Role Summary
The post holder will undertake routine assessment and treatment including mobility, assessments of personal and domestic care activities and provide equipment as necessary and clinical intervention in the treatment of dysphagia and communication disorders. The post holder will work alongside the therapy teams and provide close liaison with family, carers and external agencies to ensure safe and effective transfer of patient therapy from the in-patient rehabilitation setting to other services.
About the Role
We will work with you to help you be the best version of you at work.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you're starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, physiotherapy, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
About Us
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More detail about the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as part of our specialist neuro-rehabilitation team based at the Mardon Neurological Rehabilitation Centre which is close to the main Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital site. This is a specialist consultant led service coordinating in-patient rehabilitation for patients after brain injury and is supported by Clinical Leads in each of the professions.
This fixed term (12 months) part-time role (22.5 hours / week) will support the in-patient therapy team of speech and language, physiotherapy and occupational therapy teams providing a range of therapeutic interventions, treatment, exercises and advice to patients with acquired disorders of communication and swallowing, physical limitations of disability and functional problems as well as supporting the administration tasks across the teams.
The post holder will undertake routine assessment and treatment including mobility, assessments of personal and domestic care activities and provide equipment as necessary and clinical intervention in the treatment of dysphagia and communication disorders. The post holder will work alongside the therapy teams and provide close liaison with family, carers and external agencies to ensure safe and effective transfer of patient therapy from the in-patient rehabilitation setting to other services.
This post will be static within the clinical speciality area, but there may be a requirement for the post holder to work flexibly in other areas as required. The post also holds a requirement to work flexible hours if required across 7 days, and will provide weekend and bank holiday cover at Mardon or elsewhere across the Trust if needed.
Working Pattern: 08.15-16.30. In addition to normal hours there will be a requirement to work one Saturday per month on a rota basis.
Interview Date: TBC
For further information please contact Anna Lloyd - Clinical Lead Physio for Mardon neuro-rehab. anna.lloyd1@nhs.net 07895331514 (Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday only)
This is a fixed term contract for 12 months. For current NHS employees this post could be a secondment opportunity.
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Benefits
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
