Community Physiotherapist
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
Date: 1 day ago
City: Morecambe
Contract type: Full time
We have a exciting new position for an experienced physiotherapist to join the Long term conditions services in the North Lancashire area. The role will be rotational between the care home support team, Long term conditions team and Community therapy team.
The Care Home Support Team support staff in registered care homes with Nursing in the North Lancashire footprint to deliver safe, high quality care for their residents.
The Long Term Conditions (LTC)Team play a significant part in caring for people, who have been assessed as having a long term condition or who are frail and whose care is more appropriately delivered at home.
All these teams work towards admission avoids and early discharge from hospital, following the Government plan to prevent, delay or divert the need for acute hospital or long-term bed-based care.
To be professionally and clinically responsible for highly specialist community physiotherapy assessment and treatment, working as an autonomous practitioner managing patients with a wide range of highly complex conditions.
Provide highly specialist advice, training and leadership to Physiotherapy staff, GP’s and wider community MDT.
The post holder will assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate individualised programmes of evidence-based care providing highly specialist advice to patients, carers/relatives, and the multidisciplinary team.
We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: sonya park Job title: Matron Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07483973440
The Care Home Support Team support staff in registered care homes with Nursing in the North Lancashire footprint to deliver safe, high quality care for their residents.
The Long Term Conditions (LTC)Team play a significant part in caring for people, who have been assessed as having a long term condition or who are frail and whose care is more appropriately delivered at home.
All these teams work towards admission avoids and early discharge from hospital, following the Government plan to prevent, delay or divert the need for acute hospital or long-term bed-based care.
To be professionally and clinically responsible for highly specialist community physiotherapy assessment and treatment, working as an autonomous practitioner managing patients with a wide range of highly complex conditions.
Provide highly specialist advice, training and leadership to Physiotherapy staff, GP’s and wider community MDT.
The post holder will assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate individualised programmes of evidence-based care providing highly specialist advice to patients, carers/relatives, and the multidisciplinary team.
We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: sonya park Job title: Matron Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07483973440
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