Specialist Therapist / Team Lead for IRAS
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Lexden, Colchester
Specialist Therapist / Team Lead for IRAS
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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Lexden, Colchester
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 16 Jun | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Location ref: Lexden, Colchester
Full Job Description
- To be responsible for providing specialist assessment and treatment for patients in A+E and Assessment units, ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communications via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.
- To co-ordinate a team of physiotherapy, nursing and Occupational Therapy staff and assist in the implementation of the services' Clinical Governance action plan.
- To undertake a team leader role in planning, co-ordinating, delivery and evaluating the IRAS service provided by urgent care on a day to day basis.
- To take a major / lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients within the speciality who may have complex acute or chronic presentations, and to determine clinical diagnosis and treatment indicated, and to maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.
- To plan, deliver and evaluate the rehabilitation and discharge programme in partnership with MDT colleagues, and together lead the planning, delivery and evaluation of all elements of the programme.
- To undertake audit of both clinical practice and processes to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
- To undertake weekend working as part of a seven day service.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, innovative Physiotherapist to lead our Emergency Care Team. As a Band 7 Physiotherapist you will have the opportunity to develop your own supervisory and management skills through supporting and supervising junior therapists, students and/or therapy support workers. You will need excellent clinical and leadership skills as well as a keen interest in research. A flexible approach and excellent team working, organisational and time management skills are essential. You will need experience working as a qualified Band 6 or 7 Physiotherapist therapist within the acute hospital setting. You may be required to travel to different sites across the Essex, Suffolk and Tendring area.
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 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Direct job link
https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/specialist-therapist-team-lead-for-iras-126984547