Specialty Physiotherapist - Oncology and Haematology

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Specialty Physiotherapist - Oncology and Haematology NHS AfC: Band 6 Main area Specialty Physiotherapist - Oncology and Haematology Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Part time working is possible) Job ref 321-MRC B6-PUB

Site Churchill Hospital Town Oxford Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/05/:59 Interview date 12/05/2025

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel .

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Job overview We are excited to be able to advertise a role which will be ideal for an Physiotherapist who is looking to gain further experience within this specialty clinical area of cancer care, consolidating and developing on previous experience. You will deliver care to our inpatients and will work closely with Occupational Therapy and MDT colleagues to assess, rehabilitate, and discharge patients across the oncology and haematology wards. Patients are admitted for elective chemotherapy, emergency admissions with new diagnosis or complications from treatment or disease and those requiring palliative management and end of life care.

The Churchill Hospital is a centre of excellence for cancer and haematology services and other specialties, including renal services and transplant, clinical and medical oncology, dermatology, haemophilia and palliative care. It is part of Oxford University Hospitals which is one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in the UK and is one of the busiest tertiary cancer centres, treating patients within the Thames Valley Cancer Network. There is a purpose-built development including a Surgery and Diagnostics Centre and an integrated Cancer and Haematology Centre. The OUH has a national and international reputation for the excellence of our services and our role in teaching and research.

Main duties of the job To provide high quality, safe and effective physiotherapy services to oncology and haematology patients, as part of a cohesive multi-professional team.

To work collaboratively with patients and their carers to effectively assess, goal plan and treat patients with an oncology and haematology condition and strive to maximise their independence and quality of life.

To supervise and teach recently qualified physiotherapists, support workers physiotherapy students.

To actively participate in quality improvement, clinical audit, and research projects

Working for our organisation Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel .

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities Communication

1. To consistently deploy effective communication and engagement skills enabling effective working relationships with all members of the multi-professional team.

2. To effectively communicate with patients and their carers/family members, including the sensitive management of complex or contentious issues.

3. To deal effectively with patients suffering from conditions that may lead to psychological distress including anxiety, depression, and aggressive behaviour.

4. To overcome barriers to effective communication, such as those caused by pathological impairment or language differences, by deploying effective mitigating strategies.

5. To engage and build relationships with external agencies and providers to enhance patient care continuity and outcomes.

6. To be able to motivate and positively influence others through effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills.

7. Be able to write complex reports accurately describing patients' clinical status and ensuring that the information provided aids effective continuing care and clinical management.

Clinical

• To enact the professional and legal responsibilities for all aspects of the post-holders own clinical practice.
• To carry out comprehensive assessments of patient with an oncology or haematology diagnosis, including those with complex presentations, and form treatment and rehabilitation plans in partnership with the patient and their carers/family.
• To interpret and analyse multiple sources of clinical information to form accurate physiotherapy diagnoses in oncology, haematology, and palliative older adult care; drawing on guidance from senior physiotherapists when required.
• To formulate and deliver holistic and patient centred treatment, rehabilitation, and discharge plans, based on clinical skills, evidence-based practice, and patient preferences.
• To evaluate patient progress against agreed treatment goals and be able to modify plans accordingly.
• To determine a patient's mental capacity to understand and to gain informed consent for treatment. To work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent and are deprived of their liberty.
• To co-ordinate intervention where there is a need to collaborate across multiple disciplines.
• To maintain accurate written records using an electronic patient record system and maintain fidelity to professional standards.
• To determine and mitigate for risk of patient and staff harm using the agreed risk assessment frameworks and the Trust's manual handling policy.
• To demonstrate physical ability to carry out physiotherapy assessment and interventions including manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling
• To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients
• To represent physiotherapy and/or individual patients at multi-disciplinary team meetings, to ensure delivery of co-ordinated care.
• Recognition and management of complications and symptoms of cancer and its treatments, e.g., Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression, bone metastasis, lymphoedema

Leadership and management 1. To be responsible for the competent use and maintenance of rehabilitation equipment and support others in the effective and safe use of this equipment.

2. To assist in the supervision, teaching and appraisal of junior staff and assistants.

3. To undertake delegated tasks and roles from the team lead and be able to deputise for them on occasions.

4. To effectively plan and organise own time, patient caseload, meetings, training and be able to adjust plans as required according to staffing levels and unpredictable factors.

5. To assist in the planning of junior staff . click apply for full job details