Job Description
Are you an experienced physiotherapist looking for an exciting opportunity to come to West Cornwall, where you can be part of our dynamic and developing integrated community teams?
The successful applicant will join the Band 6 rotations across Camborne/Redruth, Helston and Penwith , working with patients with a wide range of conditions including neurological, respiratory, orthopaedic, amputees, medical, palliative and long term conditions.
Bases: Camborne-Redruth Hospital, Camborne Health Office, Helston Community Hospital and Bellair, Penzance
Rotations are currently 8 months in duration, enabling you to develop skills in rehabilitation in a variety of settings including:
- a community hospital inpatient unit with an in-reach/outreach service at Helston community hospital
- Lanyon stroke unit at CRCH
- the West Respiratory team at Helston community hospital
- the Community Rehabilitation team in the stunning far West of Cornwall, Penwith, and
- Kerrier Homefirst team based at Camborne Health Office.
You will be expected to carry out specialist assessment of patients as an autonomous practitioner including those with highly complex presentations, and to use advanced clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of evidence based practice to determine appropriate diagnosis and care plan utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options.
This is an ideal opportunity for a physiotherapist keen to develop his/her rehabilitation skills in the community and experience working as part of dynamic, progressive integrated multiagency, multidisciplinary teams.
We will offer a supportive working environment in which to develop your clinical and interpersonal skills, a structured in-service training programme; appraisal and supervision system. You will be encouraged to supervise support workers and more junior staff, and be involved in the clinical education of students.
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.