Front Door Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist

East Surrey Hospital Physiotherapy Department is a friendly, forward thinking and innovative department with a well- established Clinical Governance program and a focus on developing staff. The Trust is rated as one of the top 100 Trusts to work for. There are lots of new developments in progress within the Trust currently and the hospital is growing both in size and reputation.

We are looking for a Highly Specialised Physiotherapist in Front Door to be part of the 7 day Therapy service. We provide a week day 8am to 8pm service and a weekend service.The post holder will work closely with other band 7 AHP team leads within the Front Door therapies team and be closely involved in service redesign and development.The Physiotherapy department is friendly and supportive with a strong commitment to staff development, CPD and supervision. Together with team leaders in other in-patient specialities, you will support the Physiotherapy Lead and the Therapies Manager in the strategic and operational planning for the department.

We are looking for an experienced clinician with advanced specialist acute medical knowledge and experience of working in this area. Essential additional qualities include flexibility, forward thinking and a proactive approach to challenges.

About us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.

• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.

• We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role

• A complete and accurate application

• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement

• Evidence of essential experience for role

• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role

• Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration

• Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours

• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the personal specification