Job summary
- Main area
- Community Physiotherapy
- Grade
- AFC Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (flexible hours considered)
- Job ref
- 382-FICC125-24
- Employer
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
- Town
- Blackpool
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 AFC band 5
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community Physiotherapist
AFC Band 5
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
The successful candidate will work as part of an integrated service in a multi-disciplinary team of Therapists, Nurses, Wellbeing Support Workers GPs and Social Care Workers to deliver quality integrated care to patients in the community.
You will be supported with your own caseload to provide assessments and interventions to patients in their own homes and other community clinical settings. You will take part in regular in-service training and supervision. You will be trained to use digital technology as well as face to face sessions to meet the demands of the service. Training and learning opportunities are abundant.
Main duties of the job
Main duties are to work as part of the MDT to provide assessments and treatments to the adult population who suffer with a variety of health conditions. Following own best clinical practice and the guidelines of team and trust to empower patients to support improve their own health care needs.
Please read supporting information and job description for further information.
Working for our organisation
As one of the United Kingdom's largest coastal resorts, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents - it's not just a good place to work; it's a great place to live.
In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers several scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a large, integrated provider of acute and community services to the 445,000 population of the Fylde coast health economy and the estimated 11 million visitors to the seaside town of Blackpool. With patients and families at the heart of all we do, we are committed to creating a culture that empowers our staff and inspires us all to deliver first class clinical care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care.
- To be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through CPD activities, and maintain a portfolio which reflects personal development.
- To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies; using advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide a clinically reasoned working diagnosis of their condition.
- Formulate and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of treatment skills e.g. manual physiotherapy techniques, patient education, exercise classes, electrotherapy techniques and other alternative options.
- To take delegated responsibility from the senior physiotherapist for managing patients with particular conditions and be responsible for providing physiotherapy assessment and treatment plans for patients with these conditions safely.
- Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
- Use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools and channels to communicate effectively with patients to progress rehabilitation and patient management. This will include patients who may have difficulties in communication, For example, patients may be dysphasic, depressed, deaf, blind, linguistic barriers or may be unable to accept diagnosis.
- Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes if required.
- To be responsible for the safe and competent use of all equipment used.
- To manage clinical risks within own patient caseload and to work within trust guidelines.
- To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with HCPC & Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) standards of practice.
- Represent physiotherapy service and / or individual patients at the multi-disciplinary team meetings, to ensure the delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service, and integrate physiotherapy treatment into the treatment programme. This will include discussion of patient care, patient progress and involvement in discharge planning.
- Keep up to date with trust and departmental mandatory training.
- Maintain up to date continuous professional development.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC registration
Knowledge and expertise
Essential criteria
- CPD diary including evidence of reflective practice and undergraduate experiences.
- Theoretical and clinical knowledge underpinning physiotherapy practice.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad range acquired at undergraduate/newly qualified level.
- Experience of working within the NHS
Analytical and judgemental skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills
- Planning and organisation skills organisational
- Basic IT skills and computer literate
- Realistic insight into clinical skills and limitations
- Knowledge of clinical audit, evidence-based practise, and research.
- Problem solver and lateral thinker
- Excellent time management
Personal skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to carry out moderate physical effort
- To work in an environment with competing demands.
- Motivation, drive and enthusiasm for delivering a quality service as part of the physiotherapy team
- Current full drivers licence valid for UK use
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jessica Hindle
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01253 956161
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