Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated physiotherapist with a passion for working with amputees to join our Prosthetic Rehab Team based at Colchester Hospital, sitting under the MACIES division of ESNEFT.

The role is a part time, static position with the successful candidate joining a small, friendly team of physiotherapists and prosthetists providing prosthetic rehabilitation for major limb amputee patients in North Essex and East Suffolk. The team works with adults of all ages and is based on achieving client centred goals in a time oriented way.

The successful candidate would receive well structured support and CPD opportunities exist throughout the department, including regular supervision and an active appraisal process.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for providing specialist assessment and treatment for outpatient amputee patients, ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communications via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.

To work with the clinical lead in planning, co-ordinating, delivery and evaluation of the physiotherapy service provided on a day to day basis.

To provide a high standard of physiotherapy service to patients, the majority of whom have urgent, complex and/or chronic presentations

To demonstrate, as an autonomous practitioner, advanced assessment of the amputee population, analytical and clinical reasoning skills to determine a clinical diagnosis and treatment plan.

To administer the appropriate treatment including the use of advanced techniques and re-evaluation of those techniques on a continual basis.

To maintain clinical records in accordance with CSP regulations.

To be flexible in the work place, potentially working in the outpatient department/gem, GP surgeries or on the vascular ward.

To assist the senior staff in delivering and evaluating the physiotherapy service provided to acute and chronic conditions and those with bio psychosocial issues on a day to day basis.

To contribute to the achievement of the service objectives, facilitating change as necessary.

To complete home visits as clinically indicated.

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. 

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. 

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. 

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. 

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.   

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. 

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.   

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