Specialist Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, innovative Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist to lead our ColchesterInpatients Surgical and Oncology Therapy Team.

You will have excellent communication skills, plenty of initiative and enthusiasm with the ability to work autonomously and as a part of the wider MDT.

As a Band 7 Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist you will have the opportunity to develop your own supervisory and management skills through supporting and supervising junior therapists, students and/or therapy support workers. You will have a strong focus on quality improvement and education within the acute medicine setting.

To work with the Clinical Lead Therapist to develop the service. The post is responsible for a team of staff in their clinical area

You will need excellent clinical and leadership skills as well as a keen interest in research. A flexible approach and excellent team working, organisational and time management skills are essential. You will need experience working as a qualified Band 6 or 7 Occupational or Physiotherapist therapist within the acute hospital setting.

• play a specialist role in the advanced assessment, treatment and clinical management of patients on surgical and oncology wards
• develop and support the OT/PT team in these clinical areas
• facilitate and support a multi-professional team approach over these clinical areas
• work with the Clinical Lead Therapists to develop the service
• manage a team of staff in the clinical area, including OTs PTs and therapy assistants.
• provide professional leadership involving recruitment, supervision, appraisal and support and development of staff
• promote high standards of professional practice and the leadership of delivery of quality care within the inpatient setting.
• maintain a high level of awareness of relevant research trends and national recommendations regarding therapy interventions

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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You will be required to participate in the 7 day working rota within the acute Colchester therapy teams, and if a Physiotherapist, to participate in the on-call respiratory rota.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

This advert closes on Thursday 24 Oct 2024