Senior Physiotherapist

Job summary

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint aBand 6 Physiotherapist, 37.5 hours per week for 9 months maternity cover, within the Meadowgate Intermediate Care Centre based at Eston, Middlesbrough.

You would not be expected to work weekends currently but the team do cover bank holidays

The physiotherapist will work as part of the Integrated Community Therapy Service providing effective and efficient physiotherapy either within the Meadowgate Centre or community setting as appropriate. The 40- bedded centre provides a structured programme of therapy-led, supportive, and enabling care to individuals to assist and enable the person to achieve and maintain an optimum level of health and mobility. The service aims to enable individuals to maximise their independence at home and to support timely discharge and prevent avoidable admission to hospital or long-term care.

The team is made up of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Therapy Assistant Practitioners. The service works Monday - Friday 8.30am-16.30pm including bank holidays however each therapist will only be expected to cover one or two bank holidays over the 12-month period. The team don't work Christmas Day, Boxing Day, or New Years Day and are currently not working weekends.

Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.

Main duties of the job

• To be responsible for the delivery of Physiotherapy assessment and treatment to a high professional standard in accordance with Professional Standards and Code of Ethics laid down by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
• To be responsible and accountable for all aspects of professional activities, adhering to local policies and procedures.
• To autonomously manage, within appropriate professional guidelines, a case load of clients with complex needs within bed based and community environments.
• Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
• To provide a high standard of physiotherapy to patients either within the Meadowgate Centre or community setting as appropriate within the patient's agreed plan of care and as appropriate to competency levels.
• To respond to identified needs through critical thinking, consideration of a range of options using sound clinical reasoning and professional judgement and communicating these to patients in order to reach a decision, in collaboration with the patient (or his/her representatives) about how to meet those needs

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

o Your Leadership Impacto Leading your Team to Successo Leading Into the Futureo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skillso Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Meadowgate Centre

Eston, Middlesbrough

TS6 9NN

Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Meadowgate Centre

Eston, Middlesbrough

TS6 9NN

Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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