Senior Physiotherapist (Intermediate Care)
| Posting date: | 22 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 August 2025 |
| Location: | Huntingdon, PE29 6FH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9310-25-0672 |
Summary
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