Senior Physiotherapist

at  Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

We are delighted to offer this opportunity for a Senior Physiotherapist to join the Adult Learning Disability Service. The post holder will be joining the Physiotherapy team consisting of a Specialist Physiotherapist, a Senior Physiotherapist and Physiotherapy Assistants.
The Physiotherapy team contributes to the Community Specialist Health Team, working alongside Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Learning Disability Nurses, Psychologists, Behaviour Therapists and Psychiatry.
This is a part time position and hours of working can be discussed at interview . The team operates Monday - Friday 9am-5pm.
This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside Physiotherapy colleagues and contribute to the specialist clinical care provided by the team.
The service offers specialist training opportunities to support the post holders clinical professional development.
A car driver is essential for this position.
To where appropriate provide advice to other health professionals, social services, and voluntary agencies.
To supervise and teach Physiotherapy Technical Instructors, Assistant Practitioners, and students as appropriate.
To participate in a full Learning Disability Service within the organisation.
To assess, diagnose and develop individual care/treatment plans for clients with a range of conditions within the Learning Disability Service. Some clients will have highly complex clinical, social and psychiatric needs including challenging behaviour.
To have good skills of analysis regarding patient needs, arrange assessments and provide sound advice on the provision of aids and equipment, which is in accordance with other professionals views
To attend and arrange multidisciplinary meetings, care reviews and to maintain good working relationships with medical, nursing and other staff, ensuring adequate consultation at all levels, concerning the assessment and treatment of clients.
To communication effectively with staff in the Acute Trusts, including physiotherapists, ward staff, Consultants and Specialist Nurses within South Essex.
To be a source of information for other health professionals by advising and assisting patients and carers in receiving care and treatment from general services when appropriate.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
Season Ticket Loans
NHS discounts for staff
Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

To manage a caseload as a member of a Physiotherapy team, providing specialist assessments and treatments for patients in the community, who have learning disabilities with highly complex acute or chronic symptoms.
To teach some specialist skills of assessment, analysis and treatment to other physiotherapy staff, health staff and carers.
To maintain and further develop professional skills to have the ability to progress treatments and services for people with Learning Disabilities.
To represent the Physiotherapy team and provide sound advice, as agreed within the Service, to other NHS professionals and other agencies.
To assume some responsibility in the organisation of day to day running of the department.
To assist with training for students, carers and physiotherapy staff