The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service. Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by: Putting patients first Aiming to get it right Recognising that everybody counts Doing everything openly and honestly ‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England' Job overview BAND 5 PHYSIOTHERAPIST - ROTATIONAL Full Time | 9-Month Fixed Term Contract We are pleased to offer an opportunity to join our amazing Integrated Therapy Team at the James Paget University Hospital, consisting of occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians and assistants working seamlessly together. Our diverse Band 5 rotations include: Orthopaedics Stroke Acute Medicine General Surgery Acute Respiratory/ICU Early Intervention Team/FAU Pelvic Health Paediatrics Rotations are six months long giving you time to develop and embed new skills before transferring to the next rotational area. We have a positive relationship with our community partners enabling us to offer opportunities to experience acute and community working. We offer excellent supervision, training and skill development opportunities within each specialism provided by supportive clinicians and also opportunities to gain skills such as student supervision, audits and service development projects. We have a strong reputation for home grown career progression through welcoming every new team member and supporting them to settle, develop and grow. We are large enough to offer a number of rotational experiences but small enough to be able to respond quickly in delivering services in response to patient needs. Onsite parking is available, and car shares are possible. Advert As a Band 5 Rotational Physiotherapist, you will be responsible for your own caseload, working within a fast paced, pressured and energetic environment. You will need good organisational and time management skills to prioritise and manage your caseload. You will be responsible for ensuring the use of effective assessment skills to identify, formulate, implement and evaluate individualised treatment plans based on analytical and clinical reasoning skills. Assessments will primarily take place within the hospital with a holistic approach considering cognitive, physical and social aspects of each individual’s life. You will need to have effective communication skills to ensure a successful multidisciplinary approach to patient care and be in regular discussions with a variety of people such as patients, carers/relatives, your immediate therapy team, the wider multidisciplinary team, community partners, discharge teams etc. You will also need to be able to demonstrate management of barriers to communication such as loss of hearing/expressive and receptive dysphasia/pain/fear and be able to motivate patients to maximise their potential whether it is around rehabilitation or planning safe and effective discharges. You will also have non-clinical duties such as being a member of team meetings and peer support groups, partake in service development ideas, training and supervision of students and therapy assistant practitioners. Working for our organisation JPUH is a vibrant university hospital providing the best possible care to the people of east Norfolk and north Suffolk. Situated on the coast with beautiful beaches and the Broads National Park on the doorstep we are within commuting distance of Norwich City. We are the largest local employer in the area. Service improvement: The Integrated Therapy Department is positive and forward thinking, always striving to improve services particularly in current challenging times with the COVID pandemic. Our links with the Research Department is growing with joint projects being worked on. Our therapists represent the Trust at CSP, RCOT, BOA and BGS conferences. Personal and professional development is key. We are developing our research and innovation strategy in line with the national AHP Strategy. We will support you in achieving your career goals through our well-structured supervision and appraisal system, actively encouraging utilisation of training courses (clinical, non-clinical and leadership skills) with use of CPD funding. We also have a Band 5 peer support group with a newly established training programme. Development of others: You will be supported to provide education to your team but also to our wider workforce. We also support development of our future workforce through our close links with the University of East Anglia, Suffolk College and City College Norwich. Detailed job description and main responsibilities The Band 5 Rotations cover the following clinical areas: Orthopaedic Trauma: Working as part of a proactive MDT to provide a nationally recognised femoral fracture pathway and other trauma, including spinal cord injury, as part of the East of England trauma network Elective Orthopaedics: Working to deliver an established elective enhanced recovery programme and a range of day case including day case hip and knee surgery Stroke: Providing hyper acute and acute rehabilitation working to national stroke metrics and using a range of neuro-rehabilitation approaches Acute Medicine: Working as part of the MDT with opportunities to work on our frailty ward and across general medical wards providing early functional assessment and rehabilitation to aid discharge or with our neurological patients and palliative care providing specialist input to patients with acute neurological conditions & supporting palliative patients to improve their quality of life General Surgery/ICU: Providing specialist respiratory management within ICU and enhancing patients’ surgical pathway to reduce complications and increase independence Acute Respiratory/ICU: Working as part of the MDT to provide specialist respiratory management within ICU and the acute medical wards using a range of respiratory skills Early Intervention Team: Working within Accident & Emergency, the Emergency Assessment and Discharge Unit and the Acute Frailty Unit to facilitate early supported discharge and prevent unnecessary admissions Pelvic Health: Providing early recovery advice and support to postnatal and post-operative patients, and will include working with exciting service changes with the soon-to-be-launched Perinatal Pelvic Health Service, one of 13 early implementer sites across the UK Paediatrics: A newly added rotation based within the community team The main responsibilities for working within each area are: To deliver a physiotherapy service including working with patients both in hospital and community settings who have a range of complex needs With support, to be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management To undertake work in a variety of clinical areas as per the rotation which will provide a broad base for both personal and professional development To assess capacity, gain informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment To be an active member of the respiratory on-call rota (weekday evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays). On these occasions being the only respiratory physiotherapist on duty, although it might be possible to access advice by telephone To assist senior staff in the provision of advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote understanding of the aims of physiotherapy and to ensure a co-ordinated approach to patient care To work a rostered seven-day service within the James Paget University Hospital or in a community health setting as required To collect data/statistics as directed by the Team Leader or Integrated Therapies Clinical Lead To be responsible for equipment used, and to adhere to departmental policies including competence to use equipment To maintain a proactive professional approach being responsible for own Clinical Professional Development (CPD), actively reading around any updates/developments and incorporate them as necessary into your work To maintain comprehensive and accurate assessment and treatment records in line with legal and departmental requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of letters and reports To identify objectives for personal development together with senior staff To participate in the evaluation of your work and current practices through audit and critical appraisal To participate in providing clinical shadowing experiences for physiotherapy students being supervised by senior staff on their introductory placement, and to explain the role of the physiotherapist to department visitors. To assist senior staff in the training of students and support staff To be an active participant in team/department service development To support joint working with our community colleagues Please see the attached Job Description for more details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role. Please watch the following videos for an insight into our Integrated Therapies Department: Landscape version: https://youtu.be/tklpzav7UrU Portrait version: https://youtube.com/shorts/U4lwU9T1wKA?feature=share The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. ‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England' Tier 2 Sponsorship : We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available. Applying for entry clearance into the UK, must provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement. Visa and Immigration If you are wishing to apply for this role and would require sponsorship (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer), you can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job. James Paget Hospitals uses tools to screen any applications generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Please check your account regularly under “My Applications” to view the progress of your applications. If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. In submitting an application form, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Please note that should we experience a high level of interest in this post, the vacancy may be closed prior to the stated closing date.