Specialist Community Physiotherapist Virtual Ward Service

☞ Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

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Update day: 11-05-2024

Location: Scarborough Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Health / Medical Care Part-time

Industry: Hospitals Health Care

Job type: Part-time

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Job Overview

This is an excellent opportunity to join our team as a Virtual Ward Specialist Physiotherapist

We are looking for an experienced physiotherapist, to work with our Virtual Ward team providing clinical input in order to facilitate to remain safely at home. The role includes integrated MDT working targeted at people living with frailty, multi-morbidity and/or complex needs to help them stay independent and healthy for as long as possible.

To succeed in this role you will need to be passionate about community healthcare provision,able to tackle key priorities with enthusiasm & have the tenacity to deliver in an ever changing environment. We are committed to our trust values of caring, learning & growing & offer a variety of learning opportunities with regular supervision, professional development groups and in-service training programmes. As a senior therapist you will have management and supervision responsibilities for junior staff & students.

Part time / flexible working options will be considered for this post and can be discussed if required.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this role include -

  • To provide high quality and timely clinical triage for referrals coming into the service, providing advice and guidance to referrers and liaising with internal teams and partner organisations to support patient care delivery
  • To be an integral part of an MDT consisting of Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists and Support workers delivering patient centred care to maximise independence, confidence and ability.
  • To demonstrate specialist clinical skills in practice for patients in need Care and support
  • Support patients with individualised goal setting, education and care plans to work towards fulfilling their potential in a targeted and realistic way via delivery of evidence based clinical interventions and practice in partnership with patients, relatives, staff, managers, and externally with other agencies.
  • To provide support/advice regarding service development and the delivery of care, in partnership with service users, carers, staff, managers and other agencies.
  • To provide line management, supervision, support, guidance and training to peers, and students

Working for our organisation

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

  • Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice
  • Experience of complex case load management, within specialist area.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at a specialist level of care

Desirable criteria

  • Experience of working in Community based physiotherapy
  • Experience of using SystmOne

Skills And Competencies

Essential criteria

  • Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
  • Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
  • Can commute effectively to facilitate community based visits including transportation of equipment required for clinical interventions.

Desirable criteria

  • Ability to carry out basic observations and calculate NEWS2 score
  • Ability to identify and set up home based assistive equipment according to individual patient need

Qualifications And Knowledge

Essential criteria

  • Degree/ Diploma in Physiotherapy
  • Current HPC professional registration
  • Post graduate diploma qualification in relevant specialist area or equivalent knowledge and experience
  • Specialist understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area

Desirable criteria

  • Member of specialist interest group/network, locally or regionally

Applicant Requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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Deadline: 25-06-2024

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