Band 7 - Static Physiotherapist, Inpatient Occupational Therapy

Are you passionate about patient care and driven to improve outcomes? This is your chance to take the next step in your career and make a real difference. We have a rare opportunity for a dedicated and enthusiastic physiotherapist to join our senior leadership team within the medical department.
In this full-time, permanent role (with flexibility for those who need it), you'll bring your expertise to the forefront, delivering highly specialised assessment and treatment for patients with complex needs. As a proactive and dynamic professional, you'll also provide expert advice and support to patients, their families, carers, and health and social care colleagues.
Your role will include working as a specialist clinician on medical wards and collaborating with teams across the hospital. Weekend rota participation is part of this exciting opportunity to showcase your leadership and clinical skills.
If you're ready to make an impact in a supportive and forward-thinking environment, we want to hear from you!, The successful candidate will provide therapeutic clinical expertise, high quality advice and support to the multi-disciplinary team. You will work closely with our critical care MDT driving innovation of therapy provision with the wider multi-disciplinary team.
You will be leading on the physiotherapy management of patients and will need to demonstrate skills in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients who have diverse presentation and can be highly complex.
You will have the opportunity to lead on service development projects and audit to enhance care and ensure compliance with NICE and relevant standards and guidelines.
Clinical supervision, appraisal and teaching will be key components of this role. Please note that the department runs a seven day working rota.
We can offer you training opportunities to develop your specialist skills in line with your PDR. We have senior leadership training opportunities on a regular basis as well courses funded externally.

Working for our organisation
With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imaging models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.
Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.
At West Herts we offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly.
https://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking/
We kindly invite you to consider submitting an application.
If you have a disability or long-term health condition and should you require support or guidance please contact [email protected]
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If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.