Specialist Physiotherapist - Acute Medicine

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced physiotherapist to come and join our friendly and supportive acute medical team at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan.,

• To provide a high standard of intervention to support individuals who are medically well enough to be discharged from hospital.


• Provide mobility assessments & complete baseline assessments for patients within acute medicine


• Provide excellent communication with patients, families and colleagues.


• Allow safe provision of equipment to patients being discharged.


• To act as a source of knowledge for patients presenting with a range of long term conditions and needs.


• To take a role in the specialist assessment and treatment of patients who may have complex and chronic presentation, and to determine clinical diagnosis and treatment indicated.


• To manage a defined caseload using evidence based / client centred principles to access, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.


• To provide leadership and clinical supervision for other junior staff as delegated by manager and/or professional supervisor. To regularly supervise junior staff members, and students on placement within the service.


• To work collaboratively within the services across Wigan and liaise with professionals and voluntary agencies to optimise patient care.
  
  We are looking for a post holder who has experience in assessing and treating adult medical/respiratory patients/ discharge planning and can work in a fast paced environment.


Experience of treating paediatric patients is desirable but not essential as support and training well be provided.

There will be opportunity to work closely with our wider MDT teams across medicine to provide a patient centred approach to patients' in-patient experience.

This post includes participation in 7 days working and respiratory on-call. Refresher training for the on-call respiratory rota can be provided.

Choose Well - Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.