Specialist Physiotherapist

VISSPO

Ashington

On-site

GBP 40,000 - 48,000

Part time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Band 6 Physiotherapist for the Elderly Assessment Unit in Wansbeck General Hospital, Ashington. You will manage an independent caseload, assist in discharge planning and support frailty pathway objectives.

Applicants should hold a BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, be registered with the CSP and HCPC, and have completed core rotations as a Band 5. A valid driving licence is essential for the role.

Qualifications

BSC Honours degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent experience and/or qualification.
Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Member of the Health Professionals Council
Candidates should have completed their post graduate core rotations as a Band 5
Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

Responsibilities

To assess, diagnose and treat an independent clinical caseload.
To work as part of the physiotherapy team under the guidance and support of more experienced highly specialist senior physiotherapy staff.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.
This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which engages, enables and empowers others, uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Supervise junior staff, assistants and students, participate in service development activities and contribute to quality improvement initiatives within the service.

Skills

Coaching & mentoring

Quality improvement

Education

BSC Honours degree in Physiotherapy

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Health Professionals Council

Tools

Valid driving licence

Job description

To provide a high-quality physiotherapy service to patients attending the Elderly Assessment Unit (EAU), delivering timely assessment, treatment, rehabilitation and discharge planning for older adults presenting with acute illness, frailty, falls and functional decline.

The post holder will work as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), undertaking specialist assessment and management of patients with complex physical, cognitive and social needs. The role will support patient flow through the frailty pathway by facilitating admission avoidance, same-day emergency care and safe discharge planning.

The post holder will supervise junior staff, assistants and students, participate in service development activities and contribute to quality improvement initiatives within the service.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

This will be a static post and role in elderly care outpatient setting.

To assess, diagnose and treat an independent clinical caseload. o To work as part of the physiotherapy team under the guidance and support of more experienced highly specialist senior physiotherapy staff. o To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working andcollaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

About Us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Candidates should have completed their post graduate core rotations.
Competent to assess and treat an independent caseload
Awareness of relevant Department of Health initiatives and National Service Frameworks relating to clinical guidelines
To consolidate post graduate skills and enhance more specialist skills and knowledge developing towards Specialist Senior Physiotherapist.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Professional Registration

BSC Honours degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent experience and/or qualification
Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Member of the Health Professionals Council

Experience and knowledge

Candidates should have completed their post graduate core rotations as a Band 5

Desirable

Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

Other requirements

It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job locations

Wansbeck General Hospital

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ

United Kingdom

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6