Specialist Physiotherapist in Sheffield

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

We are looking for an experienced Physiotherapist to work within the spinal injuries therapy team at the Princess Royal Spinal Injuries Centre at the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield. The Princess Royal Spinal Injuries Centre is a modern 60 bedded, Supra Regional Centre for patients who have sustained spinal cord damage as a result of trauma or pathology. Patients are accepted from a wide catchment area that covers South Yorkshire and much of the east of England. The Physiotherapy department offers a service to all 3 spinal injury wards from a patient’s initial admission, through to discharge and readmission as well as outpatients. The Centre has 6 beds dedicated to ventilator dependent patients. The Spinal Injuries Physiotherapy Department includes a designated gym, hydrotherapy pool, weights room and access to a Sports Hall. There is a well-established multi-disciplinary team where all members work collaboratively in the assessment and management of the patient. This post offers excellent personal and professional development opportunities within a well established team. As well as offering a specialist service to our catchment area the Centre also has links with the other Spinal Injuries Centres across the United Kingdom and Ireland and liaises regularly regarding the provision of quality services to this patient group.

Main duties of the job:

• Appropriate knowledge and skills to manage a complex neurological caseload
• Previous NHS experience of working with spinal cord injury patients at a Band 5 or Band 6 level
• Evidence of commitment to continuous personal and professional development
• Good basic knowledge of therapy practice for medicine and orthopaedic conditions
• Competency in Physiotherapy clinical reasoning, processes and practices
• Effective interpersonal, communication and team working skills
• Awareness and evidence of application of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals PROUD Values
• A full UK driving license and permissions to drive a manual car

Candidates should possess a BSc/Diploma in Physiotherapy and current HCPC registration. The role offers the opportunity for personal and professional development across a framework of clinical practice, education, leadership, quality improvement and research.

Professional development opportunities:

• Supervision and mentorship of therapy staff and students
• Variety of teaching/training opportunities within the team, division and Acute Therapy Services, as well as external agencies
• Organisation of service delivery and development of line management responsibilities
• Participation in a range of clinical governance/assurance and service development projects

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives. Therapy Services provides a weekend and Bank Holiday service. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the in-house spinal Injuries on-call and weekend roster as part of their regular shift pattern.

Person specification:

• BSc in Physiotherapy or equivalent
• HCPC registration
• Post-registration NHS experience as a Physiotherapist
• Post-registration knowledge and skill to manage a complex specialist caseload in the relevant clinical speciality applied for
• Clear demonstration of understanding of NHS admission/referral/rehabilitation pathways for respiratory patients
• Experience and skills in teaching and development of staff and students
• Experience in emergency respiratory on call including weekend work (PT only)
• Evidence of continuous personal & professional development
• Good post-registration theoretical and practical knowledge of therapy practice in chosen field
• Evidence-Based Practice/Clinical Effectiveness course
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and team working skills
• Able to maintain confidentiality
• Able to act on own initiative, organise and prioritise work and manage multiple tasks
• Able to maintain accurate written records & statistics utilising relevant IT
• Calm approach to changing work situations
• Able to teach and motivate others
• A full UK driving license and permissions to drive a manual car
• Understanding of stress and ability to help others cope under pressure

Other Factors:

• Flexible and reliable approach to working practices
• Positive, proactive attitude to patient care and teamwork
• A full UK driving license and permissions to drive a manual car
• Confident Swimmer

The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.