Community Physiotherapist (General Rehab and Falls)

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the City of London is seeking a qualified Community Physiotherapist to provide high-quality care and support to patients in the community. The role involves conducting complex assessments, delivering tailored treatment plans, and supervising junior staff. The ideal candidate will possess at least 5 years of physiotherapy experience and a strong commitment to evidence-based practice. Competitive salary and supportive work environment offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years post-registration experience in physiotherapy.
• Experience in NHS across multiple sectors.
• Ability to lead and influence a team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Deliver patient care and specialize in complex assessments.
• Support evidence-based practice and continuity of care.
• Supervise and mentor junior physiotherapists and assistants.

Skills

Clinical reasoning skills

Team leadership

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy

Registration with the Health Professions Council

Higher degree relevant to the area of practice

Tools

Basic computer literacy (Word, PowerPoint)

Job description

Community Physiotherapist (General Rehab and Falls)

To provide high quality effective Physiotherapy assessment and treatment/management programmes for adults presenting with rehab needs in the community in Haringey locality team; who require a domiciliary service or out-patient service. To use highly specialist Physiotherapy knowledge and skills to manage own complex caseload, as an autonomous practitioner.

To act as a source of expertise on Physiotherapy management of adults in the community; providing advice to patients, carers, all grades of Physiotherapists, other health care professionals, consultants, general practitioners and social services.

To support the use of evidence-based practice within the service, incorporating national guidelines e.g. NICE and NSF into practice.

The post holder will provide supervision and mentoring to junior Physiotherapists and to assistants and students where necessary. The post holder will Lead and Manage Blue badge Mobility assessments and work closely with haringey parking services.

Main duties of the job

CLINICAL

To deliver patient care based on principles of best practice, achievable through direct patient contact or via supervision.

To carry out specialist, comprehensive assessments of patients with a complex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills formulating individualised management and treatment plans.

To work effectively with clients, their carers and colleagues around individual case management; setting client centred goals and ensuring all parties are working together to achieve the goals.

To provide specialised Physiotherapy interventions at home or in a clinic setting as required, collaborating with colleagues in the community and secondary care health professionals to promote continuity of care.

To ensure a timely response to functional changes or relapses.

To provide specialist assessment for and provision of adaptive equipment such as specialist seating in line with national and local guidelines.

Please see enclosed JD for full details of duties and responsibilities

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Job responsibilities

Detail job description and main responsibilities can be found in the attached Job Description and Job specification

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
• Registration with the Health Professions Council
• Higher degree relevant to the area of practice.
• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and relevant Clinical Interest Group.

Experience

• At least 5 years post-registration experience, including extensive band 5 and Band 6rotations and evidence of dedicated clinical practice and Professional development in the area of physiotherapy.
• Experience across a range of NHS sectors e.g. Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Community Services.
• Experience of organising, writing and delivering in-service training programmes
• Experience of supervising Junior and non-qualified staff, including participation in personal development reviews.
• Experience of clinical governance initiatives

Knowledge

• Basic computer literacy, including Word and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of current NHS initiatives.
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and its application to physiotherapy Services.
• Knowledge of Physiotherapy professional issues.
• Knowledge of a variety of physiotherapy concepts and Approaches and current best practice.
• Knowledge of neurological conditions and pathologies and the Current medical management of such conditions.
• Knowledge of other medical conditions which you may encounter including, but not exclusively, respiratory, orthopaedic and elderly care conditions.
• Extensive knowledge of outcome measure tools.
• Basic knowledge of the audit cycle and its uses.

Skills and Abilities

• Able to communicate highly complex and sensitive information in written, verbal and presentational form to patients, staff and senior Able to communicate highly complex and sensitive information in written, verbal and presentational form to patients, staff and senior Managers within the Trust and across other organisations.
• Able to lead, motivate and influence a team of physiotherapists of band 6, Junior, Technical and Assistant grades.
• Able to apply problem-solving skills to highly complex situations, which may include clinical or organisational issues.
• To have highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
• Able to lead and work as a team member and to develop team spirit
• Well-developed organisational and planning skills.
• Able to assimilate and analyse complex clinical information.
• Able to identify and recognise when to seek advice and support concerning clinical, managerial, professional and organisational issues
• Highly skilled ability and competency in using a range of therapeutic skills including but not exclusively, various assessment techniques, manual therapy, manual handling techniques, exercise therapy, respiratory equipment (CPAP, IPPB, BiPAP and ventilators), splinting and personal hygiene activities
• Able to identify your own and staff training needs
• Well developed counselling and advocacy skills to support staff, patients and carers.
• Able to employ motivational and influencing skills with staff, patients, carers and other professionals.

Other Qualities

• Willingness to work on any site as service requirements dictate.

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.

£53,751 to £60,651 a yearper annum including HCAs