enthusiasm, commitment, flexibility and self‑motivation
* Ability to communicate effectively and flexibly and to adapt communication style to the needs of patient and staff.
* High level of data collection and analytical skills
* Previous experience of cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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