Barts Health NHS Trust are searching for an experienced Band 7 Surgical Therapist to join their highly skilled team.
Barts Health is one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers and the largest trust in the NHS. It was created on 1 April 2012 by bringing together three trusts: Barts and The London NHS Trust, Newham University Hospital NHS Trust and Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust. The new trust has a turnover of approximately £1.1 billion and approximately 15,000 employees.
Together our hospitals - Newham University Hospital in Plaistow, St Bartholomew’s (Barts) in the city, The Royal London in Whitechapel, The London Chest in Bethnal Green and Whipps Cross in Leytonstone - deliver high quality clinical care to the people of east London and further afield.
The hospitals offer a full portfolio of services that serve the needs of the local community and are home to some of Britain’s leading specialist centres including cancer, cardiac, trauma and emergency care. Barts Health also has one of the UK’s busiest children’s hospitals and internationally renowned surgical facilities.
- Job Purpose:
To provide clinical leadership across the RLH Surgical & Vascular pathway.
- Undertake a Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy role, planning, co-ordinating, delivering, and evaluating the physiotherapy/occupational therapy service provided for patients across Surgical & Vascular Pathway.
- To take a lead role in the assessment, treatment, and management of complex patients including those who have had surgeries under the specialities of general surgery, elective orthopaedics, gynae-oncology, neuro-surgery, neuro-oncology, trauma and vascular. The role includes occasional cross cover onto the Vascular ward with patients who have had major amputations.
- To communicate effectively with other health care professionals, social services, and outside particularly regarding patient care, progress, and planning of rehabilitation and/or discharge needs.
Requirements:
- Degree/Equivalent in Physiotherapy
- HCPC registered
- Experience in managing patients with surgical, orthopaedic, respiratory, neuro/gyane oncology and neurological operations/conditions
- Experience of staff supervision
- Experience in leading a team
- Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendance at post graduate courses/training relevant to specialty
- Ability to assess, treat and appropriately discharge patients who have experience surgery for a wide range of conditions, including those with complex presentations, demonstrating evidence based practice (EBP)
- Ability to work autonomously, prioritise, organise and delegate a caseload of complex patients for self and wider team
- Ability to identify patients deteriorating function and take appropriate action
- Ability to work in and lead a multi-disciplinary team
Why Join Barts Health?
- Be part of a diverse and inclusive team committed to excellence
- Access to NHS benefits including pension scheme and generous annual leave
- Work in a state-of-the-art facility at the heart of East London
- Contribute to a service that supports over 2.5 million people across London
- Access to free Core Skills training via Bank Partners
Apply now for this superb opportunity by attaching your CV, and a member of our recruitment team will be in contact with you shortly.
Bank Partners is an employment agency/employment business (as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003) and is acting on behalf of its client in relation to this vacancy.