Job Description

Working Full Time:

37.5 hours per week



This is an exciting job opportunity to work within the Rapid Response Team. This is an expanding service which provides support to patients both in the acute and community setting.



This post is a permanent post within the Rapid Response Team which would be suitable for an experienced Physiotherapist with a wide knowledge base and confident and competent in timely discharge facilitation.



This post is to cover a 7-day 8am-9pm service.



The successful candidate will be based either at the Countess of Chester Hospital or one of the 3 Community Response Hubs (Ellesmere Port, Chester, Tarporley) with an expectation to work across these areas as the service necessitates.



The successful candidate will need to be a car driver with a full licence, business insurance and access to a car during their working hours.

Main duties as outlined below:

The successful candidate will be based at one of the locality hubs but will work across all areas to support the Rapid Response Team therapy caseload. The entire patient discharge pathway will be covered within this role. From assessing and discharging patients in SDEC (Same Day Emergency Centre) and A&E, completing discharge visits in the Community within 2hours of hospital discharge to ascertain patient's needs, through to managing a large and varied therapy caseload within the community.



The successful candidate will need to have had experience in the core Physiotherapy rotations in addition to being confident and competent in discharge planning and autonomous working within the Community setting.



The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

The Countess of Chester Hospital:

providing 438 general and acute beds

Ellesmere Port Hospital:

providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility

Tarporley War Memorial Hospital:

a base for community services which serve the local rural population.



The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.



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Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.



Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.



You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of 16 per year applies.



New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.



Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.



Good luck with your application.