Therapy Lead (Physiotherapist)

Job summary

Therapy lead

COMMUNITY HOSPITALS

Band 7 2 WTE based at Loughborough or Coalville Hospital

An opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced and enthusiastic physiotherapist to become part of an effective team, providing a high standard of clinical care to patients. To manage a team of therapists and support workers to collectively deliver a high-quality rehabilitation service to the patients within Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland. You will be working in a role to develop staff and the workforce to aid excellent patient care, to ensure standards are met and ensure evidenced based therapy is delivered.

"LPT has proven a fantastic organisation to work for as an Physiotherapist. In my time with the Trust there has been considerable opportunity to progress professionally and in particular to engage with new models Physiotherapy working. Team working and knowledge sharing has been excellent both locally and across sites. I am proud to represent my locality in working for LPT and hope to continue to develop in such a proactive and forward thinking organisation" (band 6 Physiotherapist, LPT)

The Trust is progressing toward a seven day week working pattern; consequently the post holder must be prepared to work the weekly contracted hours over a 7 day rotation in accordance with the needs of the service.

For further information please contact:

Sam Branston Physiotherapy Professional lead- email samantha.branston@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

• To support a team of therapists to deliver high quality patient care.
• To operationally support the ward sister in the running of the ward.
• To provide physiotherapy clinical leadership
• To utilise experience and clinical skills to develop the workforce.
• To ensure therapy care meets standards and guidelines.
• To ensure physiotherapy intervention is evidenced based.
• To work with other senior staff member on service delivery and improvement across community hospitals.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Loughborough Hospital

Hospital Way

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 5JY

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Loughborough Hospital

Hospital Way

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 5JY

Employer's website

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

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