Specialist Physiotherapist

 

Description:

Full Job Description

At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

Job overview

 

To provide a clinical service to patients in the community and in the community wards . The service provides an integrated rehabilitation service to patients in own homes, and on community wards.

Rehabilitation is the key delivery to ensure patients are able to return home, or maintain place in community

 

Main duties of the job

 

As an enthusiastic and dynamic senior Occupational therapist you will be supported to develop your enterprise initiatives and lead on quality improvements for the integrated service while utilising your leadership skills to support the team and collaborate with community colleagues as part of the move into Primary Care Networks.

 

 

You will be joining one of our Community Integrated Therapy Teams which consist of occupational therapists, physiotherapists and support staffs who work in collaboration with a number of other community services to provide timely, high quality rehabilitation for our patients in a number of local neighbourhood’s settings.

You will manage your own caseload as well as having the opportunity to lead and support junior members of the team including student training.

 

 

The Integrated Therapy teams are part of a wide range of AHP services in ELHT. Staff are supported by the use of clinical skills matrix and training needs analysis which build individualised development plans. We offer comprehensive informal and formal supervision as well as access to ‘best practice’ designed care pathways.

 

Working for our organisation

 

At East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 7,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As an enthusiastic and dynamic senior Occupational therapist you will be supported to develop your enterprise initiatives and lead on quality improvements for the integrated service while utilising your leadership skills to support the team and collaborate with community colleagues as part of the move into Primary Care Networks.

 

 

You will be joining one of our Community Integrated Therapy Teams which consist of occupational therapists, physiotherapists and support staffs who work in collaboration with a number of other community services to provide timely, high quality rehabilitation for our patients in a number of local neighbourhood’s settings.

You will manage your own caseload as well as having the opportunity to lead and support junior members of the team including student training.

 

 

The Integrated Therapy teams are part of a wide range of AHP services in ELHT. Staff are supported by the use of clinical skills matrix and training needs analysis which build individualised development plans. We offer comprehensive informal and formal supervision as well as access to ‘best practice’ designed care pathways.

Person specification

skills/experience

Essential criteria

• 2 years experience

Dear Potential Applicant,

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
• This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
• Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.