Band 6 OPAL Physiotherapist

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Sutton

On-site

GBP 40,000 - 48,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Band 6 Physiotherapist in the OPAL team at Good Hope Hospital, Sutton. You will deliver specialist assessment and treatment for frailty, helping to avoid admission and support discharge planning.

You will work within a seven-day, multidisciplinary team, developing expertise in frailty, acute care, and timely discharge, with opportunities to contribute to FSDEC and Home First aims.

Qualifications

Registered with HCPC and physiotherapy degree.
Experience with elderly/frailty care and multidisciplinary teams.
CPD including recent post-graduate training relevant to clinical speciality.
Excellent communication and evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

Assess, treat and support patients throughout their journey in frailty and acute care.
Work autonomously, lead the MDT and supervise junior staff and students.
Coordinate onward referrals and discharge planning with community services.
Contribute to service development and FSDEC expansion initiatives.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Empathy

Negotiation

Education

Diploma / degree in Physiotherapy

HCPC registration

A levels or equivalent

GCSE Maths and English (grade C+)

CPD evidence in clinical speciality

Job description

Job Summary

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Physiotherapist looking to develop specialist skills in frailty, acute care and admission avoidance within a supportive and innovative multidisciplinary team. The Older Persons Assessment and Liaison (OPAL) Team at Good Hope Hospital are looking for an individual with a genuine passion for working with older people and delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.

The service supports admission avoidance, prevents deconditioning, and promotes independence through specialist assessment and treatment within the Emergency Department, Acute Medical Unit, and Medical Assessment Unit.

This is an exciting time to join the service as OPAL continues to expand, with the development of the Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (FSDEC) unit to provide timely coordinated care for those with urgent healthcare needs that cannot be managed within the community, but who do not require an overnight hospital admission.

A Home First model, OPAL is committed to supporting people to remain independent and return to their home wherever possible. Close partnership working with community services and wider healthcare providers, ensures patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.

OPAL is a seven-day service and works collaboratively across disciplines to ensure patients receive timely physiotherapy input when it is needed most.

Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required

As a Band 6 Physiotherapist, you will use your clinical expertise, leadership skills and knowledge of frailty to assess, treat and support patients throughout their journey, enhancing both patient outcomes and experience. You will be expected to work autonomously, contribute to service development, support junior staff and students, and play an active role within the multidisciplinary team.

The role requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage sensitive and complex conversations with patients, relatives and carers. You will also be confident in coordinating onward referrals and signposting patients to appropriate community services and support pathways to facilitate safe and effective discharge planning.

About Us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Diploma / degree in Physiotherapy.
Registered with Healthcare Professions Council (HCPC).
A levels or equivalent qualification.
Good standard of general education including GCSE Maths and English grade C and above.
Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality.

Experience

Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients within this speciality / within the NHS with experience of elderly and frail elderly, respiratory, neurological and musculoskeletal conditions.
Experience of working with student physiotherapists and assistants.
An ability to analyse clinical and non-clinical complex facts and situations, which require the interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
An ability to plan, organise, formulate and adjust complex plans.
An ability to supervise and delegate work to physiotherapists, assistants and students.

Desirable Experience

It is desirable that the candidate will have had some experience within speciality area.

Additional Criteria

Essential

An ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information.
An ability to empathise and reassure.
An ability to persuade, motivate and negotiate.
An ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding.
An ability to contribute to the clinical education of less experienced staff, students or assistants.
Demonstrate enthusiasm, vision and a desire to achieve.
Committed to developing expertise within physiotherapy and clinical speciality.
Demonstrate a forward-thinking and professional attitude.
An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis.
An ability to cope with frequent exposure to distressing /emotional situations.
An ability to work as team leader, as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
An ability to motivate and develop the team.

Desirable

Demonstrate an interest in promoting physiotherapy to health professionals and other agencies.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working