Band 6 Physiotherapist – Secure Services – Bristol
Substantive Part-Time opportunity available 18.75 hours per week
An opportunity has arisen to join our large and enthusiastic therapy team here in Secure Services. Wickham unit is a 31-bedded low secure service, providing recovery-focussed care. Fromeside is a regional medium secure unit, which provides a service to 81 in-patient service users with mental health needs.
Within the role, you will work closely with colleagues from the multi-disciplinary team to provide a direct clinical service to in-patients with mental health needs in either of our low or medium secure units.
Working as a key part of the multi-disciplinary team, you will routinely undertake specialist physiotherapy assessments, planning, implementing and reviewing appropriate interventions and treatment methods.
As a Band 6 physiotherapist you will be providing physiotherapy interventions across wards at Fromeside and Wickham. Secure Services is an ageless service, however a high percentage of our service users are adults of working age. Alongside this you will manage a small team of Exercise Specialists, you will be responsible for their management supervision, running team meetings and overseeing referrals for exercise. Through your clinical leadership you will ensure that a high quality service is provided by them.
On joining the therapies team, you will receive a comprehensive structured induction package and we are proud to offer CPD training opportunities in house or support opportunities in taking part in additional training for expanding our skillset.
Due to the complex nature of the work we carry out and the environment that we work in, we place great value upon the use of supervision and each member of the team will be in receipt of at least monthly clinical supervision, monthly management supervision and the opportunity to attend monthly reflective practice with the wider team.
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist physiotherapy interventions for patients with mental health conditions or learning disabilities that are patient centred and in consultation with the service user. This will be individually and in groups, both in hospital and in the community. This may include musculoskeletal, neurological and falls.
To take a lead role in the management of the general physical well-being of service users
To work as a fully integrated member of the multi-professional team using the care plan/recovery planning approach.
To provide leadership to junior and unqualified staff ensuring that the physiotherapy technician and junior staff receives adequate training, supervision and support and that the delegation of tasks is appropriate to his/her abilities and grade.
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