Highly Specialist Physiotherapist

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

JOB OVERVIEW

Sutton Community Health and Care are looking for an enthusiastic innovative Band 7 Physiotherapist to complement their Care Home Support Team. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with Sutton Place to support their work through the Enhanced Health and Care Homes Programme.
The Care Home Support Team provides treatment and care for a wide range of healthcare needs for residents in care homes within the London Borough of Sutton/
The role aims to support the review of resident’s mobility regarding activities of daily living, with the formulation of plans to support the resident maintaining levels of independence where able.

WORKING FOR OUR ORGANISATION

Thank you for taking the time to consider this opportunity to work with us. We are firmly committed to being the best possible provider of healthcare and place to work in the NHS and we have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Highly Specialist Physiotherapist (Band 7) to our Sutton Health and Care Care Home Support Team.
Sutton Health and Care was an innovative joint venture between local partner health and social care organisations, which sees community services fully integrated to support the delivery of a new model of care for the people of Sutton. Hosted by Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, the model ensures the breaking down of traditional organisational barriers to enable a provision of care that is wrapped around the patient.
Sutton Health and Care prides itself on having a highly dedicated team and offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment with a wide range of staff benefits and development opportunities.
We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our vision and values and can play a crucial role in our ongoing achievements.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

The successful candidate will be required to design, implement and evaluate a standardised approach to physiotherapy delivery in Sutton care homes, focusing on promoting the use of regular exercise, appropriate movement/interactive and wellbeing strategies. The programme’s aim is to reduce the risk of falls, improve balance, avoidable physical and mental health decline.
The post holder will be required to develop and maintain effective working relationships with care home managers, GPs, nurses, healthcare assistants and programme stakeholders as well as with other members of the MDT and, therefore, will need to demonstrate a flexible approach and excellent communication skills.
The post holder will also be required to collect data to demonstrate achievement of the agreement programme outcomes, to enable the service to regularly report back to commissioners.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND RESULTS

• To have clinical responsibility for assessment and treatment planning for people referred to the service
• Work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary care team
• Manage a clinical caseload which comprises of adult clients with physical and cognitive difficulties within the community and/or bed based setting
• Supervise junior colleagues and assistants
• Assist in the overall development and management of physiotherapy across the service
• Undertake clinical practice at a specialist level (including non-medical prescribing skills) and provide clinical advice and management to patients referred to the Care Home Support Team, professionals and others where appropriate
• Collaborate with colleagues across own and other community teams, acute teams, GPs, social services and voluntary sector to optimise the patient’s journey, care, wellbeing and outcomes
• Develop a high level of specialist clinical skill in assessment, treatment planning and implementation of agreed goal orientated intervention with residents/carers
• Assess and treat own caseload of patients, who may have a highly complex presentation and maintain associated records as an autonomous practitioner
• Contribute towards single assessment and trusted assessment processes
• Provide comprehensive intervention to patients in a care home setting, making use of assessment and treatment facilities where appropriate
• Be responsible for a clinical caseload working within the MDT ensuring residents and carers receive optimum level of therapy within available resources
• Carry out multidisciplinary screening assessments and discuss outcomes with MDT members
• Keep accurate up-to-date records on patient care and equipment provision, which comply with quality standards, meet legal requirements and can be shared with colleagues and carers
• Provide complex written and/or verbal reports to referrers and other agencies involved in resident’s care and participate in clinical meetings as necessary
• Assist in the development of physiotherapy within the service and effectively contribute towards the patient care pathway, and to develop the skills required to undertake this
• Monitor the effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measurement and evaluation of practice
• Contribute to the development of information to enable residents to understand and self-manage their condition
• Make rapid decisions, using sound clinical reasoning skills and medical knowledge
• Review evidence based literature to ensure safe and effective practice
• Be competent in the use of IT including the formulation of databases for research and audit purposes
• Demonstrate effective communication skills with stakeholders both orally in in writing producing reports etc., and taking a lead role in meetings and discussions.

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure practice is evidence based, by keeping up to date with new research literature and by regularly evaluating working practices
• Make recommendations to changes in clinical practice and lead on the implement of these