Senior Physiotherapist

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Therapy Service has a vision of developing and providing a high quality Home First Discharge service for our patients discharged home from the Acute Trust. The service will work in collaboration with the community & volunteer sector to provide safe and supported discharge followed up by a comprehensive person-centered holistic assessment, identifying recommendations to support regaining independence and improving health and wellbeing. This fantastic developing service offers you the unique opportunity to develop a service and deliver person-centered assessments supporting patients' individual needs and recovery. You can expect to work in partnership with patients and their families to get the best possible outcomes that can be shared and celebrated, identifying how the service meets the Government Hospital discharge and community support policy and operating model from October 2021. The Discharge to Assess Home First Therapy Team represents a new direction for NNUH and is in line with our commitment to provide the best care for every patient. If you want to be part of shaping this innovative new service in a hugely rewarding role as a Senior Physiotherapist, please send an application today!

We will support you to develop current/ new skills with access to in-service training and professional development. You will receive supervision and annual appraisal; have access to peer support and encouragement to take an active role within your own continuing professional development. Our busy and evolving world class teaching hospital is the 6th largest Trust in the UK, we have state of the art facilities for modern patient care of nearly a million patients each year and our passion for research and development is supported by our close links to the Norwich Research Park and the University of East Anglia where our future Doctors, Pharmacists, Nurses, Speech & Language Therapists, Physiotherapists & of course Occupational Therapists are trained. Applicants will need to hold a UK drivers licence and access to a car., Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff! The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world. We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics