Senior Occupational Therapist/ Physiotherapist inScarborough inScarborough PUBLISHED THU 7 NOV 2024

Do you want to join an initiative team as they take the next steps towards the new 47 million pound Urgent and Emergency care facility on the East Coast, due to open December 2024?

The Same Day Emergency Care Therapy team are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and driven individual to join the team. The individual must be able to demonstrate strong leadership skills to support developing the service to provide high quality, timely therapy assessment and interventions.

As a Senior Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist you will provide assessment, treatment and management advice for patients within the Same Day Emergency Care team; including prioritising/managing the daily caseload within the team, assessing and delivering therapy interventions, ensuring the highest professional standards of care are maintained, demonstrating adherence to the Trust Values and operating as a leader in the team, service and organisation.

Please get in touch if you wish to discuss this role further.

• To be a team member contributing to the delivery of therapy services across the Same Day Emergency Care team, alongside the senior leadership team.
• To provide specialist advice to therapy staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team and wider tea,.
• To use client-centred approaches to patient care.
• To participate in and provide clinical and management supervision.
• To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working.
• To contribute to and lead on service improvement and quality initiatives.
• To use the Trust electronic patient record system.
• To contribute to Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments.
• To abide by all Trust policies and procedures.
• To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges.

About us

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit you application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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