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Specialist Physiotherapist: Medicine
| Posting date: | 04 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,338.00 to £44,962.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £37338.00 - £44962.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 March 2025 |
| Location: | Southampton, SO16 6YD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9188-25-0333 |
Summary
About the TeamOur integrated therapy team covers a diverse range of wards including a Respiratory High Dependency Unit (RHDU); hepatology; renal; respiratory; gastroenterology; infectious diseases and general medicine. We routinely cover complex patient presentations including neurological, cognitive, bariatric, moving and handling, complex social situations, and tissue viability. Our therapy team is a valued part of an expansive MDT, priding itself in delivering patient-centred care. The entire MDT strives to be at the forefront of innovation and development. As this post is part of the wider Therapy services department, you will have many opportunities to develop new skills and knowledge through our in-service training. You will be part of a large department of over 300 Therapy staff including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy support staff. We provide a 7-day therapy service and therefore you need to be able to work weekends and bank holiday, on a rota basis. This also includes our acute respiratory out of hours service (On-call). The main responsibilities of this post include:- Working across a number of clinical areas to perform assessments; formulate treatment plans and goal setting, with a highly diverse range of patients.- Working closely with specialised MDT to allow for the seamless care of patients, and successful transitions, from the hyper acute to the home setting.- Involvement in training and development, with both the therapy team, members of the MDT, and patients/carers.- The development of professional leadership and management skills, through on the job learning, supervision, and in-service training. You should ensure you fulfil all the essential criteria and read the job description before applying and ensure you have these specific skills and knowledge to work in the therapy team for medicine: Evidence of experience using specialist respiratory equipment, and using respiratory treatment techniques Documented evidence of experience doing shifts within an acute respiratory on-call out of hours service - including intensive care, both adults and children. Recent experience teaching students is desirable Clear desire for wanting to work in UHS therapy service on your application form. Clear expressed desire for working within the medicine therapy team Please note: CV applications are not accepted Interviews will be held on Thurs 3rd April This is only a 7-month fixed term post and not permanent. If this post is not for you and you are interested in other therapy opportunities, please e-mail: Annette.Purkis@uhs.nhs.uk We welcome enquiries and are happy to answer any questions you may have.