Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Rotational Physiotherapist
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About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity to join our highly acclaimed and well-established Therapy Department at Salford Royal Hospital for a 5-month period to cover a secondment.
As a Band 5 physiotherapist, you will play a vital role in delivering patient care by providing assessment, planning, and delivery of treatment programmes to patients with multiple needs. You will join our current Band 5 workforce who rotate every 6 months around areas such as Respiratory, MSK, Community rehab and falls, Home first, CSNRT, Orthopaedics, Major Trauma, ACM, Neurosurgery, Stroke, Urgent care.
Requirements
We are looking for someone with:
- Broad experience of physiotherapy at undergraduate or post-graduate level.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to use initiative.
- Strong time management and problem-solving skills.
- Drive to deliver high-quality care and rehabilitation to meet patient needs.
What We Offer
- A clear competency framework and robust induction.
- Ongoing supervision and professional development.
- A friendly, supportive team environment.
- An opportunity to make a real difference to someone’s care experience and rehabilitation.
- Participate in the rotational scheme at Salford care organisation completing rotations across acute and community settings.
- Working as an autonomous practitioner within your scope of practice and in accordance with your job plan.
- Be responsible for your continuing professional development, actively participating in supervision, peer support and training and development programmes.
- Manage a caseload including prioritisation and delegation of work to therapy assistants, performing patient assessments and making a clinical judgement of the patient’s needs.
- Develop, implement, evaluate and modify patient treatment programmes ensuring relevant pathways of care are followed in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team with onward referral to other agencies as appropriate.
- Be able to travel across the footprint of Salford whilst on community rotations.
- Maintain accurate and comprehensive patient records complying with Trust policies and procedures, upholding statutory, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, and HCPC standards and codes of professional conduct.
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About Us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.
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As a large NHS Trust, we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us, you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Contact Information
For further details/informal visits, contact:
- Name: Becky Wilkinson
- Job Title: Operational & Professional Lead Physiotherapy
- Email Address: becky.wilkinson@nca.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 0161 2065334
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Email: nichola.forrington
Telephone Number: 0161 2065333
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