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Are you looking for an exciting development opportunity to enhance your skills and experience in clinical leadership? If so, this unique opportunity with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals is for you.

These Specialist Physiotherapist posts will have a yearly rotation working between the Integrated Community Team- Therapy (ICTT) West and the Acute Medicine Therapy team within the inpatient hospital setting (NGH).

As a Specialist Physiotherapist in the Acute Medicine Therapy team you will deliver acute and on-going patient care within a range of specialties including Geriatric Medicine, Frailty, Parkinson’s disease and palliative care. The team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and support staff work closely covering multiple medical wards providing early rehabilitation, assessment, urgent respiratory care, intervention, and discharge planning for a complex and diverse case-mix of patients.

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As a Specialist Physiotherapist in ICTT you will work with a varied caseload including Respiratory, Musculoskeletal, Orthopaedic and Neurology conditions. Within both settings you will have direct access to clinical specialists for support with complex patients and we encourage staff to take a specialist lead in a specific area of choice to deepen their skills in that area to support the team.

The service plays a key role in the advancement of integration, working closely with health, social care and voluntary sector colleagues to provide integrated care and promote independence.

These posts will play a key role in future community services, promoting independence and reducing unscheduled care, and developing services to meet the needs of patients living with Long Term Conditions.

You should be used to working in a multidisciplinary environment and have excellent communication skills. Evidence of acute and community working experience pre or post registration is desirable.

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You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Therapy provides an excellent and comprehensive in-service training program and support staff to continue with their post graduate training. This not only includes clinical training but also the opportunity to develop leadership skills such as the development and delivery of education, supervision, mentorship, and service development. The service is involved in national research and innovative projects such as the use of digital technology.