Senior Physiotherapist - Care of the Elderly & Intermediate Care Wards

Redhill, England, United Kingdom

8/5/2025

East Surrey Hospital Physiotherapy Department is a friendly, forward-thinking and innovative department with a well-established Clinical Governance programme and a focus on developing staff.

The Care of the Elderly Team/ICT is responsible for the assessment, management and discharge planning of a varied and diverse clinical caseload across a range of areas. This includes both care of the elderly wards and intermediate care wards. The team works closely with the MDT sharing clinical governance and training across the disciplines. It has a focus on quality of life for patients and quality of care.

We Are Looking For

• A physiotherapist who has completed their junior rotations and is ready to take on increased responsibility; or, a senior physiotherapist interested in specialising or in expanding their role
• A physiotherapist who has experience working within the acute setting, managing a wide range of medical patients including the acutely unwell, patients requiring chest physiotherapy, complex discharge planning and liaising with other agencies
• Flexibility in working practice within an evolving and expanding team
• A physiotherapist interested in developing their skills in supervision and leadership
  
  

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

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 in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
• Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation’s top priority
• Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Joanna Mackie-Gandy Job title: Care of the Elderly Team Lead Physiotherapist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01737 768511

Ellie Simbrowoska

Care of the Elderly Team Lead Physiotherapist

01737768511 Ext 6127 or bleep 790

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