Physiotherapist Learning Disability

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT); Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Returning to Practice opportunities

Apprenticeships

Job summary

The Buckinghamshire Community Learning Disability Health Team within Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is seeking a band 5 Physiotherapist on a part-time maternity cover. You will assess and treat adults with learning disabilities in community settings, visiting day centres, clinics and home visits.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, have CPD opportunities, and be supported to adapt work locations and hours to fit your circumstances while delivering

Qualifications

• HCPC registered physiotherapist eligible to practice in the UK.
• Experience in community learning disability services preferred.
• Part-time role suitable for maternity cover.

Responsibilities

• Provide physiotherapy assessment and treatment for adults with learning disabilities.
• Manage own caseload across three pathways: complex postural management, falls and mobility, and community respiratory care.
• Visit service users at day centres, clinics and in their homes.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team and support service development.

Skills

HCPC registered

Community health

Autonomy

Education

HCPC registration

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative Physiotherapist to work in our Buckinghamshire Community Learning Disability Health Team to cover maternity leave.

This is a part-time position for HCPC registered Physiotherapists with an interest in community LD services. The successful candidate will work as an integral member of a diverse multi-disciplinary team and will join the growing Physiotherapy service. This is a community role for a band 5 Physiotherapist and involves visiting service users at day centres, clinic spaces and their homes.

A passion for working with adults with learning disabilities in this varied and interesting role is essential.

The team has office bases in Aylesbury and High Wycombe. The role is county wide and we can adapt work locations, workdays and hours to support your circumstances.

The role will involve managing your own caseload providing Physiotherapy assessment and treatment interventions for adults with a learning disability on our three main pathways, complex postural management, falls and mobility and community level respiratory care.

Interventions delivered will include a range of individual treatment and group sessions. You will have a role in health promotion and be a key player in helping continually improve and develop the service. Our aim is to bring Physiotherapy to service users in a fun and engaging way and you will be able to use your creativity to do this.

This post will suit you if you have a passion for improving lives, advocating for people’s health and wellbeing, and want to work in a excellent multi-disciplinary team (MDT). We are a supportive AHP team that work across the Trust with LD Physiotherapy colleagues in Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Norfolk and you would have many CPD opportunities and colleagues to work with.

As a Physiotherapist in the Bucks Community Learning Disability Health Team you would be:

• Offered a structured induction program, giving you the confidence and skills to carry out the role


• Part of a Physiotherapy team made up of a Physiotherapists and a physiotherapy support worker.


• Given regular clinical supervision and be actively encouraged to participate in CPD


• Part of an MDT that values Physiotherapy


• Part of a wider Physiotherapy network across of our Mental Health and LD services


• Working autonomously and able to use your creative skills


• An important part of an innovative, creative and developing service. We are committed to a future where we use continuous quality improvement to harness your ideas for service development and make them a reality

At HPFT We Also Offer

• Paid opportunities for Physiotherapists Returning to Practice after a break


• Full time or part time working


• Flexible working


• Paid work opportunities for Physiotherapy students


• Opportunities for Apprenticeships

Please See Attached Job Description And Person Specification.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match.

We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 4500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

Our Trust Values Are

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

• Welcoming.


• Kind.


• Positive.


• Respectful.


• Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Matthew Howes Job title: Physiotherapy Team Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07811488040

Nichola Roots - Physiotherapy Professional Lead

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