Senior Physiotherapist (Intermediate Care) | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 22 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 21 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Huntingdon, PE29 6FH |
| Cwmni: | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7292868/310-MOPAC-7292868 |
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We are currently looking for a Senior Physiotherapist to join our Intermediate Care Team in the North, based inHuntingdon. If you are looking for a new challenge, are dynamic, flexible and enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team making a difference in our community then you are the right person for us.
The vision of the service is to provide outstanding, patient focused, community based health care and therapy, optimising peoples potential to achieve their goals by supporting earlier discharge from hospital using the home first model.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) provides integrated community and mental health, learning disability and social care services of the highest standard due to our continued commitment to quality and service improvement. We aim to support people of all ages to achieve the very best they can for their health and well being. To ensure that we achieve this goal we look to recruit candidates of a high calibre that share our passion for delivering excellent service user care, research and education.
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
To provide comprehensive, holistic therapy assessment and rehabilitation to patients within their home environment, maximising independence within a 4 -week pathway.
To hold clinical responsibility for patients within the service and Therapy Practitioners within their team. To prioritise workload including that of the Therapy Assistants within the team.
To work proactively, in collaboration with the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure patient flow and safety.
To assist in the development of the Integrated Care Workers and Therapy Practitioners to support the clinical delivery of the service.
*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website.
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects for your own and delegated work
• To work within codes of practice and professional guidelines
• To undertake holistic assessment (including those with complex presentations and multi pathologies) making use of specialist clinical reasoning skills
• To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate
• To promote independence and wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting
• Organise and manage own time, delegating work appropriately
• Conduct risk assessments and health and safety assessments and including immediately reporting any changes/newly identified risks
• To demonstrate the importance of gaining patient and carer consent in all interventions
• To effectively communicate verbally with patients, carers and colleagues using tact and persuasive skills. This may involve using skills where patients have difficulties in communication eg hearing loss, diminished sight, depression, speech problems, cognitive impairment, behavioural problems and pain
• Actively involved in the development of the service/organisational aims and objectives of the Teams and the new model of care
• To work effectively within the team structure and liaise appropriately with members of the MDT and other agencies by attending MDT meetings, case reviews
• To ensure that accurate and timely written records are kept which comply with the Trust policy and HCPC guidance, reporting on any issues as appropriate
• To provide specialist advice to all members of the multi-disciplinary team, service users and appropriate others, of changes involving current care plans, patients progress and other relevant matters that pertain to the care of the patient
• To support with day to day planning and delivery of a high quality care
This advert closes on Tuesday 5 Aug 2025