Specialist Physiotherapist

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist to join the Suffolk Stroke Early Supported Discharge (ESD) Team on a full-time, permanent basis. The role involves working with an interdisciplinary team across patients’ homes and community settings to support stroke survivors in the first 6 weeks after discharge.

You will assess, treat and deliver evidence-based rehabilitation, contribute to care plans for Rehabilitation Assistants and travel across the county to

Responsibilities

• Assessment, treatment and delivery of evidence-based stroke rehabilitation.
• Outline rehabilitation care plans for Rehabilitation Assistants with supervision.
• Travel across Suffolk to support patients in homes and community settings.

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist to join our Suffolk Stroke Early Supported Discharge (ESD) Team.

The Stroke Early Supported Discharge service provides specialist individualised stroke rehabilitation, in order to support stroke patients and their carers’ in the first 6 weeks of discharge from hospital to home.

We are looking for a Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist for a full-time, permanent position. We work as an interdisciplinary team, which operates 7 days a week. The interdisciplinary team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Stroke Specialist Nurse, Clinical Neuropsychologist and Rehabilitation Assistants.

Working across patients’ homes and community settings, you will support stroke survivors to achieve maximum independence and rehabilitation potential through comprehensive assessment, treatment and delivery of evidence-based interventions, whilst outlining rehabilitation care plans for the Rehabilitation Assistants to carry out with supervision.

You will work collaboratively across the Suffolk Stroke Pathway to ensure seamless transitions from acute hospital care into community services, manage patients with complex needs, provide supervision and support to junior staff and students, and contribute to service development, quality improvement and data collection across the service.

This post would allow you to develop your knowledge and skills in the area of specialist stroke rehabilitation with support from both the Team Leader and the wider inter-disciplinary teams. There will be opportunities for professional development and supervision. The successful candidate will have access to both the Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich offices and will be expected to travel across the whole of the county of Suffolk.

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ehab Georgy Job title: Suffolk ESD Service Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07915 903171