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Senior Physiotherapist– Adolescent Therapies
| Posting date: | 19 June 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,488 - £57,802 per annum inclusive of HCAS (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 19 July 2024 |
| Location: | London, NW1 2BU |
| Company: | University College London Hospital |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6400308/309-UCLH-4545 |
Summary
A Vacancy at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you interested in service development? Would you like to work for an organisation committed to providing high quality tertiary level care? Then you could be the person for us.
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Physiotherapist with a special interest in Adolescent Rehabilitation to join the highly experienced Treatment and Rehabilitation for Adolescent and Complex Conditions Service (TRACCS) The post holder will be responsible for providing a high level physiotherapy service to TRACCS patients, typically for conditions such as ME/Chronic Fatigue, Post Covid Syndrome and Functional Disorders in an inpatient, day care, and outpatient setting. Alongside this there will be a responsibility to provide a service to the much smaller percentage of acute inpatients.
The post will involve highly collaborative working with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and effective liaison across health, social care and education sectors ensuring the delivery of a consistent approach. The successful candidate will be expected to carry a specialist caseload, carrying out highly specialised assessment and treatment.
The post-holder will be one of seven therapists integrated into the Paediatric and Adolescent Division within UCLH NHS Trust and will be supported by the Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist and Therapy Service Lead.
The successful candidate will be a dynamic and motivated Physiotherapist who can provide effective therapy input in a creative, thoughtful and reflective manner, demonstrating leadership qualities, high level communication skills and a cooperative approach when working in this challenging field.
Applicants will need experience providing rehabilitation to patients with complex long-term physical needs. They will need advanced clinical reasoning skills in the rehabilitation of patients with chronic conditions and complex needs and a keen interest in working with adolescents (experience desirable but not essential)
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological,gastrointestinaland oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclearmedicineand pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and bea part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
*In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.
UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second yearrunning!University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.
This advert closes on Sunday 30 Jun 2024
Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you interested in service development? Would you like to work for an organisation committed to providing high quality tertiary level care? Then you could be the person for us.
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Physiotherapist with a special interest in Adolescent Rehabilitation to join the highly experienced Treatment and Rehabilitation for Adolescent and Complex Conditions Service (TRACCS) The post holder will be responsible for providing a high level physiotherapy service to TRACCS patients, typically for conditions such as ME/Chronic Fatigue, Post Covid Syndrome and Functional Disorders in an inpatient, day care, and outpatient setting. Alongside this there will be a responsibility to provide a service to the much smaller percentage of acute inpatients.
The post will involve highly collaborative working with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and effective liaison across health, social care and education sectors ensuring the delivery of a consistent approach. The successful candidate will be expected to carry a specialist caseload, carrying out highly specialised assessment and treatment.
The post-holder will be one of seven therapists integrated into the Paediatric and Adolescent Division within UCLH NHS Trust and will be supported by the Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist and Therapy Service Lead.
The successful candidate will be a dynamic and motivated Physiotherapist who can provide effective therapy input in a creative, thoughtful and reflective manner, demonstrating leadership qualities, high level communication skills and a cooperative approach when working in this challenging field.
Applicants will need experience providing rehabilitation to patients with complex long-term physical needs. They will need advanced clinical reasoning skills in the rehabilitation of patients with chronic conditions and complex needs and a keen interest in working with adolescents (experience desirable but not essential)
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological,gastrointestinaland oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclearmedicineand pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and bea part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
*In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.
UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second yearrunning!University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.
This advert closes on Sunday 30 Jun 2024
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