Senior Physiotherapist - Care of the Elderly & Intermediate Care Wards

Integrated Care System; Redhill; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Physiotherapist to join their Care of the Elderly Team at East Surrey Hospital. This role involves assessing and managing diverse clinical cases in both elderly and intermediate care wards. Candidates should have experience in an acute setting and be interested in developing their leadership skills. The position offers a competitive salary of £38,682 to £46,580 annually plus high cost allowance.

Qualifications

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role.
• Experience of working in an acute hospital.
• Evidence of essential experience for role.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage a varied clinical caseload.
• Plan discharges in collaboration with the MDT.
• Ensure high-quality care for elderly patients.

Skills

Flexibility in working practice

Respiratory physiotherapy skills

Experience in an acute setting

Leadership

Education

Mandatory professional/clinical registration

Degree in Physiotherapy

Job description

Senior Physiotherapist - Care of the Elderly & Intermediate Care Wards

East Surrey Hospital Physiotherapy Department is a friendly, forward-thinking and innovative department with a well-established Clinical Governance programme and a focus on developing staff.

The Care of the Elderly Team/ICT is responsible for the assessment, management and discharge planning of a varied and diverse clinical caseload across a range of areas. This includes both care of the elderly wards and intermediate care wards. The team works closely with the MDT sharing clinical governance and training across the disciplines. It has a focus on quality of life for patients and quality of care.

We are looking for:o A physiotherapist who has completed their junior rotations and is ready to take on increased responsibility; or, a senior physiotherapist interested in specialising or in expanding their roleo A physiotherapist who has experience working within the acute setting, managing a wide range of medical patients including the acutely unwell, patients requiring chest physiotherapy, complex discharge planning and liaising with other agencieso Flexibility in working practice within an evolving and expanding teamo A physiotherapist interested in developing their skills in supervision and leadership

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
• We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
• Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation's top priority
• Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Criteria

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
• A complete and accurate application
• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
• Evidence of essential experience for role
• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
• Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
• Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the personal specification
• Evidence of knowledge and experience of respiratory physiotherapy skills.
• Experience of working in an acute hospital.

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.

Care of the Elderly Team Lead Physiotherapist

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearplus high cost allowance