Team Lead Physiotherapist Respiratory Care
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
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Job overview
Team Lead Physiotherapist Medicine and Critical Care
Band 7
We are looking for an experienced physiotherapist to join the Acute Therapy Team to lead the Medicine and Critical Care Team alongside a Team Lead Occupational Therapist.
We are looking for someone who is highly motivated and driven to deliver high quality, patient centred care and is willing to actively participate and lead the services going forward in order to deliver the best possible model of care, fit to meet the needs in the modern NHS. As the Team Lead you will need to drive forward service development, promoting excellent care by leading on implementation of guidelines and promoting evidence based practice.
The successful person should have substantial post-graduation experience, with significant Band 6 experience including relevant NHS experience.
The Trust is committed to providing an excellent service to patients and we believe strongly in the continued development of all our staff.
Interview date - TBC
Main duties of the job
- To manage a caseload of patients with routine and complex needs across all the Medical wards including an Acute Medical Unit and Critical Care.
- To actively participate in the weekend and on call rota
- Take a lead role in the supervision, teaching and appraisal of team colleagues including students and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
- As team leader, be responsible for operational management and participate in the planning, development and evaluation of Physiotherapy services, especially in regards to clinical governance within the Elderly Care team, holding responsibility for defined projects.
- To provide full and flexible leadership across the whole Acute Therapy Service.
- To work collaboratively with Discharge Team and community based services to facilitate timely discharge
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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