Senior Physiotherapist / Occupational Therapist - Emergency Therapy Team | Barts Health NHS Trust

We are looking for an experienced Band 6 or established Band 7 Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist to work with us in our large, friendly and supportive integrated team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Rehabilitation Support Workers. We work within the Emergency Department, Acute Assessment Unit and Older Person Assessment Unit. We adopt transdisciplinary approaches and pride ourselves in being innovative and proactive in our approaches to patient care.

At Whipps Cross University Hospital it is our vision to become a Centre of Excellence in Older People's Services. If you are ready to take your leadership skills to the next level and jointly lead the ETT team in achieving this vision then this could be the job for you.

You will work closely with the other band 7s in the leadership and management of the team as well as have opportunities to share your expertise to support other teams in the hospital. You will have opportunities in teaching, quality improvement and service development to further develop therapy provision across our areas, as well as support in developing own learning needs and career aspirations.

Applicants will need to hold a current HCPC registration,have broad clinical skills including recent experience within acute admission avoidance services covering a variety of complex needs including frailty, respiratory, orthopaedics and neurology.

There is a strong commitment to staff training and service improvement with support for leadership development and education.

Professional Physiotherapy support and development is provided from the on-site Clinical Leads and the Therapy Practice Development and Complex Cases team (TPDCC).

The therapy service operates a rostered weekend service to ensure 7 day provision with early & late shifts ensuring services are covered between 8am - 6pm.

The post holder would be rostered to work no more than 1:4 weekends with time off in lieu during the week. Physiotherapists would also participate in the respiratory on call rota.

Whipps Cross University Hospital is a busy District General Hospital in East London, with easy access to central London, the M25 and M11 motorways.

Do you have a passion for working with people living with Frailty?

Do you thrive in the excitement of working in a fast paced environment with a large MDT?

Do you enjoy leading teams and opportunities in service development?

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.