Main area: Community Hospitals Elderly Rehabilitation and Recovery
Site: Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Heron Ward
Town: Herne Bay
Grade: Band 5 position
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Part time hours also considered)
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Physiotherapist to join the Inpatient Therapy Team at Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital.
The newly renovated and modernised Heron Ward is a well-established Inpatient Rehabilitation and Recovery Ward providing care and Therapy for the local community. The ward mainly caters for the older population but also caters for much younger Patients with long term conditions or following significant trauma.
You will benefit from working with a well-established multidisciplinary team including Speech Therapists, Pharmacists, Dieticians, Doctors, Nurses and of course the Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy staff. You will gain further experience of working in an Inpatient setting working with Patients who have multiple comorbidities. There will be opportunities to further interests by becoming a potential link worker for such issues as falls which can only help to further experience and knowledge for progression to the next stage in your career.
You will join our forward-thinking Therapy Team providing a high-quality Rehabilitation and Recovery Service, working closely with the multidisciplinary team. You will assess Patient’s physical, social and psychological needs within the hospital setting and in discussion with the Patient, carer’s, family and multidisciplinary team, formulate and implement treatment programmes and discharge planning. You will be expected to support and supervise Therapy Assistants and participate in the training of others as appropriate. You should also be able to supervise students should the need arise.
Additional Working Pattern: Monday to Friday 8.30-4.30 7.5 hours per day
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive, Excellent.
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sam Freelove Job title: Therapy Lead Community Hospitals East Email address: samantha.freelove@nhs.net
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