Specialist Physiotherapist Neuro Rehab Band 6 - Congleton, Cheshire, United Kingdom - East Cheshire NHS Trust

Description

East Cheshire NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity available for a suitably qualified physiotherapist to become part of our established therapy team within the community.

We welcome applications from physiotherapists with a keen interest in working within an integrated community team, with proven experience in crisis response, in patient rehabilitation beds and general community rehabilitation, along with Pulmonary Rehab.

This post is based at Congleton War Memorial Hospital.

You will be required to be flexible at times and work across sites in East Cheshire to assist colleagues from other teams.

It is therefore necessary to travel efficiently between sites and to rural areas.

Band 5 applicants with relevant experience are welcomed.

To act as a clinical specialist providing a high standard of comprehensive Physiotherapy assessment and treatment service to patients with diverse health needs across Congleton and it's surrounding areas within Eastern Cheshire.

This care will be delivered in a variety of community settings.

To utilise sound communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required embracing care community team philosophies.

An organisation with a real sense of community we actively support and develop our staff to ensure our patients receive the best quality care, delivering the right care first time, every time.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings.

Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.

If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance.

As part of making your application we encourage you to review the Trusts Careers webpage for more information about working for East Cheshire NHS Trust.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).

HCPC (Health and Care Professional Council) registration
Clinical educators training
Attendance at degree level post graduate courses relevant to the specialist area or working towards this or be prepared to study at this level

Communication skills training
Ability to lead junior colleagues
Post registration knowledge which is relevant to the specialist area and evidenced by CPD (Continuing Professional Development)
Awareness of the national and local priorities and changing trends in specialist area.

East Cheshire NHS Trust