At Wessex Rehab, we go beyond standard outpatient Physiotherapy rehabilitation. Within the spacious facility you’ll find a large gym and private treatment areas, as well as our more unusual therapy spaces including a bouldering wall, industrial workshop and hydrotherapy pool. Patients referred to our facility have often suffered significant; life changing physical injuries and have undergone advanced and interesting surgical reconstruction.
As part of the multi-disciplinary Lower Limb and Chronic Pain specialist team, you’ll treat patients with a range of injuries and conditions affecting Lower Limb and Chronic Pain and will deliver tailored rehabilitation programmes in both 1:1 and group environments. It is essential that you enjoy working with other therapists and approach complex problems with optimism and flexibility. The post holder will spend multiple sessions per week with each service user and will be expected to guide them from the acute stage, through advanced rehab and toward long term goals including return to work and sports participation.
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To work as part of the integrated complex lower limb trauma and chronic pain multidisciplinary service at Salisbury District Hospital, alongside the complex upper limb service. Team working and cross-cover across Wessex Rehab Services are key aspects of the role.
To provide specialist physiotherapy to adult patients under the care of multiple consultants and primary care providers, including Plastic Surgery and Orthopaedics.
The post holder will work autonomously, delivering expert assessment and treatment for a varied caseload of acute and chronic lower limb conditions, including hip, knee and ankle trauma, fractures, complex orthoplastic reconstruction and lower limb amputation.
Within the chronic pain team, the post holder will complete complex assessments and provide individual and group interventions for patients with persistent pain conditions, including back pain, using an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy approach.
Patients may present with impairments in mobility, range of movement and functional performance arising from a range of conditions and mechanisms. The post holder will use advanced clinical reasoning to assess and manage these complex presentations.
The role requires knowledge of post-operative protocols and the ability to develop personalised treatment plans using evidence-based physiotherapy interventions, including exercise therapy, gait re-education, functional rehabilitation and appropriate adjuncts.
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
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