Physiotherapist, Senior, University Hospital

University Hospital Kerry:

In Kerry, the physiotherapy service is integrated across the Integrated Health Areas (Acute and Community). The post holder will have strong links with all community services and UHK services. They will provide expert care, both within the acute setting in UHK and outpatient settings across the county.

University Hospital Kerry is the second largest of the Health Service Executive South West's seven acute hospitals. The hospital provides acute general hospital services to the population of Co. Kerry (147,707) and additionally, to a proportion of the populations of West Limerick and North Cork.

The successful candidate will join the Physiotherapy Department, University Hospital Kerry which provides a service across many of the specialities of the hospital including specialist palliative care, older persons, stroke rehabilitation, orthopaedics, general medicine, general surgery, emergency medicine, cardiology, respiratory, pelvic health, and musculoskeletal.

As the Physiotherapy service in Kerry is integrated across acute and community care services, the post holder may be required to rotate into a senior role within the community based Older Persons services.

The successful candidate will be involved in providing on-call cover as part of the general physiotherapy service within UHK via an agreed roster, and will be required to participate in the Christmas holiday period rota.

The post holder will work in conjunction with the other members of the Neurology / Gerontology Physiotherapy team to provide high quality Neurology / Gerontology services in UHK. This post will have an inpatient and outpatient remit. The post holder will have a strong working relationship with the Neurology / Gerontology Physician’s team and the wider Physiotherapy service both within UHK and across community services in Kerry