We are looking for a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic individual to join our team in North East Essex within the field of Phy.....
We are looking for a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic individual to join our team in North East Essex within the field of Physiotherapy. We are looking for an experienced band 6 Physiotherapist who is looking to specialise in the field of Inpatient Medicine.
The Medical team at Colchester covers 4 wards with subspecialties including gen med, endocrinology, renal, gastroenterology, and acute short stay.
The successful candidate will be expected to deputise for the Band 7 team lead in their absence, and therefore this role will offer the opportunity to develop leadership skills and experience as well as specialising their clinical practice.
Staff are expected to participate in 7 day working and work on the inpatient respiratory on-call rota.
We are an Integrated Therapy team with Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists working extremely closely in integrated teams to provide excellent & rapid assessment & discharge planning to our clients. You will need to have experience in discharge planning & skills in identification of needs for adaptive equipment.
Interviews will be held Face to Face in the first Instance and a tour of the department / hospital will be offered on the day.
You will be expected to perform safe, evidenced based physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, and deliver an individualised treatment programme from a range of options
You'll undertake comprehensive assessments of patients, including those with diverse or complex presentations, using clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to assist in diagnosis and choose from a range of treatment options to achieve the desired goal. To formulate treatment plans and recommend best course of intervention, considering patients’ personal goals and objectives, to develop comprehensive discharge plans.
You will be responsible for your own caseload, and for a defined area of the service, initially with supervision of senior staff then progressing towards working without direct supervision. Supervision involves regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review and one to one assessments.
You'll be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own work, including issues around consent and capacity.
To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Sunday 3 Nov 2024