Job overview

Applications are invited for a Band 7 team lead role within the Physiotherapy Medical team. This exciting development opportunity is suitable for a Senior physiotherapist keen to advance their clinical, leadership and managerial skills with the full support of management. We are looking for an experienced, dynamic and highly motivated individual to join our department.

We offer you:

·         Strong peer support

·         Positive commitment to CPD and post graduate education

·         Development of your supervisory, teaching and management skills

·         Service development opportunities.

You will be working alongside an established B7 team lead. The team has highly skilled Physiotherapists and Physiotherapy assistant staff. They are a friendly team and dedicated towards the delivery of an excellent service for all our users.

You will be required to partake in our on-call and weekend service.

Main duties of the job

In General Medicine, you will:

Manage patients with a wide variety of conditions e.g. respiratory, neurological and musculoskeletal; Have a varied caseload of patients ranging from General Medical to subspecialty patients such as Respiratory, Cardiology, Hepatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Renal and Oncology, utilising the skills of advanced assessment and discharge planning.

As a physiotherapy specialist you will have responsibilities that would include:

·         Planning, delivery and evaluation of the Medical physiotherapy service

·         Operational management of the team

·         Development and supervision of staff and students

To provide highly specialised respiratory physiotherapy and rehabilitation to the specialist medical wards, including oncology, infectious diseases, haemotology, hepatology, renal, gastroenterology, cardiology, endocrinology and respiratory diseases, including the respiratory support unit.

To support the members of the medical team to deliver the highest

 possible standard of service.

To undertake a team leader role in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the Physiotherapy Service provided to medical patients throughout Addenbrooke’s hospital on a day-to-day basis.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.