Job summary
Are you an experienced and ambitious Physiotherapist looking to make a real impact in urgent and emergency care? We are seeking a highly motivated Physiotherapist to join our dynamic Urgent and Emergency Care Therapy Team at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. This exciting role offers the opportunity to deliver advanced assessment, treatment and discharge planning across the Emergency Department, Frailty Assessment Base and Acute Medical Unit. You will play a vital role in supporting admission avoidance, improving patient flow and ensuring patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time. Working as an autonomous practitioner within a fast-paced multidisciplinary team, you will manage a complex caseload including patients with acute medical conditions, frailty, falls, reduced mobility and functional decline. Through clinical decision-making and collaborative working with hospital and community colleagues, you will help optimise independence, promote recovery and facilitate safe discharge. We are looking for an enthusiastic clinician with strong clinical reasoning skills, communication abilities and a passion for delivering quality patient-centred care. In addition to your clinical responsibilities, you will contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives of the integrated frailty and acute care pathways. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your leadership skills and influence the future of urgent and emergency care.
Main duties of the job
- To provide advanced physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation for patients presenting to the Emergency Department
- To identify patients suitable for same-day discharge, community rehabilitation, virtual ward, reablement, intermediate care and other community-based services.
- To work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to develop and implement patient-centred management plans that optimise outcomes and reduce unnecessary hospital admissions.
- To contribute to comprehensive frailty assessment and support patients with complex physical, cognitive and social needs.
- To participate in multidisciplinary meetings, board rounds and discharge planning discussions to ensure timely patient flow through emergency and acute services.
- To assess and manage clinical risk, ensuring safe and effective practice in accordance with professional, Trust and national standards.
- To contribute to the planning, delivery and evaluation of staff education and competency development programmes.
- To lead and participate in audit and quality improvement projects
- To act as a role model for professional practice, demonstrating the Trust values and promoting a culture of continuous improvement and patient-centred care.
- To deputise for the Band 8a Clinical Lead/Team Lead Physiotherapist as required, providing operational and clinical leadership, supporting service delivery.
About us
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well-being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Job responsibilities
For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description. We look forward to your application! Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.
Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate diploma or degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC registered as an Physiotherapist
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in specialism
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of post graduate training/development courses relevant to speciality area
- Experience of comprehensive assessment and treatment of patients with complex medical, neurological, musculoskeletal, respiratory, and frailty-related presentations.
- Experience supervising, supporting, and appraising junior staff and support workers.
- Knowledge of frailty syndromes, comprehensive geriatric assessment principles, falls management, and admission avoidance pathways.
- Ability to work independently and prioritise a complex caseload.
Desirable
- Has undertaken an audit or research activity that had an impact on service delivery.
- Previous band 7 experience in ED
- Previous NHS experience
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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