An opportunity has arisen within our B6 MSK physiotherapy rotation to cover a secondment providing high quality physiotherapy to the clinical areas of Rheumatology, inpatient and outpatients, MSK outpatients and Trauma and elective orthopaedics.
Rotations last 9 months and you will have the opportunity to perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients who have diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions.
The RUH offers opportunity to work in a progressive and friendly integrated therapies department. This role will allow the advancement of clinical skills and knowledge in various specialist areas as well as encouraging development of leadership skills including supervision, recruitment skills, service development and project management.
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of own patient caseload. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management, and support more junior staff to do likewise.
- To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies. To use advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to analyse and provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
- To formulate accurate prognoses and recommend best course of intervention, developing comprehensive discharge plans.
- Formulate and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on an advanced knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment
- To be responsible for clinically and managerially supervising, educating and assessing student physiotherapists to graduate level on physiotherapeutic skills and knowledge within all clinical areas.
- Teach, assess and contribute to the performance assessment and appraisal of newly qualified physiotherapists, physiotherapy assistant staff and technical instructors.
At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Suzanne Riggs Job title: B7 Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Team Lead Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01225428331
