Bank Physiotherapist

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice; St Albans; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Responsibilities

• Ensure evidence-based practice and practice development across the patient pathway within the physiotherapy therapy service, the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and other partnership organisations.
• Provide specialised assessment and treatment for patients with complex needs and provide expert advice, guidance and information to health and social care professionals, carers and relatives and other non-professionals.
• Take a role in the advanced assessment, clinical diagnosis and treatment of patients.
• Provide support and advice to patients and their carers and professionals.
• Make appropriate referrals to the MDT, ensuring seamless service for patients.
• Provide specialist advice and education on all aspects of physiotherapy therapy management and rehabilitation for patients, relatives and health care professionals.
• Is passionate about providing high quality support for patients and families/carers through a palliative diagnosis.
• Fully understands the benefits and evidence base for a rehabilitative approach to palliative care.
• Interacts with patients and families/carers, with empathy and kindness.
• Can quickly build trusting, empathetic, and caring relationships with volunteers, customers, employees and head office teams, not forgetting local traders and the community.
• Is flexible and enjoys the variety of work in a fast-moving environment.
• Has good interpersonal skills
• Has strong organisational skills

About the Hospice

At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, our unique care provides a lifeline of compassion and support to patients, carers, and families facing progressive life-limiting illness. We provide palliative and end of life care support, including bereavement services, within Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire and our patient services are available to adults, as well as patients transitioning into adult services (16 to 25 years.)

Bereavement support is offered for all ages to families of patients and those around them, as well as throughout the community, in schools and workplaces. We are proud to offer care in the place that best suits the individuals needs, whether that’s at home, in a care home, in a short stay in our inpatient unit, out in the community, or in our purpose-built Living Well Centre facilities. As a hospice care charity, we have offered this support, free of charge, for over 40 years. Our staff team of 340+ includes a wide range of patient‑facing disciplines plus operational support based in Watford, Tring, St Albans, Chalfont St Giles and Berkhamsted. The Charity is now one of the larger UK hospice charities, reaching a GP population of 797,037 of whom 75% live in Hertfordshire and 25% in Buckinghamshire.