Specialist Physiotherapist Emergency Care

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 29 April 2025

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, innovative Physiotherapist to lead our Emergency Care Team.

As a Band 7 Physiotherapist you will have the opportunity to develop your own supervisory and management skills through supporting and supervising junior therapists, students and/or therapy support workers.

You will need excellent clinical and leadership skills as well as a keen interest in research. A flexible approach and excellent team working, organisational and time management skills are essential. You will need experience working as a qualified Band 6 or 7 Physiotherapist therapist within the acute hospital setting.

This is a part time post.

You may be required to travel to different sites across the Essex, Suffolk and Tendring area.

Main duties of the job

You will work as an autonomous practitioner, ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management & support more junior staff.You will clinically diagnose, formulate and implement treatment plans, use problem solving skills to form accurate diagnoses and prognoses then modify treatment accordingly, maintaining accurate documentation at all times.You will monitor referrals, ensuring appropriate discharge/ongoing care.You will have clinical responsibility for a designated caseload and organise this efficiently according to clinical priority.You will provide specialist assessment and advice for the multi-disciplinary team, actively participate in MDT meetings as appropriate and actively participate in the professional development programme of the IUCRS team.You will carry out assessments and treatment of patients, with moderate physical effort on a daily basis, this job may frequently involve exposure to unpleasant working conditions, you will need to be sensitive when delivering a negative prognosis to patients, carers and relatives. You will ensure a high standard of patient care is provided, implementing and reviewing clinical standards relevant to the work undertaken.You will play an active role in supervising and performance management of more junior staff, which includes both informal supervision and participating in the department's formal appraisal system. You will also assist in identifying and implementing appropriate learning opportunities.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Date posted

16 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Job share

Reference number

432-HR76-25

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

oMinimum 5 years post registration experience
oMinimum 3 years at Band 6 level (rotational) experience of working in a relevant speciality
oHighly specialist knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of complex and chronic conditions, demonstrated by expert clinical reasoning.
oExperience of working within a multidisciplinary / interdisciplinary team

Desirable

oPrevious experience of student supervision and clinical education
oExperience of research methodology
oRobust understanding of all aspects of Clinical Governance including previous experience of quality issues, audit and risk management

Qualifications

Essential

oBSc /MSc Physiotherapy Therapy or Occupational Therapy
oHCPC Registration
oCommitment to advanced clinical and professional development

Desirable

oMember of SIG
oRecognised post graduate qualification e.g. MSc

Knowledge

Essential

oAbility to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies including data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the differing needs of the patient
oIn-depth Knowledge of relevant diagnoses and their management
oClinical reasoning
oCurrent evidence based practice

Desirable

oCompetent IT skills
oProven clinical leadership ability
oPrevious Community experience
oPrevious experience working in emergency environment providing urgent unplanned care

Skills

Essential

oWillingness to be flexible to meet service needs over 7 days
oAbility to reflect and critically appraise own performance
oAble to work independently
oExceptional team building and team working skills
oExcellent time management and organisational skills
oConduct professional affairs in a confident and assertive manner

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

oMinimum 5 years post registration experience
oMinimum 3 years at Band 6 level (rotational) experience of working in a relevant speciality
oHighly specialist knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of complex and chronic conditions, demonstrated by expert clinical reasoning.
oExperience of working within a multidisciplinary / interdisciplinary team

Desirable

oPrevious experience of student supervision and clinical education
oExperience of research methodology
oRobust understanding of all aspects of Clinical Governance including previous experience of quality issues, audit and risk management

Qualifications

Essential

oBSc /MSc Physiotherapy Therapy or Occupational Therapy
oHCPC Registration
oCommitment to advanced clinical and professional development

Desirable

oMember of SIG
oRecognised post graduate qualification e.g. MSc

Knowledge

Essential

oAbility to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies including data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the differing needs of the patient
oIn-depth Knowledge of relevant diagnoses and their management
oClinical reasoning
oCurrent evidence based practice

Desirable

oCompetent IT skills
oProven clinical leadership ability
oPrevious Community experience
oPrevious experience working in emergency environment providing urgent unplanned care

Skills

Essential

oWillingness to be flexible to meet service needs over 7 days
oAbility to reflect and critically appraise own performance
oAble to work independently
oExceptional team building and team working skills
oExcellent time management and organisational skills
oConduct professional affairs in a confident and assertive manner

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.