Job Description

Physiotherapist/Spire Claremont/Sheffield/Full Time/Permanent

Spire Claremont Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Physiotherapist to join the team on a Full Time Permamanet basis.

Duties and responsibilities:

To provide physiotherapy intervention to patients referred into the department, prioritise physiotherapy referrals in order to implement effective and timely caseload management and determine clinical diagnosis and provide physiotherapy treatment, developing appropriate packages of care, giving specialist clinical / professional advice to patients, carers and other Health Care Professionals. In addition, provide support and teaching / training to junior staff and students within locality as appropriate

• Undertake comprehensive assessment and diagnosis of patients with a wide variety of physical and emotional needs. To formulate, deliver, review and progress individual treatment programmes, ensuring effective treatment, specialist advice and timely discharge is achieved.
• Ensure ongoing monitoring of the standard of treatment provided
• Ensure compliance with all professional, clinical and integrated governance standards and participate in clinical audit and other quality assurance processes
• Support Physiotherapy Manager in developing all aspects of the department service and training delivery.
• Engage with Consultants and other referrers to maximise the number of referrals and grow your practice.
• Utilise working hours with full clinical treatments where possible
• Where appropriate support external events and clubs to support the Physiotherapy Department’s business plan
• Ensure the procedures for referring patients to and from the clinic are always followed correctly
• All clinical records are accurately maintained and conform to all legal requirements.
• To ensure that Clinical Governance and risk management are embedded within daily practice.
• Provide and receive patient information, ensuring that all patient information is provided, received and recorded in accordance with the Data Protection Act and Spire Policies.
• Carry out any other duty that reasonably falls within the general nature and level of responsibility of the post.

Who we're looking for:

• Degree (BSc Hons Physiotherapy) or equivalent.
• HPC Registered
• Professional assessor
• Evidence of substantial CPD in management and other clinically related and relevant subjects
• Previous experience working in the private healthcare sector
• Previous experience of managing clinical audits
• Able to analyse physiotherapy management problems and identify viable solutions
• Able to work as a practitioner in and across multi-disciplinary teams
• Able to apply clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient case mixes

Benefits:

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

Our Values:

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

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion.
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

We commit to our employees’ 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.”

Our vision is to be recognised as a world class healthcare business bringing together the best people who are dedicated to developing excellent clinical environments and delivering the highest quality patient car e.

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

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