Rotations
Junior physiotherapists (Band 5) follow a well-structured, four-month rotational placement which includes:
- Cardiothoracic
- Older persons’ care
- Fast access to services team
- Gym
- Acute – neuro
- Medicine
- Neuro rehab
- Orthopaedics
- Outpatients
- Rheumatology
- Spinal injury unit
- Stroke unit
- ICU
- HDU / surgery
As a rotational senior physiotherapist (Band 6), a seven to nine month rotation within one of three areas occurs. The areas are:
- Musculoskeletal – fracture clinic, hand therapy, leisure centres, orthopaedics, treatment room, gym, spinal
- Respiratory – cardio, medicine/outreach, medicine/vascular, paediatrics, ICU, HDU and surgery
- Rehabilitation – elderly, neuro prosthetics, neuro – rehab, stroke, acute neuro, spinal
Specialities
Each specialty is lead by an experienced senior clinical specialist. The James Cook University Hospital offers newly qualified physiotherapists a supportive, friendly and rewarding environment to work in.
Rotational staff are supported by senior staff through their staff development reviews thus enabling them to progress their personal and professional development. Overall this provides a structured, educational workplace into which to start your career in physiotherapy.
Physiotherapists with previous experience can find a supportive and open approach to working with opportunity for research and practice development.
As the hospital is in close proximity to Teesside University, student placements are frequent therefore enhancing the clinical education of qualified staff.
Workshops are available fortnightly within specific clinical areas. Attendance at other groups are actively encouraged, for example journal clubs and peer review groups.
Continuing professional development
Staff are encouraged to discuss clinical scenarios or issues on a daily basis to develop knowledge and understanding through evidence-based practice.
Staff are encouraged to discuss clinical scenarios or issues on a daily basis to develop knowledge and understanding through evidence-based practice.
These courses are run internally and are open to external applicants. Physiotherapy staff are also encouraged to attend external accredited courses.
Research and development is actively encouraged through audit processes, clinical trials, process reviews and protocol development.
There are also close links to Teesside Centre for Rehabilitation Sciences (TCRS) which assists the department in research development.
We also run an in-house respiratory on call course for newly qualified physiotherapists, which was awarded a Kite Mark Award by the Association of Chartered Physiotherapy in Respiratory Care.