Senior Rotational Physiotherapist

Candino CA; Colchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established NHS organization is seeking a passionate Physiotherapist to join their dynamic team in North East Essex. This role offers an exciting opportunity for Band 5 professionals to transition into a rotational Band 6 position, providing essential care across various medical fields including Critical Care, Oncology, and Community Rehabilitation. The successful candidate will engage in comprehensive patient assessments, develop individualized treatment plans, and participate in a supportive environment that prioritizes professional growth. With a commitment to enhancing patient care and a focus on staff wellbeing, this position provides a platform for career advancement while making a meaningful impact in the community.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Flexible working options

Staff Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Experience in discharge planning and adaptive equipment identification.
• Ability to perform physiotherapeutic assessments and treatment planning.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive assessments of patients with complex conditions.
• Manage a caseload with supervision, progressing to independent work.

Skills

Physiotherapy

Discharge Planning

Clinical Reasoning

Manual Assessment Techniques

Patient Assessment

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

Tools

Electronic Patient Record (EPR)

Job description

We are looking for a dynamic & enthusiastic individual to join our team in North East Essex within the field of Physiotherapy. We are looking for an experienced band 5 who is ready to transition into a rotational band 6 post or established Band 6's looking for a new challenge.

The current rotations in North East Essex consist of:

1. Critical Care
2. Acute Respiratory Care Unit
3. Surgical Wards
4. Medical Respiratory adult & Paediatric
5. Oncology
6. General Medical wards
7. Elderly wards
8. Emergency Medicine
9. Stroke Unit
10. Trauma Orthopaedics
11. Elective Orthopaedic Centre at Colchester Hospital

Along with community rotations in:

1. Neuro rehabilitation
2. MSK outpatients
3. Community hospitals
4. Community Respiratory

Staff are expected to participate in 7 day working & work on the inpatient respiratory on-call rota.

We are an Integrated Therapy team with Physiotherapists & Occupational Therapists working closely in integrated teams to provide excellent & rapid assessment & discharge planning to our clients. Therapy services are held in high regard within the trust.

You will need to have experience in discharge planning & skills in identification of needs for adaptive equipment.

Band 5 to 6 development roles will be considered for those requiring additional support for the first 6 months, provided they have completed an NHS preceptorship scheme at Band 5.

Car drivers are preferred, due to the community nature of several of the rotations.

You will complete a competency framework to enable participation in the annual Band 6 rotational scheme. This includes rapid assessment, facilitating discharge, specialist rehabilitation, falls prevention & specialist inpatient services in Critical Care, Stroke & Neurology & Respiratory care.

You will be expected to perform safe, evidenced based physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations & complex physical & psychological conditions & deliver an individualised treatment programme from a range of options.

You will undertake comprehensive assessments of patients, including those with diverse or complex presentations, using clinical reasoning skills & manual assessment techniques to assist in diagnosis & choose from a range of treatment options to achieve the desired goal. To formulate treatment plans & recommend the best course of intervention, considering patients’ personal goals & objectives, to develop comprehensive discharge plans.

You will be responsible for your own caseload & for a defined area of the service, initially with supervision of senior staff then progressing towards working without direct supervision. Supervision involves regular formal training & clinical reasoning sessions, peer review & one to one assessments.

You will be professionally & legally accountable for all aspects of your own work, including issues around consent and capacity.

To manage clinical risk within your own patient caseload.

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 offers 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.

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