Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | United Kingdom
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and self-motivated individual to join the Pre-Operative Assessment Department, as a Specialist Physiotherapist in Pre-habilitation. This role will involve working within a large multi-disciplinary team, as the sole Physiotherapist, providing pre-habilitation advice and support to a wide range of surgical patients.
You will work within two Pre-habilitation Services at CUH; the PRIME Service and Fit 4 Surgery.
The PRIME Service is a highly specialised Clinic, comprising of a large team of Consultant Anaesthetists and Geriatricians, plus Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy. The team assess and optimise older adults with frailty prior to undergoing elective surgery. There will be opportunities to work with a variety of Surgical specialities, including Colorectal, HPB, Gynaecology, Urology, Orthopaedics, Plastics and Vascular.
Fit 4 Surgery is a pre-habilitation service aimed at all patients undergoing major surgery at CUH. This team is comprised of specialist Nurses and Consultant Anaesthetists and aims to improve patient fitness before surgery. The team have recently secured funding to expand the service to include digital pre-habilitation to patients.
The focus of this role is pre-operative optimisation through pre-habilitation and proactive discharge planning.
You will be part of the PRIME Service; a service which supports and optimises older adults with frailty prior to elective surgery.
You will also be part of the Fit 4 Surgery team; providing physiotherapy input to an optimisation for patients undergoing major surgery.
You should be a recognised expert in the proactive management of pre-operative patients, particularly those with frailty, responsible for providing specialist advice regarding expert rehabilitation and support to, and liaising with, other staff. This includes the provision of specialist education and training for other staff and students.
Responsible for implementing a clearly defined integrated approach to older patients’ care encompassing evidence based care.
Required to undertake research and lead clinical audits in own specialist area, including appropriate dissemination of research findings.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 12000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
The Pre-assessment Team is a welcoming and dedicated team who are continually striving to deliver excellent care to patients. There is a strong ethos of quality improvement and the opportunity to lead projects. Both Pre-habilitation Services have presented at international and national conferences and there is a strong drive for service improvement and support for continuous professional development.
This opportunity would be suitable for Band 7 or experienced Band 6 Physiotherapists with a strong background in surgery, who wish to specialise in the exciting and rapidly evolving area of pre-habilitation. You will need to have excellent communication and organisational skills and experience of working with a variety of surgical patients.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
The advert will close at midnight on 13 March 2024.
Interviews are due to be held on 21 March 2024.
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Diploma / Degree in Physiotherapy
State Registration
Evidence of relevant post-graduate courses / CPD
Ability to work to MSc standard
Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Relevant validated clinical courses
Involvement in special interest groups, i.e. AGILE, BGS
MSc qualification
Substantial postgraduate experience at Band 6 level providing a broad range of experience including respiratory, elderly care, neurological, DME and musculoskeletal conditions
Experience of working as part of a physiotherapy team and/or MDT
Contributing to clinical education of less experienced staff or students or Assistants
Competency to participate in Weekend Service
Experience at Band 7 level
Collaborating with Community and Intermediate Care Services
Substantial knowledge of inpatient physiotherapy
Able to pass on knowledge within formal and informal environments
Advanced knowledge
Evidence of participation in research / audit
Excellent inter-personal skills
Good IT and organisational skills
Able to communicate with patients with impaired communication abilities
Able to demonstrate empathy, motivate and persuade patients with impaired cognitive abilities or physical senses
Able to work independently
Able to pass on skills within formal and informal environments
Able to maintain judgement under pressure
Critical Appraisal / Research
Participation in Audit / Research
Presentation skills
Supervisory skills including students
The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Preferred mode of contact is email
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£43.74k - £50.06k per annum
