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Job summary

Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre (ESEOC), situated in the Dame Clare Marx Building, is set to open its doors in 2024. This cutting-edge facility will specialize in elective Orthopaedic surgery and Orthopaedic day cases.

With eight laminar flow theatres, three wards, recovery facilities, and comprehensive support services, ESEOC is poised to become one of the largest centres of its kind in Europe. The Centre is committed to delivering high-volume, low-complexity cases locally, fostering excellence, and contributing to education, training, and research in the field.

We are looking for physiotherapists to join the new service and work as part of our Orthopaedic physiotherapy team.

Main duties of the job

To gain experience and develop skills and knowledge in Orthopaedic physiotherapy within the acute setting Understanding an contributing to the orthopaedic physiotherapy pathways. To manage own caseload of patients, seeking advice and problem solving from senior staff when required. To link in with the MDT in ESEOC to contribute to the care of elective patients

About us

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.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSc / MSc Physiotherapy HCPC Registered Physiotherapist

Desirable

Associated prior learning qualification. Membership of professional body / specialist Interest Group

Experience

Essential

A range of placement as a student Musculoskeletal/orthopaedics Attendance at case conference/ward meeting/handover.

Desirable

Experience of working with therapy assistants/assistant practitioners Experience within specialist areas.

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of presenting diagnoses and their management Evidence of clinical reasoning process Delivery of evidence based practice and how to keep practice current

Desirable

Patient pathways in primary and secondary care Benefits of exercise/disease education

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