10 month fixed term contract - Maternity cover
This role is within the Inpatient Rehabilitation setting where you will work within a multidisciplinary team to rehabilitate patients.
The role is based at Cambridge Rehabilitation Unit, Brookfields Hospital and you will work closely with your colleagues in other localities and across the system that provide Intermediate Care for the population of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
The Cambridge Rehab Unit Inpatient team strive to deliver outstanding patient-focused specialist care and therapy which collaboratively optimises a person's potential to achieve their individual goals.
As part of the role, you will:
- Provide assessment and physical therapy interventions to patients admitted for rehabilitation from acute hospitals and from the community.
- Implement therapy plans as well as delegating to therapy assistants and integrated care workers.
- Develop your skills in sub-acute rehabilitation and discharge planning working with ward based MDT and colleagues from other pathways, social care and the voluntary sector.
We offer excellent professional support, and you will have the opportunity to work alongside other specialist teams within CPFT.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care.
To accept responsibility for ensuring the effective selection of equipment.
To independently plan and carry out assessments in a variety of settings.
To take responsibility for appropriate delegation of tasks to therapy assistants.
You must hold UK HCPC registration for this post.
