Physiotherapist - Non UK Residents Only Barrow in Furness
Job description
Please note that this post is open to Non UK Residents Only and will close when it reaches a high number of applications. We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our physiotherapy team. This is a post working within the Women's Health Physiotherapy team working at Furness General Hospital until July 2024. Please discuss with your line manager regarding secondment opportunities regarding this post. If you’re the type of health professional who truly has the patient at the heart of everything you do and you want to work in a Trust that shares your values, then this might just be the perfect role for you. Working as a Band 5 Physiotherapist you will have the opportunity work within women's health across inpatients and outpatients. You will have the opportunity to develop your skills with support from experienced Specialist and Advanced Physiotherapists. As experience is gained you will work to support our weekend service at Furness General Hospital, this is on a rota basis. This is a clinical, patient facing role where you will be involved in providing clinical input for a caseload of patients, supporting discharge and patient flow as part of the MDT. We work as a multi-disciplinary team and you will have the opportunity to contribute to service improvement, helping to develop and improve our pathways of care for our patients. As a Trust we actively support you to develop your knowledge and skills via our Annual Development Review programme and you will have the opportunity to learn from a team of experienced Specialist and Advanced Physiotherapists. We offer a clinical and managerial in-service training programme and Band 5 Physiotherapy Peer Support group who meet monthly. We have an expansive student programme and there will be opportunities to contribute to the clinical education of students within our team. You will also have the opportunity to develop leadership skills working with, training and delegating to our technical instructor staff. See job description for further details. We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre. FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services. WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses. All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay. To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
