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General Physiotherapist (Band 6 equivalent)
Salary: Competitive Salary with fantastic benefits
Permanent
Cromwell Hospital, Kensington SW5 0TU - 5 mins walk from Earls Court underground, or 7 mins walk from Gloucester Road underground
Full time – 37.5 hrs per week over a 7-day period; to include weekends and a shift pattern
We make health happen
At Bupa, you’ll have the freedom to develop new lines of care, with the flexibility and development opportunities to push your career further.
Overview:
The Cromwell Hospital is a major private hospital in West London providing Outpatient and Inpatient services.
This is an exciting new role for a general Physiotherapist to participate in and contribute to delivering an agile, high-quality Physiotherapy service to a wide variety of inpatients and outpatients. Referrals are received from the neurology, oncology, cardio-respiratory, intensive care, rehabilitation, orthopaedic and surgical teams or via various outpatient routes. You will participate in the respiratory on-call rota and will have an opportunity to cover additional shifts over weekends.
This role does not include MSK Physiotherapy.
You’ll help us make health happen by:
Providing assessment, treatment, and discharge planning to a caseload of patients with a variety of clinical presentations. Your intervention will be both client-centred and evidence-based.
Establishing and maintaining efficient communication within the multi-disciplinary team (both internal and external) to ensure a holistic and complete duty of care. This includes verbal, non-verbal or written communication, both in expression and active listening, to facilitate accurate comprehension of information.
Assisting colleagues in other specialities as your caseload and competence allows. You will have an opportunity to grow and further develop in your profession through exposure to a varied patient caseload.
Supporting Bupa's vision, mission statement and values.
Establishing and maintaining efficient communication within the multi-disciplinary team (both internal and external) to ensure a holistic and complete duty of care. This includes verbal, non-verbal or written communication, both in expression and active listening, to facilitate accurate comprehension of information.
Acting as a resource of specialist advice for patients, clients and colleagues within the scope of your experience and knowledge.
Participating in hospital and departmental processes that support and encourage professional and personal development of yourself and your colleagues.
Practising as an autonomous and accountable professional using reflective practise and clinical reasoning in undertaking specialist assessment in order to provide an individualised treatment programme for each patient.
Providing appropriate information, education and support for your client group and their carers.
Obtaining informed, valid consent on an ongoing basis which endeavours to keep patients involved in their own health care plan.
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
Degree in Physiotherapy
HCPC Registration
DBS clearance
Proven experience as a qualified Physiotherapist in an acute hospital setting
Evidence of a broad range of clinical experience as a band 5 physiotherapist, ready to take on band 6 responsibilities
Exposure working in AICU, surgery, respiratory, rehabilitation, neurology, and orthopaedics
Sound clinical reasoning skills
Knowledge of health and safety issues in a therapy setting
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
Enhanced pension and life insurance
Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
Discounted access to online gym sessions
Annual performance-based bonus
Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
Option to join dental insurance scheme at a discounted rate
Access to our Digital GP platform on you mobile
Emotional wellbeing support
Access to family mental health line
Financial wellbeing channels
Support for carers
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
If you would like more information on the role, require an alternative format, or would like to discuss other opportunities suited to your skills and experience, please contact via email on adama.kone@bupa.com or mobile on 07395878088.