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Specialist Physiotherapist for Acute Therapies and Trauma Orthopaedics

Job details
Posting date: 02 May 2025
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rota
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 01 June 2025
Location: Halifax/Huddersifeld, HD3 3EA
Company: Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 7128798/372-COM2491

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Summary

A Vacancy at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.


To act as specialist clinician for the Physiotherapy Service within the Acute Therapy team and Trauma Orthopaedic team at HRI. Assessing and treating patients on the Acute Medical and Orthopeadic wards. Supporting the Clinical Lead with evolving and embedding best practice into the clinical area.





Please see job description. We are seeking to recruit a band 6 physiotherapist with experience working within elderly medicine and elective and trauma orthopaedics. Following training you will also be expected to work across our 'front end' areas including the Emergency Dept and Acute floors as required. There will also be a requirement to join the respiratory on call service.

This post will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to become involved in not only therapy delivery with patients, but also service delivery experience, the supervision of staff, training delivery and deputising as required for the Clinical Lead in their absence. In return, the successful candidate can expect structured supervision, annual development plans that guide their training and development needs throughout the year and training relevant to their learning needs.



This post will be based at HRI

The in patient services provide therapy interventions across a 7 day rota. Hours of work cover the service between 8-6pm. In addition, there is an on call, overnight respiratory physiotherapy service which the successful candidate would also be expected to participate in. Our on call staff benefit from a comprehensive on call training package, buddy system upon commencing on call and annual update training.

To act as specialist clinician for the Physiotherapy Service within the Acute Therapy team working on the acute medical and orthopaedic wards. Supporting the clinical lead with evolving and embedding best practice into the clinical area.
• To manage own specialist caseload in this area.
• Work autonomously within Trust policies and professional practice, maintaining accurate and comprehensive up to date records.
• To carry out specialist assessment and treatment of orthopaedic and medical patients in hospital following an acute illness phase and those in the acute rehab phase, facilitating safe and timely discharges and contributing to the MDT aims.
• Determine a clinical diagnosis, develop, deliver, implement, evaluate and modify individualised treatment programmes and/or provide specialist advice, ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.
• Take part in the education and training of Physiotherapists and qualified and non-qualified healthcare / social services / education staff including medical staff.
• To support the Clinical Leads/ Team Leader in the day to day running of the Therapy team.
• To support and advise within the wider MDT on the delivery of the service


This advert closes on Monday 12 May 2025

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