Senior Physiotherapist - Lead Community & Intermediate Care

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Job description

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