This is a rare and exciting opportunity for someone who wants to specialise in the area of Hands, Burns and Plastics and feels ready to take the next step in their career to working as a Band 7. This is an opportunity for a highly skilled physiotherapist who is passionate about working with people who have undergone a hand injury/surgery, burns of varying significance or plastic surgery. The hours are full time and are based predominantly at the City Campus of NUH but at least one half day per week at Queens Medical Centre to cover the paediatric aspect of this workload.
The main clinical aspect of the role will involve working with hand out patients, post trauma/surgery/elective surgery. On a lesser scale it will involve some inpatient activity with general burns and plastic patients following injury/surgery of varying significance.
You will ensure the smooth, safe and efficient running of both the adult and paediatric burns & plastic physiotherapy service and in conjunction with the band 8a ensure all staff are trained and governance issues within the service are monitored/updated.
You will work alongside a very experienced band 8a and within a very supportive and friendly team of consultants, nursing staff, occupational therapists and psychologists.
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The successful candidate will be based on Burns and Plastics physiotherapy team at City and QMC Campus. You will work alongside the Leadership team, and Consultant Physiotherapist delivering senior leadership to this service. You will be expected to have a broad base of acute skills and must have strong clinical knowledge and experience of working with this client group. Due to the acute nature of the post you will have the skills to treat these patients as well as provide training and development of junior staff. Working alongside the Consultant Physiotherapist, your role will be key in the operational delivery of the service.
As a large acute teaching hospital over two main sites, NUH has a range of fantastic opportunities for staff to develop their careers within the NHS. NUH Therapy Services is a supportive department with a robust appraisal process and many learning opportunities for our staff. The Physiotherapy service is part of the Therapies and Rehabilitation Services pathway, which is one of the pathways that together make up the Clinical Support Division at NUH. We are a diverse pathway of AHPs and support staff, employing over 600 staff, who works together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to. Our HCPC registered AHP professionals comprise of physiotherapists, dietitians, occupational therapists, orthotists, prosthetists and speech and language therapists. We have a Chief AHP to lead us on our strategic direction. There are also Practice Development Therapists to support career development for all.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sue Brisco Job title: Therapy Service Manager Email address: s.brisco@nhs.net Telephone number: 07812268700
Alison Reeeves - Team Lead Physiotherapist Burns & Plastics
alison.reeves13@nhs.net
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