Senior First Contact Physiotherapist

2 weeks ago

Colchester Essex, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking for a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic individual to join our team at ESNEFT within the field of Physiotherapy. You may be an experienced band 5 who is ready to transition into a rotational band 6 post or an established Band 6 who is looking for a new challenge.


The current rotations in North East Essex consist of Critical Care, Acute Respiratory Care Unit, Surgical Wards, Medical Respiratory adult and Paediatric, Oncology, General Medical wards, Elderly wards, Emergency Medicine, Stroke and Trauma & Orthopaedics at Colchester Hospital, along with community rotations inNeuro rehabilitation, MSK outpatients, Community hospitals and Community Respiratory. A rotation into the new Elective Orthopaedic centre (ESEOC) will also start when the centre opens in August 2024.


All staff are expected to participate in 7 day working & work on the inpatient respiratory on-call rota.


We are an integrated therapy team with Physiotherapists & Occupational Therapists that work extremely closely in integrated teams to provide excellent and rapid assessment and discharge planning to our clients. Therapy services are held in high regard within the trust.


You will need to have experience in discharge planning and skills in identification of needs for adaptive equipment.


The vacancy in the rotational scheme for this financial year (2024-25) is in the OP Neuro-rehabilitation team and therefore a UK driving licence and access to a vehicle that can be used for work is required.
You will complete competency framework to enable participation in the annual Band 6 rotational scheme. This includes rapid assessment, facilitating discharge, specialist rehabilitation, falls prevention and specialist inpatient services in Critical Care, Stroke and Neurology and Respiratory care.


You will be responsible for your own caseload, and for a defined area of the service, initially with supervision of senior staff then progressing towards working without direct supervision. Supervision involves regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review and one to one assessments.


To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload.
One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.


Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if 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. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.


BSc / MSc Physiotherapy
University Clinical education course
Wide range of rotational experience at Band 5
Experience in discharge planning

Experience of supervision students clinically.
Experience of working in an integrated therapy team
NHS experience as student or staff.

Broad knowledge of respiratory, neurology, elderly, trauma and orthopaedic conditions and their management.
Knowledge of local community services and value of inter- agency working

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Colchester Hospital

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