Senior Rotational Physiotherapist

We are looking for a dynamic & enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join our team in North East Essex. The role is for an experienced band 5 who is ready to transition into a rotational band 6 post or an established Band 6 seeking a new challenge.

The current rotations in North East Essex include Critical Care, Acute Respiratory Care Unit, Surgical Wards, Medical Respiratory (adult & Paediatric), Oncology, General Medical wards, Elderly wards, Emergency Medicine, Stroke Unit, Trauma Orthopaedics and the new Elective Orthopaedic Centre at Colchester Hospital, as well as community rotations in Neuro rehabilitation, MSK outpatients, Community hospitals & Community Respiratory. Staff are expected to participate in 7-day working and to work on the inpatient respiratory on-call rota.

We are an Integrated Therapy team with Physiotherapists & Occupational Therapists working closely to provide excellent & rapid assessment & discharge planning to our clients. Therapy services are held in high regard within the trust.

You will complete a competency framework to enable participation in the annual Band 6 rotational scheme. This includes rapid assessment, facilitating discharge, specialist rehabilitation, falls prevention & specialist inpatient services in Critical Care, Stroke & Neurology & Respiratory care.

• Perform safe, evidence-based physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations & complex physical & psychological conditions
• Deliver an individualised treatment programme from a range of options
• Undertake comprehensive assessments of patients using clinical reasoning & manual assessment techniques to assist in diagnosis
• Formulate treatment plans & recommend the best course of intervention, considering patients\' personal goals & objectives, to develop comprehensive discharge plans
• Manage your own caseload and a defined area of the service, initially with supervision and progressing towards working without direct supervision
• Participate in regular supervision, formal training, clinical reasoning sessions, peer review & one-to-one assessments
• Be professionally & legally accountable for all aspects of your own work, including consent and capacity
• Manage clinical risk within your own patient caseload
• Support discharge planning and identify needs for adaptive equipment

• Experience as a Band 5 physiotherapist with readiness to transition to Band 6 rotational scheme or current Band 6 experience seeking a new challenge
• Experience in discharge planning & identifying needs for adaptive equipment
• Ability to work within an Integrated Therapy team
• Willingness to participate in 7-day working and inpatient respiratory on-call rota

We are ESNEFT and provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Facilities include acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in-patients' homes. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we focus on reducing time delays for staff and patients. We are investing in a digital transformation with Epic, which will bring a leading EPR system to ESNEFT.

Interviews will be held in person due to the practical nature of this post. For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

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