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Job information Rotational Orthopaedic Physiotherapist from the Company Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, this latest Rotational Orthopaedic Physiotherapist job vacancy is located in the city Portsmouth PO located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Engineering field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

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Company Description

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Job Description

This post is only open for applications for individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Care System

Organisations within scope are as follows:

• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
• Southern Health Foundation Trust
• Portsmouth Heath University Trust
• University Hospital Southampton
• Solent NHS Trust
• South Central Ambulance Service
• Isle of Wight NHS Trust
• Hampshire Hospitals

A fantastic opportunity has arisen within our large, friendly and hard working team of Physiotherapists; we are seeking a like-minded, enthusiastic, well-motivated individual to join the Trauma and Orthopaedic team at Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust, a busy district general hospital on the South Coast.

This post rotates through trauma, elective, the specialist femoral fracture unit and Amputee Rehabilitation at the Portsmouth Enablement Centre (PEC) at St Mary's Hospital. We pride ourselves on our close working relationships with all of our MDT members and you will join a well led and cohesive team.

Across the Trauma service you will see a variety of patients including head injuries, spinal fractures, spinal cord injuries and polytrauma. Specialist support and joint working opportunities are provided by our Acute Neurological Physiotherapy team, Orthotics service and our links with the Wessex Trauma Network for complex trauma pathways.

Our Elective Orthopaedic Service has recently launched our new short-stay arthroplasty pathway, optimising patients preoperatively through our highly regarded joint school programme, facilitating early mobilisation from day 0 and the launch of our post-operative 2 week knee clinic.

Our specialist femoral fracture ward care for fracture patients holistically recognising the complexity of their management both medically and psychosocially. This approach of collaborative care will allow you to develop your skills to incorporate specialist elderly medicine and acute orthopaedic physiotherapy resulting in excellence in clinical knowledge and practice. You will be supported and guided by an integrated therapy team as well as work with Consultant Orthogeriatricians, Ortho-geriatric specialist nurses and senior nurses on the ward.

The PEC is a regional centre with a strong research focus, and provides fantastic integrated working with a diverse MDT. The large rehabilitation gym and specialist equipment provides a dynamic environment for working towards patient goals for home, work and sporting activities. This sought after opportunity will provide a wealth of experience in this specialty area and develop skills to assist patients to regain their mobility following limb loss.

The post holder is expected to be part of the weekend and late shift Orthopaedic rota and the respiratory on-call rota. On-call training and competencies are provided by a core group of respiratory physiotherapists via a well established training programme.

This is an excellent opportunity to build some highly specialist skills in all locations, to be taught by highly experienced clinicians, including our newly appointed Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist. We fully support your development as a Band 6 and offer excellent CPD learning opportunities.

We warmly welcome you to get in contact with us for an informal chat to find out more (02392 286141) or come and visit us here at QAH.

Qualifications

• Health Care Professions Council Registration
• BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, or equivalent

Skills and Knowledge

• Understand clinical governance and its implications for services. Include experience of quality issues and audit.
• Understand the importance and relevance of MDT working
• Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
• Good broad based physiotherapy skills

Experience

• Relevant post registration experience as a physiotherapist
• Evidence of student or physiotherapy assistant supervision
• Evidence of working in a team
• 18 months to 2 years post qualification experience

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran's status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

Keywords : Portsmouth jobs
Closed Date : 2025-12-26