Job overview

 Would you like to be part of our friendly Orthopaedic Therapy Team at Kent & Canterbury Hospital working in the GIRFT accredited Elective Orthopaedic Centre?  You will have the opportunity to progress both your clinical and leadership skills, working within a team that covers Day Surgery and the elective ward reviewing patients that have come in for a variety of orthopaedic surgeries post pre and post operatively.  

B6 Physiotherapists work closely with all users of our services and their families, friends and carers who all play an invaluable contribution in how our users experience our services. They are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services provided across the health economy. Main duties include:

• To manage daily a specialist caseload within the services detailed above.
• To deputise for Team Leader on clinical and managerial issues within the team.
• To be actively involved with training within the Department. We are a friendly supportive team where regular meetings, CPD and supervision is available.
• To be responsible for appraisal and supervision of Band 3-5 staff.
• To be an active clinical educator for students from a range of Universities.
• To be involved with clinical audit and service development within the team.
• To be part of the Respiratory On Call rota 

PLEASE NOTE - WE CANNOT OFFER VISA SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE AS THIS IS A PART TIME VACANCY AND WILL NOT MEET THE SALARY THRESHOLD

Main duties of the job

Assessment, diagnosis, treatment and discharge planning for patients. To be an integral part in the treatment and rehabilitation of patients in this clinical area.

The development of integrated care programmes and discharge plan with the patient.

Line management (including clinical supervision) of staff (e.g. Band 5, therapy assistants and students)

Provide professional advice and leadership

To actively work as a member of the multi-professional team to provide high quality therapy intervention to patients.

Manage a caseload of patients on a daily basis including  patients with complex needs and multi pathology.

Clinicians working at this level will be expected to evaluate their outcomes, review non-responding cases either with their peers or clinical specialists and refer on as appropriate using documented clinical reasoning. 

Working for our organisation

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people. 

Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: ‘People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’.

We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called ‘We care’. It’s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We’re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Our therapy department prides itself on being friendly, supportive and inclusive.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.