Inpatient Physiotherapy Lead
Vale Hospital | Physiotherapy | Permanent | Part Time |
Up to £49,000 per annum pro rata dependent on skills and experience
37.5 Hours per week
The Physiotherapy team currently have an opportunity for a Inpatient Lead Physiotherapist at the Vale Hospital.
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We are looking for an ambitious Inpatient Lead to lead the Inpatient Physiotherapy service, ensuring delivery of high quality effective clinical care through assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of treatment. You will provide leadership, motivation and supervision of all members of the inpatient physiotherapy team as well as providing clinical care for patients.
You will bring experience from working within a hospital setting and managing people, but also deliver treatment to patients. You will integrate with staff from Inpatient physiotherapy team, pre-assessment, Theatres and the Ward.
You will be responsible for the delivery of safe effective care services that provides patients with the highest level of customer experience within Physiotherapy, identifying and delivering quality improvement opportunities. You will work with the Integrated Clinical Services Manager, Matron and Hospital Director to deliver relevant aspects of the Hospital business plan.
You’ll be working in an innovative, clean, modern working environment, while benefiting from support and training opportunities, plus the time and nurse-patient ratio that ensures quality of care.
As our Physiotherapy Lead you will:
- Be responsible for rota management of the inpatient team
- Maintain clinical workload alongside managerial duties.
- Work with Consultants to ensure best practice
- Take responsibilities for challenges, driving quality service and outcomes
- Have the autonomy to develop and grow the department
- Integrate with the wider hospital teams to ensure best patient outcomes
- Maintain HIW standards at all times, undertake departmental risk assessments, maintain plans for minimising incidents, and report appropriately.
- Involvement in recruitment and HR responsibilities
- To be a qualified Physiotherapist with a BSc in Physiotherapy or equivalent and you’ll be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
- Previous management experience desirable
- Demonstrable passion for excellence and driving standards
- To be proactive, adaptable and innovative
- Confident communicating skills with excellent customer service standards and dealing with escalations
- Have the ability to prioritise and deal with your varied workload in an effective and timely manner.
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Vale Hospital
The Vale Hospital is a purpose built, modern hospital located in beautiful surroundings of the Vale of Glamorgan. We provide 30 in-patient rooms within a very tranquil hospital setting and were recently identified as one of the top 30 most technologically advanced hospitals in the world. We host 2 fully digital ultra clean air operating theatres, an excellent physiotherapy department, 24-hour high dependency, surgical and medical RMO cover and exemplary outpatients and diagnostic service. The patient feedback for our hospital is one of the best within the Nuffield Health estate and this is something our staff and consultants are very proud of.
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