Senior Physiotherapist - ESEOC

NHS; Colchester; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job description

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre (ESEOC), situated in the Dame Clare Marx Building, opened in the Autumn of 2024. This cutting-edge facility specializes in elective Orthopaedic surgery and Orthopaedic day cases.

With eight laminar flow theatres, three wards, recovery facilities, and comprehensive support services, ESEOC is poised to become one of the largest centres of its kind in Europe. The Centre is committed to delivering high-volume, low-complexity cases locally, fostering excellence, and contributing to education, training, and research in the field.

We are looking for an experienced senior physiotherapist to join the new service. Experience working with elective Orthopaedic patients at Band 6 level is ideal, but we would also consider candidates with a range of experiences at Band 5 who are ready for the next step in their careers.

The vacancy is for 22 / 22.5 hours per week, either 2 long days - 8:00 - 20:00, or 3 x 7.5 hour shifts a mix of Early 08:00 - 16:00 and late 12:00 - 20:00 shifts.

Applicants should also ideally be experienced student clinical educators with current University run practice educators course.

Main duties of the job

1. To perform safe, evidenced based physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, and deliver an individualised treatment programme from a range of options.
2. To undertake comprehensive assessments of patients, including those with diverse or complex presentations, using clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to assist in diagnosis and choose from a range of treatment options to achieve the desired goal. To formulate treatment plans and recommend best course of intervention, considering patients' personal goals and objectives, to develop comprehensive discharge plans.
3. To be responsible for own caseload, and for a defined area of the service, initially with supervision of senior staff then progressing towards working without direct supervision. Supervision involves regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review and one to one assessments.
4. To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own work, including issues around consent and capacity.
5. To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload.

About us

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 offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to 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.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc / MSc Physiotherapy
• HCPC Registered Physiotherapist
• Attendance at teaching relevant to Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Membership of professional body
• Member of any special interest groups
• Post graduate modules (e.g. Masters level or equivalent) relevant to T and O/MSK, leadership, service improvement

Experience

• Proven post registration experience including working in a Trauma and Orthopaedic setting.
• Documented evidence of continuing professional development involving specialist additional knowledge and experience.
• Experience of facilitating discharges for Orthopaedic patients.
• Experience of working different shift patterns across 7 days.

Knowledge

• Knowledge and application of Physio assessments and interventions relevant to T and O.
• Knowledge and application of relevant legislation and current best practice within acute care.
• Knowledge of local community agencies, services and resources.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata