Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Inpatient Physiotherapist
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Highly Specialist In-Patient Adult Orthopaedic Physiotherapist
Band 7 - Part time 22.5 hours per week
This is an exciting opportunity to join our award-winning, inpatient Orthopaedic team at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.
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We are looking for a highly motivated, dynamic and forward-thinking physiotherapist, to act as a specialist physiotherapy practitioner for orthopaedics on the post-operative wards at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre working in Orthopaedic specialties such as; limb reconstruction, sarcoma, complex revision surgery, spinal surgery, and elective day surgery.
The postholder should be able to demonstrate a masters/advanced practitioner level of study within Orthopaedics and be able to provide specialist physiotherapy advice to other health professionals. They will act as a deputy to the Team Lead for in-patient physiotherapy and be required to lead on clinical audits and the onward development of the service.
The inpatient team is a friendly, enthusiastic, and hard-working team, winning the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer’s, AHP Quality Improvement Award 2019, for our accelerated rehabilitation protocol for patients undergoing uni-compartmental knee replacements.
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We have a world-class reputation for teaching and research, and within the wider physiotherapy department, you will benefit from access to a large team of specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapists and clinical specialists.
The successful candidate will be required to participate in weekend and orthopaedic on-call rotas. The inpatient team also operates a late shift working pattern which involves working 12-8 pm one day a week.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training, and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Vicky Crawford
- Job title: Inpatient Physiotherapy Lead
- Email address: victoria.crawford@ouh.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01865 738084
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