Bank Physiotherapist

Bank Physiotherapist | Inpatient and Outpatient |Competitive hourly rate | flexible working | Havant, Hampshire 

The opportunity has arisen for a Physiotherapist to join our flexible staff bank.   The role would suit an experienced Physiotherapist, looking to join a supportive, clinically excellent and close-knit team, focusing on providing effective, evidence-based physiotherapy interventions in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

* Weekends – on rotation and Weekdays ad-hoc to cover staff AL or sickness

Spire Portsmouth Hospital offers world-class care within beautiful surroundings and is part of one of the UK’s most respected private hospital groups. With a full multidisciplinary medical team, you can get fast access to expert healthcare, from consultations and diagnosis to personalised treatments and as much aftercare as you clinically need.

Duties and responsibilities:

The role will involve the delivering of an excellent standard of assessment and treatment in an inpatient setting.  You will treat a mainly orthopaedic caseload with some abdominal and gynaecological post-surgical patients also.

• Provide highly skilled and specialised assessment and treatment for patients within the in-patient orthopaedic service
• Independently manage own caseload
• Mentor and support junior staff depending on experience
• Demonstrate clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based practice
• Be involved in physio pre-operative assessments including discharge planning for the more complex patients 
• Be part of the weekend rota usually working either Saturday or Sunday depending on service needs. Weekend hours are inclusive of contracted hours with lieu time taken off weekday hours
• Be involved in service development, team audits, in-service training and staff development

Who we’re looking for:

• HCPC registration with no restriction on practise
• You will hold a BSc in Physiotherapy
• Previous experience in orthopaedics or previous experience as a physiotherapist in the NHS or private Sector with an interest in moving to orthopaedics
• Evidence of CPD in management and other clinically related and relevant subjects

Benefits

•    Bank colleagues are paid weekly
•    We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
•    Unsocial Enhancements, dependent upon shift pattern worked (won’t be applicable for all)
•    Access to Spire Healthcare pension
•    Access to Blue Light Card discounts
•    Smart spending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via ‘Spire for You’
•    Wellbeing Centre access via ‘Spire for You'
•    Free uniform
•    Free DBS
•    Full induction, including mandatory training updates
•    Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
•    Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team
•    We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

We commit to our employee’s well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

“Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.”

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

If we have received sufficient applications, this date may be brought forward so please submit your application as soon as possible.