Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist- Specialist Surgery Therapy Team

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, experienced band 5, or band 6, physiotherapist to work in the Specialist Surgery team at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. The team provides inpatient therapy services for the regional vascular surgery unit and a variety of other surgical specialties, including GI, ENT and urology.

You will join our dynamic team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists and therapy support workers to provide specialist assessment and holistic therapy across the surgical wards. Working with the multi-disciplinary team to promote recovery, and maximise independence, for patients following surgery or illness., You will be required to use therapeutic assessment and clinical reasoning skills to provide a high-quality physiotherapy service on the surgical wards at Heartlands Hospital.

Possessing excellent communication, prioritisation and organisational skills, you will have experience of working collaboratively with a surgical multidisciplinary team to deliver patient centred care.

Understanding the importance of timely, effective physiotherapy intervention to optimise patient outcomes you will complete all clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner whilst maintain associated records.

Assisting with supervision, education and co-ordination of band 5 therapists, generic therapy support workers, and students, you will contribute to the development and improvement of the specialist surgery therapy service.

You will participate in the 7-day working rota with the specialist surgery team, and the respiratory physiotherapy on call rota.

The role requires experience of working in an appropriate surgical specialty within an acute hospital setting, as well as excellent communication, organisation and clinical skills. The successful candidate will need to work flexibly within a large team and contribute to the appraisal and development of staff and students. In return you will gain support from the Band 7 team leaders and the opportunity to further develop your leadership, clinical, and service improvement skills.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.