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Physiotherapist - Woodbridge Clinic | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 October 2024 |
| Location: | Melton, IP12 1QT |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6676169/432-HR1330-24 |
Summary
The Woodbridge Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT) has an exciting opportunity available to work as a Band 5 Physiotherapist in the community. This position will be working alongside our established team of therapists and being offered on a permanent basis at 36.75 hrs per week.
Community experience would be an advantage, but full training and support will be provided.
Due to this post being a community position it is essential for the successful candidate to be able to drive from day one of employment.
The Woodbridge Integrated Neighbourhood team is based in Melton and provides multidisciplinary care to the surrounding locality. The team consists of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, District & Community Nurses, Assistant Practitioners, Generic Workers, and Social Workers. The team is led by an INT Manager, supported by a Care Coordinator and Administrator.
The team is busy, dynamic, and proud of their holistic care approach. The team continues to change to support developments in NHS which includes close working relationships with the local statutory, non-statutory and voluntary services. You will be actively supported by regular supervision and individual annual appraisal. You will be expected to work autonomously and on behalf of the patients served by the local area. You will have access to skills development training relevant to the post. You will be required to work shifts covering the operational hours of 08:00 to 18:00 over 7 days.
The role will include a comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role. We pride ourselves on the holistic care approach we provide from initial assessment to identify the needs of our community patients.
Your duties will be to provide holistic therapeutic assessments of patient goals to implement management plans and strategies. This role will also include working with the wider Integrated and multidisciplinary team, including MDT meetings. We offer a variety of training to up skill and maintain your clinical skills. Although we are expecting our staff to work autonomously, we are a very supportive team and work closely together to achieve the best outcomes for our patients.
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 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.
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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 Thursday 10 Oct 2024