Burns and Plastics Physiotherapist | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Are you able to provide specialist therapy assessment and treatment for a defined caseload of patients within St Andrews Therapy Department, delivering a high standard of care and maintain high professional standards?

Can you assess and treat own caseload of patients as part of Multi-disciplinary Team and provide Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy in a specialist Burns and Plastic Surgery Centre, contributing to service development and participates in Clinical Audit and research?

If you are interested in the role and believe you hold the qualities we require, we would like to hear from you, please apply today.

St Andrews is a busy and dynamic trauma unit where there are excellent opportunities to work within a multi-disciplinary team. We have structured supervision and appraisal systems, monthly audit and training days, incorporating regular journal clubs.

To perform specialist therapeutic assessments of patients with diverse plastic surgery needs or burns, involving complex physical and psychological and social problems.

To provide diagnosis, advice, formulate treatment plans and deliver individualised treatment programmes.

To be responsible for own caseload and to delegate work to other therapists, assistants, and students.

To be responsible for the treatment of patients undergoing plastic surgery or burn care in both in-patient and outpatient settings, without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular training, clinical reasoning sessions and peer review. Access to advice and support from a senior therapist is available if required but work is not routinely evaluated.
Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 17,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

MSEFT is a research active organisation and encourages its staff to participate in research activities. As part of your role you will be for assessing and managing the care pathways of patients and carers participating in research studies and ensuring good communication with other members of the research delivery teams across Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) and CRN.