Inpatient private unit and virtual fracture clinic physiotherapist

Job summary

Are you a physiotherapist who enjoys working in an inpatient environment but also likes outpatients?

If you answered YES then this is the perfect job for you!

This role combines working on the private patient unit at WPH called Parkside which has a unique patient cohort from all inpatient specialities such as elective orthopaedics, general surgery and general medicine. Working on the Parkside unit provides a diverse caseload and variation of clinical assessment and treatment. Due to the diverse caseload sometimes patients require respiratory assessment and treatment, due to this there is a requirement to be oncall competent and participate in the respiratory oncall rota. This post holder would also be expected to participate in the orthopaedic weekend rota at Wexham Park Hospital.

The role would also include working in virtual fracture clinic and providing care to patients who have had a fracture. This involves working closely with the orthopaedic multidisciplinary team, alongside trauma orthopaedic nurses and consultants.

This role would sit within the orthopaedic physiotherapy team at Wexham Park Hospital and have support from the orthopaedic team lead and Parkside lead therapist who is cross site. The successful candidate would also have support from the outpatient team at Wexham Park hospital.

Main duties of the job

This role will prioritise and cover the case load of patients on the private unit at Wexham Park Hospital. The Private unit is called Parkside and has 15 beds. The caseload is varied and you would be expected to assess and treat patients who have had an elective orthopaedic procedure, general surgery, or has been admitted with a medical complaint. This also involves discharge planning and referring on to other services. The majority of patients on the Parkside Unit are privately funded patients but there is also NHS patients within the ward. Some patients post operatively require respiratory assessment and due to this the successful candidate would need to be respiratory competent and work on the on call rota.

The other aspect of this role is virtual fracture clinic where you would have a minimum of one clinic per week covering this service.

About us

There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts - We have three main hospitals: Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough, and we also provide integrated community services to North East Hampshire, Farnham and Surrey Heath in partnership with Virgin Care Services.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wexham Park Hospital

Slough

SL2 4HL

Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wexham Park Hospital

Slough

SL2 4HL

Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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