Rotational Physiotherapist

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior Physiotherapist to rotate between a range of clinical areas at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, including medical and clinical oncology, surgery and critical care and haematology with an opportunity to work with clinical specialists in the areas of CAR‑T, Proton beam therapy and Teenage and Young Adult Oncology. The post holder will rotate between inpatient settings as well as inputting into specialist clinics.

The successful candidate will have responsibility for a clinical caseload and use their strong clinical reasoning skills to develop and provide individualised programmes of care. They will also coordinate, supervise and support Band 5 Physiotherapists, Therapy Assistants, and students working across these areas. The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to service development with the support of their supervising band 7 lead.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide advice, education and training within the Rehabilitation Department and the wider Trust. This includes supporting staff development, clinical teaching of staff and undergraduates who are on placement. They will also be involved with service development and improvement therefore it is essential that they are proactive and forward‑thinking.

• Learning and development
• Coaching and mentoring
• Access to funding available for CPD and Leadership courses
• Working within award‑winning multi‑disciplinary teams

The Band 6 Physiotherapist will provide a high‑quality efficient Physiotherapy service on a rotational basis to the clinical and medical oncology service, surgery and critical care haematology oncology service, proton and teenage and young adult service within the Christie NHS Foundation Trust.

They will provide supervision and education to junior staff and students and will contribute to delivering in‑service training to the wider rehabilitation team.

They will assist with the promotion and development of the Physiotherapy service. They will be required to work flexibly and contribute to the emergency on‑call service, which includes evening and weekend working.

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.

We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Rachel Eldred

Job title:

Surgical and CCU Physiotherapy lead
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