Senior Physiotherapist (Intermediate Care)

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Huntingdon; Sur place; GBP 36 000 - 48 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic Senior Physiotherapist to join our expanding Intermediate Care Team. You will assess complex patients in the community, develop goals and rehabilitation plans to support earlier discharge from hospital and care at home.

You will work autonomously within a multi-professional team across pathways, manage shared caseloads in community and/or care home settings, and contribute to service development to improve patient flow and

Responsabilités

• To undertake assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using specialist clinical reasoning skills.
• To identify patient needs, agree goals and provide appropriate therapy interventions, provide equipment and rehabilitation programmes.
• To work across Pathway 1 (care at home) and Pathway 2 (care home beds) for the Intermediate Care service.
• To work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team.
• To be responsible for patients on shared caseloads within community and/or care home settings.
• To take a holistic approach to all therapeutic interventions, working across professional boundaries at times.

Description du poste

We are currently looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Senior Physiotherapist to join our expanding Intermediate Care Team. The vision of the service is to provide outstanding, patient focused, community based health care and therapy, optimising peoples potential to achieve their goals by supporting earlier discharge from hospital. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that patients get the best care possible in their own homes, maximising potential in the initial phases upon discharge from hospital in our short stay service. The service also provides therapy within our interim bed environment and supports the prevention of hospital admissions. Successful applicants will be expected to assist in the development of therapy assistant practitioners and integrated care workers, to support the clinical delivery of the service and proactively work alongside the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure patient flow and safety. If you are looking for a new challenge, are dynamic, flexible and enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team making a difference in our community then you are the right person for us.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using specialist clinical reasoning skills.
• To identify patient needs, agree goals and provide appropriate therapy interventions, provide equipment and rehabilitation programmes.
• To work across Pathway 1 (care at home) and Pathway 2 (care home beds) for the Intermediate Care service.
• To work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team.
• To be responsible for patients on shared caseloads within community and/or care home settings.
• To take a holistic approach to all therapeutic interventions, working across professional boundaries at times.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.