Overview
Bank Band 6 Physiotherapist – Farnham Hospital
Job Introduction
We are looking for a highly motivated Bank Band 6 physiotherapist to support the rehabilitation service at Farnham hospital. The role is comprised of 2 x 9-month rotations.
- Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation on Runfold ward, with some additional care of the elderly/neuro rehabilitation
- Split 60:40 neuro outpatients and community rehabilitation.
You will be working as part of the multidisciplinary team working to provide rehabilitation for a wide range of neurological conditions. These patients may have acute or chronic neurological impairments often with complex presentations. In the inpatient stroke rehabilitation setting there will also be some input into Older peoples Rehabilitation .
You will be supported in the role by team leads who will steer the development of your role and clinical skills.
We actively participate in clinical supervision, in-service training and have an appraisal system to help develop you personally and your CPD. We also have a wide range of on-line training programmes to support your personal development. We support Band 5 physiotherapists on rotation and students from London and more local universities.
Base
Runfold ward, Farnham Hospital, Hale Road, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 0QS
The service operates Monday to Friday between 8:30am and 4:30pm with the occasional weekend and bank holiday working requirement.
Main Responsibility
As a Bank Band 6 Physiotherapist you will:
- To deliver high quality evidence-based treatment and rehabilitation to support the management of patients with a range of conditions.
- To maintain accurate records in line with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy standards and Trust and service standards and policies.
- To communicate effectively with all disciplines involved in patient care, both within the organisation and those outside to ensure effective multidisciplinary working. This will include discussion of patient care, patient progress and involvement in discharge planning.
- To be able to communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, carers and other staff which may include imparting unwelcome news.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times
- Assess patients understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
- To have knowledge of and ability to use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients. This may include patients who will have difficulties in understanding or communicating, e.g. patients who may be deaf, blind, or be unable to accept diagnosis or presenting condition or who have cognitive and behavioural problems.
- To appreciate cultural & religious differences and take these into account when agreeing treatment plans with patients.
For a full list of responsibilities please see the attached job description.
The Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate will have:
- Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
- Membership of the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- A minimum of 1 years post registration experience across a variety of rotations
- A full UK driving licence and access to a car due to the community aspect of this role
- NHS experience.
Package Description
As a Bank Band 6 Physiotherapist, you’ll be part of our valued team at Farnham Hospital.
You will feel valued as an Bank Band 6 Physiotherapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £23.06 an hour
- Self-booking and access to all bank shifts! Staff are given access to all Bank shifts within their Business Unit and can self-book providing they meet the shift requirements.
- Request a Duty – Staff can make shifts or Day Off requests prior to the creation of a roster up to six weeks in advance. This helps promote a better work life balance and allows for personal commitments to be met
- HCRG Care Group is pleased to offer access to Wagestream – which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees – simply get paid as you go.
- Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards
- Opportunities to work in different areas and various different services to gain new knowledge and experience
- Access to our Strive for Better networks, a national support and professional network made up of NHS professionals like you, giving you the chance to constantly develop industry-leading care and quality
- Access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
- Free statutory and mandatory training, as well as access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills and in-house opportunities continuing your professional development
- Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
- Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual “Ask our Executives” event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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