Highly Specialised Community Physiotherapist

NHS Jobs; Wood Green; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking a Highly Specialised Community Physiotherapist to work in a community setting. The role requires leading MDT teleconferences, triaging referrals and creating detailed care plans and reports.

You will provide specialist moving and handling assessments and work with clients and carers to support self-management and coordinated care. Responsibilities include chairing meetings, coordinating with agencies, maintaining accurate documentation and contributing to service development

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and relationship-building with clients and carers.
• Ability to explain complex health information clearly.
• Advanced clinical knowledge for community-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Chair regular MDT teleconferences and multi-agency meetings.
• Review referrals, triage urgency and allocate caseloads.
• Produce detailed reports, care plans and information for others.
• Provide moving and handling assessments and recommend equipment.
• Develop client-centred goals and coordinate ongoing care.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical expertise

MDT coordination

moving and handling

Job description

Highly Specialised Community Physiotherapist

Communication & Relationship Skills Provide and receive complex information; persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training skills required. Explains complicated issues relating to long term health conditions, legal and health and social care systems. Works with clients and carers to support self-management, engagement in interventions and manages sensitive interactions when discussing treatment plans, interventions and topics such as advanced care planning. Able to adapt communication style to match the clients understanding and communication Clinical Highly developed specialist knowledge across range of procedures underpinned by theory and experience. Specialist knowledge of the full range of client groups plus further theoretical study and in depth experience of legislation and policy appropriate to the setting. Advanced skills relating to community practice supporting clients to maintain and improve functioning and management of long term health conditions. Skills acquired through degree or equivalent plus clinical experience working with clients with complex care needs in the community or skills that can be transferred into the community setting. Working with client groups plus further theoretical study and experience within a community environment to masters level equivalent (desirable). Responsible for chairing regular scheduled MDT teleconferences, managing structured case discussions and keeping clear and accurate documentation. Responsible for participating in scheduled referral triage sessions, reviewing incoming referrals, determining urgency, and allocating cases to the appropriate clinician or service. To produce accurate and detailed reports, therapy programmes, care plans, advice and information as necessary in a timely manner, reflecting clinical expertise. To provide specialist Moving and handling assessments for complex patients, recommending appropriate equipment in line with national and local guidelines. Analytical & Judgemental Skills Complex facts or situations requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options. Initial and ongoing assessment of service user needs taking into account a range of physiological, psychological and environmental factors. Ability to assess urgency of clinical need and ensure client receives high quality care within appropriate time limits (urgent, standard and ongoing complex case coordination). Plan and organise and prioritise complex activities. Initiates and co-ordinates e.g. case conferences with multidisciplinary and agencies. Able to chair and contribute to MDT teleconferences, MDT meetings, best interest meetings and other clinical activities (safeguarding, Datix) Physical Skills Physical skills obtained through practice/ developed physical skills, manipulation of objects, people; narrow margins for error Ability to move around the borough and access clients properties. Driving (desirable) keyboard skills manipulation of patients clients during assessments requiring advanced moving and handling training. Responsibility for Patient/Client Care Develop specialised programmes of care; provide highly specialist advice concerning care at the right time and right place by the right professional. Ability to provide a variety of profession specific and role blurred interventions with support of MDT members; provides advice to clients, carers, and other departments/agencies departments regarding ongoing care. Ability to co-produce client centred goals and interventions. Ability to determine when interventions have been achieved, requirement for review and ability to close cases when client stable and linked in with appropriate ongoing support. Ability to develop effective and compassionate relationships with clients and their support network, to be able to case-manage and coordinate care on behalf of the client when under the care of MACCT. Ability to provide clinical decision making and reasoning when completing triage of referrals to the MACCT service. Responsibility for Policy/Service Development Propose policy or service changes, impact beyond own area. Implements legislation and suggests changes to policies and protocols relating to which impact on working practices for staff within the MACCT service and the clients the team serves. To act as a role model for integrated working and collaboration between professions, services and organisations to ensure the best care is provided to the client. To actively participate in team reviews and service development projects through team meetings, Quality Improvement projects and audits. Responsibility for Financial & Physical Resources Responsible for authorising recommendations for equipment orders. Supporting service managers with requesting and maintaining adequate stock levels of equipment and resources required to provide safe and effective care. Leadership Day to day supervision; clinical supervision; training in own discipline Allocates work to other MDT staff through agreed pathways/processes. Provides regular clinical supervision to one or more junior service members. Engages and actively participates in reflection and continuing professional development in professional and operational supervision. Provides practical training to other MDT staff and ensures annual student placement support. Maintains clinical portfolio professional registration and professional body membership. Responsibility for Information Resources Record personally generated information Maintains client records and statistics as necessary and expected with the service. Adheres to all information governance policies and mandatory training.