Specialist Physiotherapist - Medical Team

Job summary

Are you a physio with an interest in patients presenting with complex medical conditions? If so, we would welcome you to join our Medical Therapy Team. We are a recently integrated team of Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, providing assessment, intervention and discharge planning across several medical wards within St Richards Hospital. We are an integral part of the patient journey and key in promoting patient independence in the inpatient setting and supporting them and their families / carers in decision making for their ongoing care.

This would be a static post in the Medical Therapy Team. The wards we cover span many specialities including elderly medicine, frailty, gastroenterology, endocrinology and amputees.

In this role you will have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills through supervision of Band 4/5 colleagues, as well as students that attend placement throughout the year.

St Richards Hospital sits at the foot of South Downs National Park, in the heart of Chichester which is a lively and historic university city. The hospital is a well-established institutional member of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

To provide advanced assessment and treatment for a range of highly complex patients on the medical wards.

To work alongside the wider MDT in the discharge planning of complex medical patients.

To supervise, teach and appraise Band 5 physiotherapists, physiotherapy associate practitioners and technicians, students and other members of the Medical Therapy Team.

To support the team lead with operational management.

To participate in CPD, IST, audit, evidence-based projects and service development projects which may include making recommendations for change in practice.

To remain competent for respiratory on-call and to work as part of the respiratory on-call rota.

To remain competent to work as part of the orthopaedic weekend rota

About us

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in ourWellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.

Candidate information pack - University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Address

St Richard's Hospital

Chichester

PO19 6SE

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Address

St Richard's Hospital

Chichester

PO19 6SE

Employer's website

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

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