Job summary
- Main area
- Rehabilitation - Haywood Therapies rotation
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 301-ME-24-6206048
- Employer
- Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Haywood Hospital
- Town
- Burslem
- Salary
- Dependant on Experience
- Closing
- 08/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Rotational Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
We have an opportunity for a highly motivated, team-orientated and autonomous Specialist Physiotherapist to join our well-established Haywood Hospital Therapies Portfolio Physiotherapy rotation. In joining our teams, you will be influential in supporting bed based, outpatient and / or community services with a strong focus on rehabilitation, education and prevention, and self-management / lifestyle advice for acute, sub-acute and long-term conditions. As Allied Health Professionals (AHP’s), we focus on maximising function, preventing deterioration; supporting both safe discharge and / or follow up in the community ensuring adaptation to life changes.
Main duties of the job
Haywood Community Hospital Therapies Portfolio prides itself on the delivery of quality care to all patients (ward and community based), many with complex needs. All services promote the philosophy of self-care and the promotion of independence whilst offering rehabilitation and assessment. Our rehabilitation services encompass a wide range of specialist services, and the post holder will act as an autonomous professional as part of the Allied Health Professions (AHP) profession:
- Be competent as appropriate to the requirements of the role.
- Be a Specialist Physiotherapist and have a detailed professional and clinical rehabilitation knowledge within the services served. The post holder will be a specialist practitioner and may work across services and pathways; to support a quality led, seamless service to maximise the patient journey.
- Be responsible for a defined population of service users in a variety of settings across the Partnership Trust including the community and hospitals.
Working for our organisation
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To manage a defined complex caseload and work as an autonomous practitioner using evidenced based client centred principals to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
- Be skilled in the assessment of complex/specialist care & support needs and in the development, implementation, and evaluation of care & support packages.
- To work closely with uni / multidisciplinary teams/agencies in addressing a range of care/support issues across the spectrum of conditions, managing timely hospital discharges; supporting life after discharge and improving the health and wellbeing of the population served.
- To undertake research and promote a research culture within the team and rehabilitation services.
- Have supervisory, training and leadership responsibilities where appropriate and will have some responsibility for team performance and service developments/improvements.
- To regularly supervise junior, unqualified members of staff and contribute to Fair Share model for Physiotherapy students. To support students from other professions who work in the team.
- Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to problems seeking innovation and service development as core elements to role.
- Work with the Clinical Leads / Management undertaking delegated tasks in team management.
- To undertake 7 day working / shift patterns within service specification as required across Trust sites including community working and lone working.
- The nature of the service will be determined by local service specifications.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy, HCPC registration, Evidence of CPD, Working towards Fieldwork Educator, Evidence of personal development, Participation within ongoing training, Willing to participate in training / promotional events to support services, Willing to share / cascade relevant knowledge and skill with others
- Relevant NHS experience (a minimum of 18 months in the UK), Relevant additional specialist post graduate training / study and in-depth experience of rehabilitation
Desirable criteria
- Experience of hospital / community working. Experience within service development / audit
Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of current best practice in Physiotherapy/ rehabilitation, Awareness of complex recovery process and deficits following illness, injury, neurological event; condition and / or trauma
Desirable criteria
- Member of the CSP
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
- Nicky Woolliscroft
- Job title
- Service Lead – Specialist Rehabilitation Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
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