Physiotherapist Learning Disability

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Aylesbury, High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board in Buckinghamshire is seeking a part-time Band 5 Physiotherapist to support our Learning Disability Health Team on maternity cover. The role involves working with adults with learning disabilities across daytime centres, clinics and homes.

You will join a diverse multidisciplinary team and help deliver physiotherapy assessments and treatments, develop services, and promote health within the community setting.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered physiotherapist with interest in community LD services.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary community teams is helpful.
• Passion for adults with learning disabilities and community settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide physiotherapy assessment and treatment for adults with learning disabilities.
• Manage own caseload and work within a MDT to develop services.
• Deliver individual and group sessions across community pathways (postural management, falls & mobility, respiratory care).

Skills

HCPC registered

Community health

Multidisciplinary team

Assessment & treatment

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., To provide Physiotherapy assessment and treatment interventions for a specified service user group, to carry a caseload as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and to develop the Physiotherapy service provision within the setting. All staff should comply with the Trusts Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity. Key Relationships: To work with other team members of both the Physiotherapy team and wider MDT. To work with