Physiotherapist Trauma, Orthopaedics & Amputees

Job summary

The Physiotherapist role is a static post within a multidisciplinary team comprising occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and technical instructors, working in an inpatient setting. The service provides care for patients admitted with trauma, orthopaedic, and amputee presentations, including elective orthopaedic procedures.

The post holder will work across Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospitals, delivering high quality physiotherapy assessment and intervention. The role focuses on supporting patient recovery, promoting safe and timely discharge planning, and providing essential therapeutic interventions to optimise functional outcomes and independence.

Main duties of the job

• Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
• Use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients to progress rehabilitation and treatment programmes. This will include patients with different cultural or language or who have difficulties in understanding or communicating. E.g. patients may be dysphasic, depressed, deaf, blind or who may be unable to accept diagnosis.
• Demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses, for the assessment and manual treatment of patients.
• Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes if required.
• Provide specialist physiotherapy advice to patients and carers.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers,home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Employer details

Employer name

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Trust-wide

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Trust-wide

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Employer's website

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

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