Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced physiotherapists to join our friendly Acute Therapy Team in East Cheshire. The successful applicant will also be able to demonstrate skills and experience in respiratory care.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic physiotherapist with proven experience in the assessment and treatment of patients within the acute wards settings.
About the service:
We are an exciting team, offering assessment and treatment to patients on the medical wards and on ITU.
We work holistically within a large multidisciplinary team of Physiotherapists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Healthcare and Rehab Assistants and Social workers.
Travel is an essential part of this role, please demonstrate on your application form how you would meet this requirement.
This post is permanent.
Hours per week:
Main duties of the job
To work in acute surgery.
As a clinical specialist provide a high standard comprehensive physiotherapy assessment and treatment service of patients with a wide range of conditions working as an autonomous clinician, using accurate analytical skills and clinical reasoning to interpret assessment findings, making diagnoses where appropriate, identifying patient problems, setting goals, and providing an appropriate treatment plan and progression.
Upon completion and maintenance of on call competencies, to work unsupervised in an on-call and out of hours emergency service.
About us
It is all about the people at East Cheshire NHS Trust. We have a real sense of community, and our values are truly embedded into everything we do, ensuring we are a great and inclusive place to work. You will be supported, developed and empowered throughout your career with us. Come and join us, where you can play your part in helping us deliver outstanding care and improving the health of all the people we serve.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.
Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list