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Professional Lead Physiotherapist - Outpatient Therapies

Job details
Posting date: 24 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £50,952 - £57,349 per annum pro rata
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 24 May 2024
Location: Ipswich, IP4 5PD
Company: Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Contract
Job reference: 6256300/432-HR159-24

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Summary

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.


Are you looking for a new, varied and exciting role?

Following a recent restructure within the Integrated Pathways Division, we have an opportunity for a Professional Lead Physiotherapist to join our Older People and Therapies Clinical Delivery Group (CDG).

This role will provide strategic and clinical leadership within the acute and Community Hospitals. This post will ensure the provision of a high quality, responsive professional leadership.

You will also work alongside other Therapy Professional Leads, Head of Therapies and General Manager on operational and strategic planning and development of the Integrated Therapy Service.
• Maintain, high clinical profile across the therapy Outpatient services
• Line manage the Therapy Clinical Specialty to include annual appraisals employing the KSF framework and performance monitoring in accordance with Trust policies and procedures
• Work collaboratively with the Head of Therapies and General Manager in the development of the strategic direction of the Professions’ Clinical Specialties and the Trust through shared objectives
• Responsible for the implementation of measurable accountable models of working to sustain high standards of safe patient care
• Responsible for the management of all therapy personnel issues in a timely manner in accordance with Trust policies, working closely with HR
• Accountable for ensuring that their therapy teams adhere to their own line management responsibilities in accordance with Trust policies and procedures
• Employ a wide range of specialist knowledge and expertise to develop skills of all therapy and other clinical staff in response to the Trust’s strategic objectives, having maximum impact to enhance patient care
• Work with the Director of AHP’s and Head of Therapies to create a vision for patient care which reflects local and national clinical standards

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 offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto 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.

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


This advert closes on Wednesday 8 May 2024

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