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Occupational Therapist / Physiotherapist | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 21 Ionawr 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £37,338 - £44,962 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 26 Chwefror 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Hawkinge, CT18 7SS |
| Cwmni: | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 6951715/846-6951715-CF |
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The 10 year plan for the NHS puts community-based care at the heart of health transformation - meaning there’s never been a better time to join us.
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust have recently been confirmed as Outstanding following a recent CQC Inspection. We are therefore seeking exceptional Therapists to join our community teams in the Thanet, South Kent Coast, Ashford and Canterbury areas across east Kent to help shape the future of NHS care. We treat the whole person, not just the condition. Our work is practitioner-led and therapy focused, ensuring care is patient-centred.
We will help you to develop your skills, and support your continued professional development as a valued colleague in one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK.
This is a critical Occupational Therapy / Physiotherapy role in the delivering rehabilitation to patients residing in the Non-Weight Bearing (NWB) Pathway beds in Hawkinge House Proactive Assessment Unit, Folkestone, East Kent. You will be responsible supporting recovery and rehabilitation, and working alongside the MDT to assess and plan discharges for patients placed on the NWB pathway.
The post holder will work within the Non Weight Bearing (NWB) Pathway supporting discharges from acute hospitals in East Kent. These beds are situated within Hawkinge House Proactive Assessment Unit, Folkestone, managed by the Community Assessment Bed team, where the post holder will be working as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team providing therapy interventions to support Recovery, Rehabilitation, Assessment and Discharge Planning for patients recovering from fractures. The pathway incorporates 6 weeks of recovery and healing, during which time therapy is provided to support recovery from non-weight to partial and full weight bearing, and then working with patients to achieve rehabilitation goals to support discharges home.
You will also provide evidence of delays in transfers of care and raise appropriate escalationswhen patient flow may become compromised.
This is currently 5 days a week service – core hours are Monday to Friday 8am-5pm (37.5 hours a week).
To arrange a visit and see us in action or to find out more about working in the community and how you can be part of our dynamic team; please contact the following for an informal discussion about how you can take the next step in your future with KCHFT:
Neil Delbridge - Operational Manager, Community Assessment Bed and Clinical Nurse Specialist Teams.
Rapid Transfer Service
07896 464788
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
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As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
This advert closes on Sunday 9 Feb 2025