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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Band 6 rotations cover the following clinical areas:

• Stroke/Neuro: Working within our Stroke Team, you will be part of the wider multidisciplinary team providing specialist therapy rehabilitation to our acute patients.  Part of this role will also be outreaching to other areas to provide specialist neuro assessments and therapy to our patients with complex neuro needs
• Acute Medicine: Working as part of the multidisciplinary team to provide a holistic approach to patients admitted to a range of general medical wards including functional and cognitive assessments to increase independence and enhance quality of life
• ICU/Cardio-Respiratory/General Surgery: This role also involves working as part of the multidisciplinary team to provide specialist respiratory management across wards using a range of respiratory skills as well as providing specialist surgical management and enhancing patients’ surgical pathway to reduce complications and increase independence
• Orthopaedics: Providing specialist therapy skills to patients who have experienced complex orthopaedic trauma including spinal injuries and a range of elective pathways

In return, we would strive to offer the suitable candidate a supportive, friendly working environment within a team who are open to new ideas.  Opportunities for learning within the Trust would be provided, alongside regular supervision and allocated time for Continuous Professional Development.  Opportunities for working with the wider multidisciplinary team will be available and strongly encouraged.

Core working hours are 8.00am-4.00pm but flexibility can be discussed, and you will work as part of our seven-day roster.

• To be responsible for delivering Physiotherapy in the specialist assessment and treatment of patients within Acute Medicine, Cardio-Respiratory/Surgery, Orthopaedic and Stroke Teams
• To carry your own caseload of patients, who may have complex presentations, and maintain own records as an autonomous practitioner, prioritising own workload alongside the demands of the team
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management and assist junior staff, support staff and students to do so
• To assess capacity, gain informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment and support junior staff to do the same
• To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers, schools, workplaces and other professionals, to promote understanding of the aims of Physiotherapy to ensure a consistent approach to patient care
• To be responsible for priority cases as delegated outside the scope of current post, when departmental pressures dictate (i.e. staff shortages) and to co-ordinate junior staff to do the same
• To work a rostered seven-day service within the James Paget University Hospital or in a community health setting as required
• To assist in the production of reports on own area of work and to make recommendations for change as requested
• To be responsible for and maintain own Clinical Professional Development, actively reading around any updates/developments and incorporate them as necessary into your work
• To maintain comprehensive and accurate assessment and treatment records in line with legal and departmental requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of letters and reports
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and apply to work situation, and encourage others to do likewise
• Be actively involved in the collection of appropriate data and statistics for the use of the department
• To implement policy and suggest policy changes for your clinical area of work, which may affect the whole service
• To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out clinical duties, and to adhere to departmental policy, including competence to use equipment and to ensure the safe use of equipment by others through teaching, training and supervision of practice, including manual handling according to Trust and professional guidelines
• To participate in providing clinical shadowing experiences for students being supervised by senior staff on their introductory placement, and to explain the role to department visitors. To assist senior staff in the training of students and support staff

Please see the attached Job Description for more details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

Please watch the following videos for an insight into our Integrated Therapies Department:

Landscape version:  https://youtu.be/tklpzav7UrU

Portrait version:  https://youtube.com/shorts/U4lwU9T1wKA?feature=share

If this advert interests you, please contact Julie Power via [email protected] to find out more or to arrange a visit.