Job overview
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS POST IS CURRENTLY ONLY OPEN TO EMPLOYEES OF CPFT
Month secondment opportunity providing maternity leave cover
We are currently looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic senior Physiotherapist to join our Intermediate Care Team proving assessment and rehabilitation for patients on the Intermediate Care Pathway in the community in both care home beds and within patients' own homes.
The role will be providing clinical therapy support to the expanding service based in Peterborough and Huntingdon, supporting patients across service.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that patients get the best care possible, maximising potential in the initial phases upon discharge from hospital in our short stay service.
Successful applicants will be expected to assist in the development of the integrated care workers to support the clinical delivery of the service and proactively work alongside the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure patient flow and safety.
The vision of the service is to provide outstanding, patient focused, community based health care and therapy, optimising peoples potential to achieve their goals by supporting earlier discharge from hospital
If you are looking for a new challenge, are dynamic, flexible and enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team making a difference in our community then you are the right person for us.
Main duties of the job
· To work across Pathway (care at home) and Pathway (care home beds) for the Intermediate Care service.
· To work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team.
· To be responsible for patients on the shared caseloads of community and/or care home settings.
· To undertake assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using specialist clinical reasoning skills.
· To identify patient needs, agree goals and provide appropriate therapy interventions, provide equipment and rehabilitation programmes.
· To take a holistic approach to all therapeutic interventions, working across professional boundaries at times.
· To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.
· To provide support and education to peers, junior staff, non-registered staff, and students.
· To be accountable for delegated tasks and activities undertaken by Therapy Assistant Practitioners, and Integrated Care Workers.
· To prioritise all patients’ according to clinical need and to allocate or signpost tasks appropriately.
· To always provide a high standard of care.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
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