Specialist Physiotherapist

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust; Bishop Auckland; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Clinical supervision

Leadership development

Access to additional learning

Job summary

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Physiotherapist to join the therapy rehabilitation team based in the North locality, with the base at Weardale Community Hospital. The post is for 30 hours per week and requires working across North and South Community Hospitals as needed.

The role offers supervision, peer support and opportunities to develop clinical and leadership skills, with a commitment to a 6-day service and weekend/bank holiday rotas.

Qualifications

• Registered physiotherapist with current UK practice eligibility.
• Band 6 level experience or equivalent in community/rehabilitation settings.
• Willingness to work across multiple sites on a rota including weekends.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage a caseload in community wards with holistic, short-term, goal-led interventions after comprehensive assessment.
• Develop and lead on discharge-to-assess model of care to optimise rehabilitation.
• Provide supervision, peer support, and contribute to service development across North and South Community Hospitals.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Caseload management

Holistic assessment

Leadership

Supervision

Education

Registered Physiotherapist

Job description

Following investment into the community hospitals wards we have an exciting opportunity to join our team. We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our therapy rehabilitation team based in the North locality. The base site will be Weardale Community Hospital. 30 hours per week.

Applicants must be prepared to participate in a 6 day week service, covering bank holidays and Saturdays on a rota basis.

The successful applicant will be required to work across the North and South Community Hospitals in the Trust as and when required.

Come and join this exciting development. Receive support and opportunities to develop clinical and leadership skills with regular individual supervision, peer support and access to additional learning., This post is for a Specialist Physiotherapist, 30 hours per week.

The service will work over 6 days a week.

Come and join this exciting development. Receive support and opportunities to develop clinical and leadership skill with regular individual supervision, peer support and access to additional learning.

The successful applicant will independently manage a caseload in the community wards providing holistic, short term, goal led intervention following a comprehensive assessment. These patients will present with a wide range of complex problems and will allow you to develop a highly specialist knowledge

Promoting a Discharge to Assess model of care, patients will have their discharge facilitated by therapists at the most optimum point in their rehabilitation pathway.

Opportunities to:

• Develop skills in holistic assessing beyond the scope of your traditional Physiotherapy practice.
• Develop your supervisory, leadership and service development skills.
• To support junior and assistant staff and to help with their development
• Lead and participate in peer support and in service training

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

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