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Location
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Profession
Physiotherapist
Grade
Band 5
Deadline
27 Apr 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
10 Apr 2025

Job overview

Band 5 Physiotherapist Main area: Community Hospitals Elderly Rehabilitation and Recovery Site: Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Heron Ward Town: Herne Bay Grade: Band 5 position Contract: Permanent Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Part time hours also considered) A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Physiotherapist to join the Inpatient Therapy Team at Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital. The newly renovated and modernised Heron Ward is a well-established Inpatient Rehabilitation and Recovery Ward providing care and Therapy for the local community. The ward mainly caters for the older population but also caters for much younger Patients with long term conditions or following significant trauma.

You will benefit from working with a well-established multidisciplinary team including Speech Therapists, Pharmacists, Dieticians, Doctors, Nurses and of course the Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy staff. You will gain further experience of working in an Inpatient setting working with Patients who have multiple comorbidities. There will be opportunities to further interests by becoming a potential link worker for such issues as falls which can only help to further experience and knowledge for progression to the next stage in your career.

Main duties of the job

You will join our forward-thinking Therapy Team providing a high-quality Rehabilitation and Recovery Service, working closely with the multidisciplinary team. You will assess Patient’s physical, social and psychological needs within the hospital setting and in discussion with the Patient, carer’s, family and multidisciplinary team, formulate and implement treatment programmes and discharge planning. You will be expected to support and supervise Therapy Assistants and participate in the training of others as appropriate. You should also be able to supervise students should the need arise.

Additional Working Pattern: Monday to Friday 8.30-4.30 7.5 hours per day

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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