**Internal MPFT Applicants Only** Senior Physiotherapist

We have an exciting and rare opportunity to join the Southeast Staffordshire Rehabilitation Team based at Samuel Johnson Hospital, Lichfield. The team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Specialist Nurses providing intervention to adults within the Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth locality., You will be required to: Work on your own as a registered practitioner within the established multidisciplinary team, you will undertake a Community Physiotherapist role for the South East Staffordshire Community Rehabilitation Service. You will be expected to assess, identify, and agree goals and treatment plans using diagnosis and evidence-based treatment programmes to meet a wide variety of patient needs in the most appropriate location in the community e.g. patients' own homes, clinics, and care homes. The role will involve supporting the team to provide training to carers, care agencies and other external partners on an ad hoc basis at the request of Operational and/or Clinical Leads. The post holder will hold responsibility for their own caseload and will be required to work without direct supervision. They will undertake regular supervision and training of rehabilitation assistants and supervise, educate, and assess the performance of Physiotherapy students. A car driver is essential for this post due to the nature of our work. Please contact us to discuss flexibility with hours if required.

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by

• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.