The role requires providing high-quality physiotherapy management, conducting advanced assessments for patients with diverse physical and psychological conditions, and developing individualized treatment programs. The service operates Monday to Friday, 8 am to 6 pm, with varied shift patterns, including weekend service participation and being part of an overnight on-call rota after completing the necessary competencies.
Join our integrated team in the front door therapy team at Charing Cross Hospital. Our team provides opportunity for enthusiastic and highly motivated therapists to expand their skills in admission avoidance, complex discharge planning, and frailty.
We are seeking a dynamic physiotherapist who thrives in a fast paced environment.
Our team consists of occupational therapists and physiotherapists; This is a role which sees a high quality, positive impact on its service users, reducing length of stay and encouraging patient involvement all stages of decision making. You will work within the OPAL (Older Persons Assessment and Liaison) team, which is multidisciplinary team working on the Acute Medical wards. This is a gold standard service which aims to complete CGAs to formulate holistic person centered treatments and discharge plans. You will also be expected to work within the wider front door therapy team which includes cover in A&E.
We champion quality Improvement and you will have opportunities to be involved in quality Improvement initiatives as well as multidisciplinary team education as part of this forward thinking clinical team. NHS England's 'AHPs into Action' to pioneer positive change. We strive to deliver evidence based practise under the Royal College of Emergency Medicine guidelines to inform our projects.
Our service operates from 8am-6pm Monday to Friday with varied shift patterns of 7.5 hours. You will also be a part of the weekend service in OPAL and ED.
- To provide high quality physiotherapy management to patients at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. To perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
- The job holder is required to work at weekends as part of their contracted hours of work, (specific rota details are held locally within departments).
- The job holder is required to participate in the overnight on call rota and will do so once they have completed the relevant induction and achieved the required competencies, (specific rota details are held locally within departments).
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