Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Community Stroke Services for a Specialist Physiotherapist to join our team to cover maternity Community Stroke service provides Early Supported Discharge as well as support for people who have a new therapeutic need some time after their stroke.
This is in line with the Integrated Community Stroke Service (ICSS) model providing a needs-based role will join our multidisciplinary team which consists of Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Occupational Therapists as well as an experienced team of Associate and Assistant practitioners.
Main duties of the job The key objectives for this post are to provide high quality, safe, evidence based and goal-focused rehabilitation, supporting stroke survivors to become experts in their own care and remain in their own homes; and to provide holistic assessment specialist physiotherapy clinical reasoning; good assessment and intervention skills; and experience in neuro/stroke care are essential.
You will be encouraged and supported to develop your clinical skills and be actively involved in service development.
About us We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex.
Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff.
We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.
Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone.
Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic.
This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - Job description Job responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification Experience Essential Proven experience within the relevant care group Desirable Competencies relevant to specialism Experience of managing the work of others Education and Qualifications Essential Registered physiotherapist with HCPC Professional knowledge and Skills acquired through a combination of formal training, short courses and experience to degree level or equivalent.
Relevant post qualification training through short courses and/or further study and experience for example splinting and injections, working towards post graduate level of study Evidence of on-going CPD Desirable Registered member of Chartered Society of physiotherapy Recognised registered qualification and further courses and experience relevant to role Knowledge Essential Good theoretical and practical knowledge of a broad range of assessments including specialist relevant to the specialist care group and the relative benefits of each.
Knowledge of the current evidence based practice Good knowledge of a range of specialist therapeutic interventions relevant to the care group including the relative benefits of each and the comparative outcomes.
Good theoretical and practical knowledge of a broad range of assessments including specialist relevant to the specialist care group and the relative benefits of each.
Skills Essential To use Word, PowerPoint, email, excel and access Ability to manage a team Work independently using own initiative Prioritise own and others' workload, delegating appropriately