Trosolwg o'r swydd

An exciting opportunity has risen for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our Reactive Emergency Assessment Community Team (REACT) as a Band 6 Physiotherapist. The REACT team is a multi-disciplinary integrated community service within ESNEFT incorporating, Urgent Community Response service, OPAT (Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotics Therapy), OOHs (Out of Hours) and Virtual Ward pathways patients.

This role will be working for our Urgent Community Response Team which has developed pathways with East of England Ambulance Service and the Frailty Virtual Ward, two new and exciting government initiatives. 

Our team delivers excellent patient focused care to patients in Ipswich and the East Suffolk community. Could you be a valued key member of our team?

The role will be for 37.5 hours per week, including weekdays & weekends. The service hours are 8am to 8pm.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

·         Provide skilled physiotherapy clinical expertise with knowledge in admission avoidance, frailty and caring for the older person in the community.

·         Manage and escalate patients on the REACT virtual ward (VW) and community caseload (UCR).

·         To promote high standards of professional practice and deliver quality care to aid admission avoidance where appropriate.

·         Plan and provide training/education for nurses, therapists, and other disciplines in relation to admission avoidance. 

·         Maintain a high level of awareness of relevant research trends and national recommendations regarding admission avoidance and older person’s care/frailty and admission avoidance.

·         To be responsible and accountable for ensuring the REACT team complies with clinical governance and quality.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

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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