Job summary

Acute Medicine Physiotherapist: Band 5 - 37.5 hours - permanent

There is a new opportunity to join our friendly acute physiotherapy team as an acute medicine band 5.

The post holder will be static across the medical wards which cover 8 acute wards. These cover a range of speciality wards including the acute medical unit, gastrointestinal, heart care, endocrine, alongside general medical wards.

There is an expectation that the successful candidate will engage in the weekend orthopaedic rota with likely progression to 7 day working. There is also a potential for this post to become rotational if in line with operational demand.

As part of the role you will examine, assess and treat your own caseload of patients and participate in CPD, clinical audit and in-service training under the guidance of senior members of staff.

The post does contribute towards the respiratory acute on call physiotherapy rota and therefore the successful candidate must have access to transport.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for assessment, providing appropriate treatment and facilitate a safe discharge for patients across the general medical wards.

The candidate will participate in CPD, clinical audit and in-service training.

Be an autonomous practitioner being professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of their professional and clinical work.

Participate in the Respiratory On-call Rota and orthopaedic weekend service.

They will assess, diagnose, plan and deliver treatment and/or management programmes to patients in their care.

They will be responsible for supporting junior members of the team in their case load management and treatment

About us

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ people & Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.