Junior Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist

An opportunity has arisen for a Junior Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist to join our team.

This job is primarily based at Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath for 37.5 hours per week.

• To work as an autonomous practitioner; to assess and provide treatment of a caseload of patients, who may have complex and/or chronic presentation, and to form a diagnosis and develop treatment programmes, and to maintain records.
• To have workload managed by senior staff and work under supervision of senior staff, with access to a senior member of staff or manager at all times
• To assist senior staff in the supervision and teaching of physiotherapy assistants and undergraduate physiotherapy students, and be involved in the teaching of staff from other disciplines
• To undertake evidence-based practice, and participate in departmental research, service development, and audit
  
  

To adhere to Trust policies and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Code of Conduct, Health Care Professions Council Code of Conduct and be guided by National Standards where they exist to develop departmental policies and best practice care.

• To actively promote and develop equality and diversity practices and strategic management in this area in order to promote equity of access of care for patients and equity of access to job opportunities and development opportunities for staff.
  
  

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andy Laing Job title: Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01444 441881

Compressed hours Monday - Thursday.