Temporary Senior Physiotherapists
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Temporary Senior Physiotherapist to join our Acute Care Therapy Team (ACTT) to cover maternity leave. One role is temporary for 12 months and the second role is temporary for 9 months. The successful candidates will be responsible for the assessment and treatment of predominantly elderly and frail patients across various clinical settings including the Emergency Department and assessment areas.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a friendly and successful team; together we are proud to deliver the highest standards of clinical quality, patient care and staff experience.
Your happiness at work is incredibly important to us, and hence, we are committed to supporting your health and wellbeing. Our proud to CARE values and Leading the Chesterfield Way behaviours are firmly embedded across the Trust, whilst our focus on proudly ‘being you’ supports our hospital to be a great place to work.
You will be supported by working closely with a team of qualified Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy colleagues along with support staff. The team have enhanced skills, and you will receive training to achieve dual therapy competencies.
The team are committed to delivering high standards of care across the acute care pathway.
We are seeking applicants with knowledge and experience of current developments and drivers within the wider healthcare setting, around frailty, admissions avoidance and emergency care.
The Trust is committed to supporting and developing staff through appraisals and the supervision process. Senior staff have individual supervision and peer support as well as access to training.
Hours will be worked to support 7\-day service delivery between the hours of 08:00 – 20:00, including weekends and bank holidays; therefore, flexibility around working patterns will be required. Flexible full and part time hours will be considered.
Here at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, we provide a full range of district general services, including 24\-hour urgent and emergency care, specialist children’s services, maternity and community midwifery to the population of North Derbyshire – around 400,000 local people. We also offer primary care services through nine GP surgeries in Chesterfield and Derbyshire. We work closely with partners across health and care as part of the Joined\-Up Care Derbyshire system.
The Trust’s Together as One Strategy and People Plan describe our organisational values and a pledge to support our people. We are above average in all themes of the NHS National Staff Survey.
A significant element of supporting our people includes compassionate and inclusive leadership. We know that people have a life outside of work, we offer a raft of support to care for your physical and mental wellbeing including a purpose\-built Wellbeing Hub free of charge for staff which includes access to a 24/7 gym. We are easily accessible from the M1 and the A61 and the local train station is nearby.
Ours is a workplace in which you can proudly be yourself.
To work with the team leads to co\-ordinate and monitor an effective and efficient service to meet the needs of the patients referred to the Acute Care Therapy Team – this includes ED, EMU, Short Stay Unit, Pearson
and the Frailty Unit, including the ambulatory chairs.
To work with the team leads to monitor and evaluate existing services and develop services, in line with the changing needs of the Trust/wider healthcare community.
To provide Physiotherapy and (selective Occupational Therapy assessments following completion of competencies) within the speciality of admission avoidance, frailty and general medicine.
To assess, treat and educate patients referred to the service in the speciality of emergency medicine.
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