Highly Specialist Physiotherapist ESD

Job summary

An exciting . opportunity has arisen for a part time physiotherapist 22.5 hours with experience in stroke rehabilitation to lead the physiotherapy service within the Early supported discharge service (ESD) based at Warrington Hospital. The ESD service provides ongoing assessment and rehabilitation across Warrington and Halton working in patients own homes, specialist intermediate care and care homes. You will work closely with Community Therapy services to provide seamless transition of care across the stroke pathway .The successful candidate must be a car driver

Main duties of the job

• You will complete specialist physiotherapy assessments and provide ongoing rehabilitation for patients who have had a stroke who are referred to the ESD team including those with complex needs
• To work closely with Occupational therapy colleagues to provide coordinated care and treatment for patients
• To manage the physiotherapy service within ESD contributing to the coordination of day to day management of the whole service and supporting the clinical lead .
• To provide supervision and teaching to students ,support workers and ESD therapy team
• To drive improvement in clinical and professional practise and performance within the Team
• To act as a source of expertise, demonstrating advanced knowledge and skill in the role and educate other health care professionals as to the therapy role
• To manage data and use to guide improvements in the service

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.