Therapy Practitioner

3 weeks ago

Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Full time
About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as part of our Inpatient Rehabilitation team based at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

We have a substantive, full-time position available as part of a flexible Rehabilitation team that will cover the Cardiology, Acute Neurology and General Medical wards.

The role will involve providing a range of therapeutic interventions, treatments and exercise programmes to patients and liaising with patients and family/carers in discharge planning and prevention of falls.

The post holder will be expected to identify and support the physical limitations of a patient's disability and their functional problems to support the therapy team to deliver early routine assessments and rehabilitation.

There will be a requirement to develop strong links with the multidisciplinary teams working in the acute and community settings.

Key Responsibilities
  • Assessment and information gathering to identify patient needs
  • Physical and cognitive assessments, development of treatment plans (including review of progress at regular intervals)
  • Delivery of care and rehabilitation, including exercise and mobility programmes, personal activities of daily living, communication therapy programmes and education/advice to patients and their families
  • Liaison with family, carers and external agencies to ensure safe and effective transfer of patient therapy from the in-patient rehabilitation setting to other services
  • Delegation and supervision of appropriate tasks to Bands 2 and 3
Working Arrangements

This position is based on the Cardiology wards on the main Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital site, The Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

This post will be static within a clinical speciality area, but there may be a requirement for the post holder to work flexibly in other areas as required (including Acute Medicine & Neurology).

Working hours per week: Monday to Friday between the hours of 08:00 and 16:00. The position carries an expectation to work weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.

About Us

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.

We are a major acute hospital trust, providing a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

We also offer integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people's own homes.

We are committed to providing world-class care to our local communities and are proud to be a major employer in Devon, with a workforce of over 10,000 staff.

Benefits

We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.

We offer a range of benefits, including access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.

We also offer salary sacrifice options, including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter, car lease schemes, the NHS Pension scheme and cycle to work scheme.

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