Specialist Oncology Physiotherapist

Vacancy: Specialist Oncology Physiotherapist (Maternity Cover)
Location: Cromwell Hospital, Kensington, SW5 0TU
Permanent / Contract: Fixed Term Contract
Salary: Competitive, plus Bupa Benefits
Hours: Full time / 37.5 Hours per week.

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. As a physiotherapist, you’ll be eager to continue learning and building skills while working with talented colleagues.

As a highly skilled physiotherapist you will be responsible for providing an advanced standard of physiotherapy care to oncology and palliative care patients, carrying out your clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. You will triage and manage patient referrals from both inpatients and outpatients which encompasses an extensive variety of conditions, some of whom may have complex or chronic presentations or multiple comorbidities. Referrals may also include pre-admission and pre-operative assessment, post-operative intervention and appropriate recovery programmes. You will receive referrals from the wards, chemotherapy day unit, outpatient consultants and GP clinics as well as via external routes.

Role Overview:

• Be responsible for the operational management of the Oncological Physiotherapy service.
• Practise 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.
• To provide appropriate information, education and support for your client group and their carers.
• To obtain informed, valid consent on an ongoing basis which endeavours to keep patients involved in their own health care plan.
• To participate in discharge planning and liaise with external agencies in order to ensure a discharge that is safe and supportive of the patient’s ongoing care and rehabilitation needs. This could include home assessments within our catchment area.
• To establish and maintain 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.
• To act as a resource of specialist advice for patients, clients and colleagues within the scope of your experience and knowledge.
• To participate in the overall day to day management and development of the Therapy Department and your area of speciality to ensure an efficient and safe service for all.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• Degree/diploma in physiotherapy
• HPC Registration
• CSP Membership
• Proven experience and interest as an oncological physiotherapist
• Evidence of CPD specific to oncology
• Respiratory experience
• On call experience
• It is desirable to have a Lymphoedema qualification and experience of Lymphoedema management
• Assertive, articulate and polite.
• Good communication and strong interpersonal skills.
• Interest in personal development & updating skills.

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:

• 25 days holiday per year, pro rata to your contract.
• Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing
• Access to our confidential employee assistance programme
• Online discounts covering your everyday shopping, entertainment, eating out and more.

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.

At Bupa we strive to ensure all our of customers, patients and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately.