Specialist Community Physiotherapist

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Full time
Location: Whitby
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for two full time Band 6 Physiotherapists to join Whitby Community Therapy Team. Our multidisciplinary team provides therapy and rehabilitation to the Whitby Hospital inpatient unit and in the community in the surrounding towns, villages, and rural communities of the Yorkshire Coast.

There are two posts available:

One role is a community physiotherapist role with an exciting opportunity to be involved in implementing an intermediate care model in Whitby. The second role is an inpatient rehabilitation therapy assessment and treatment role with discharge follow up involvement.

As a senior therapist, you will have management and supervision responsibilities for junior staff and students, and contribute to service development.

To succeed in this role, you will need to be passionate, able to tackle key priorities with enthusiasm, and have the tenacity to deliver in an ever-changing environment. We are committed to our trust values of caring, learning, and growing, and offer a variety of learning opportunities with regular supervision and in-service training programmes.

We are willing to offer a relocation package to suitable candidates if you do not live locally and are interested in the available position. We can discuss what relocation expenses and incentives are available upon appointment of the role.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role will include: Triage & prioritise new referrals received by the service. Responsibility for a designated caseload of patients: to organise this effectively and efficiently with regards to clinical priorities and use of time. To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations using clinical reasoning skills. Support patients with individualised goal setting, education, and care plans to work towards fulfilling their potential in a targeted and realistic way via delivery of evidence-based clinical interventions and practice in partnership with patients, relatives, staff, managers, and externally with other agencies. To be accountable in own area of clinical responsibility participating in regular clinical and line management supervision, completing all required training and ensuring own continued professional development. Have a Home first ethos and outreach into community for patients recently discharged from rehabilitation inpatient unit.

About us

We are an award-winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work, we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work-life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where, and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding this role, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice. Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at a specialist level of care. Experience of complex case load management, within specialist area.

Desirable

Experience or working in Community based physiotherapy. Experience of using SystmOne.

Skills and Competencies

Essential

Can commute effectively to facilitate community based visits including transportation of equipment required for clinical interventions. IT skills to facilitate use of electronic patient records & other electronic systems e.g. for audit and equipment ordering. Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring. Able to demonstrate effective communication skills and work flexibly within the team/service.

Desirable

Ability to carry out basic observations and calculate NEWS2 score. Ability to identify and set up home based assistive equipment according to individual patient need.

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

Degree/ Diploma in Physiotherapy. Current HPC professional registration. Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by specialist training, experience in specialist field(s) to post-. Up to date practice supervisor training. Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation and guidance relevant to clinical and service area. Specialist understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area.

Desirable

Presentation skills/training experience. Member of specialist interest group/network, locally or regionally.

Employer details

Employer name

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Whitby Ward/ Community

Whitby Hospital

Whitby

YO21 1DP

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