Community Physiotherapist - Surrey Downs H&C

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

SURREY DOWNS HEALTH & CARE

We are looking for dynamic individuals who will play a key role in driving forward our Community Therapy services in Surrey Downs. You will have excellent organisational and time management skills and be passionate about delivering holistic care that has the patient at its centre. You will relish developing new ways of working to improve quality and develop a “one team” culture. This is a great opportunity for a proactive individual keen to take the next step in their career, joining an exciting forward thinking team.
You must have broad clinical experience including care of the elderly and enjoy the challenges of providing rehabilitation to people in their own homes. You will be supported by the Clinical Lead and experienced Band 7 Physiotherapists. As part of your role, you will be responsible for training and supervising Band 5 Physiotherapists, Rehabilitation Assistants, Students, and you will play part in developing the Physiotherapy service within the team. You will also be committed to the ‘Fair Share’ model of development of student placements within the team.

CLINICAL

• To perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of the patient with complex presentations using advanced clinical reasoning skills to create targeted treatment plans using SMART goals specific to the patient’s condition.
• To formulate and deliver an individual or group physiotherapy treatment programme In line with best practice guidelines.
• To help co-ordinate and ensure effective delivery of therapy services liaising and co-operating with colleagues across other PCN’s/Adult social care teams to provide equitable services.
• To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required and to advise and support more junior colleagues to this effect. To handover treatment plans to the rehabilitation assistant to support with the patient centred goals.
• Willingness and enthusiasm to work toward cross-disciplinary competencies
• To have an awareness of local community services and be able to refer to these appropriately and in a timely manner.
• To understand and manage clinical risk within own patient caseload and within the service and advise more junior staff, seeking guidance from Band 7s/Clinical Lead as required.
• Work within Epsom and St Helier policies and CSP clinical guidelines and participate on CPD to maintain professional registration. Monitor own and others quality of practice as appropriate.
• To keep accurate and complete records of work undertaken in line with CSP, Community Therapy Team, Surrey Downs Health and Care standards. Maintaining confidentiality and information governance standards at all times.
• To be able to assess and identify those who lack capacity to consent to treatment and be able to work with them within a legal framework.
• To teach, assess and contribute to the performance assessment of Band 5’s and Rehabilitation Assistants.
• To make a significant contribution to the development of departmental policies and procedures on clinical care by attending appropriate meetings and recommending changes to clinical care or service provision.

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.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

We are in an exciting phase of development and are looking to expand our current services to ensure the provision of both rapid response and rehabilitation offering multidisciplinary assessments to people in their own homes (including care homes). Rehabilitation is offered to those who are at risk of hospital admission or recovering from illness/ post hospital admission across the place of Surrey Downs. We are a team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and rehabilitation assistants working alongside the wider community and locality teams.
The service provides joined up, co-ordinated care to local citizens with health and social care needs and aims to support them to live as independently as possible by offering rapid multidisciplinary assessment and support at times of crisis. The team offers a rapid response assessment within 24 hours or 1 week of referral to mitigate the risk of a hospital admission, often providing essential moving and handling equipment and liaising with adult social care teams around additional support requirements as well as short term rehabilitation.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• To attend all statutory and mandatory training in line with Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust Policy.
• To maintain complete confidentiality of all patient and staff information known or acquired during the course of work. To maintain Information Governance standards at all times.
• To adhere to all trust policies and procedures of Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust.
• To undertake any duties or responsibilities commensurate with the grade as requested by Clinical Lead or Specialist Services Manager.