Overview
We are currently looking for a Senior Physiotherapist to join our Intermediate Care Team in the South, based in Cambridgeshire. 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. 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 using the home first model. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) provides integrated community and mental health, learning disability and social care services of the highest standard due to our continued commitment to quality and service improvement. We aim to support people of all ages to achieve the very best they can for their health and well being. To ensure that we achieve this goal we look to recruit candidates of a high calibre that share our passion for delivering excellent service user care, research and education.
Main duties of the job
To provide comprehensive, holistic therapy assessment and rehabilitation to patients within their home environment, maximising independence within a 4-week pathway. To hold clinical responsibility for patients within the service and Therapy Practitioners within their team. To prioritise workload including that of the Therapy Assistants within the team. To work proactively, in collaboration with the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure patient flow and safety. To assist in the development of the Integrated Care Workers and Therapy Practitioners to support the clinical delivery of the service.
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life. Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development. To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities. Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Responsibilities
* Annual leave allowance 27 days plus bank holidays (this may increase depending on NHS service)
Benefits
* Pension scheme
* Flexible job share opportunities
* Salary sacrifice schemes
* Staff discount schemes
* Professional development via the CPFT Academy which provides in-house training programmes
* Free on-site parking
* Stress awareness training
* Mindfulness training
* Counselling service
* Occupational health support
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