Overview
Are you a band 5 or 6 looking to gain further experience in the acute setting? We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our friendly, innovative and dynamic Therapies team at Kettering General Hospital. We welcome applications from Physiotherapists who are looking for full-time, part-time hours and secondment opportunities. This is a 4 months fixed term post.
The post holder will be within a roaming therapy team providing expertise and assessment to the discharge hub, escalation areas and medically fit ward/areas with complex therapy needs impacting discharge.
The Main Duties For The Post Entails
* Be the therapy representative at discharge hub meetings – providing consistent, expert therapy advice to inform accurate and appropriate hub decisions first time.
* To provide advice and support to ward therapists on complex cases delaying discharges (identified via discharge hub, bronze, stranded or therapy staff themselves).
* To provide therapy cover to escalation areas – ensuring these are prioritized equally to the base wards.
* To provide additional senior therapy decision maker on the medically fit wards to enable positive risk conversations and improve flow.
If you are successful in your application for this position your commencement date will coincide with the Trust’s Induction programme held on a monthly basis. Attendance on the full induction programme is a mandatory requirement prior to starting in the work area. Therefore, if parts of this induction fall outside of the normal contracted hours of duty for this position, you will be requested to make arrangements to enable you to fully attend the Induction.
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values
Compassion
Respect
Integrity
Courageous
Accountable
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Neeha Uddin
Job title: Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist
Email address: neeha.uddin@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01536 493434
Neeha Uddin
Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Contract
Job function
* Health Care Provider
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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