A vacancy has arisen for an enthusiastic and flexible band 5 Physiotherapist to join an established, friendly and dynamic service, at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.
You will be given the opportunity to assess and treat patients in the following clinical areas on a four monthly rotational basis at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich:
Acute Medicine (including ICU, Respiratory and Surgery)
Trauma Orthopaedics
Medical Rehabilitation (including elderly care)
Musculoskeletal Outpatients (including Amputee Rehab)
Neuro Outlier In-Patients
Stroke (UHL)
You will need to be enthusiastic and willing to develop your assessment and treatment skills and to contribute to exciting service developments on site as part of the emerging changes to care and rehabilitation at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
You will be supervised by experienced senior physiotherapists, with clinical support from experienced support workers.
7 day working is under development at the Trust bringing the opportunity to work in innovative and forward thinking teams, providing a high quality service to patients. You will be required to contribute to emergency and weekend rotas accordingly.
Continued professional development is encouraged and viewed as integral to providing a quality service for patients. We offer regular supervision, in-service training and actively promote the personal development of all our therapists.
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JOB SUMMARY:

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
To perform physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions - to provide a provisional diagnosis, develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
To take responsibility for own caseload, being responsible for a defined area of the service, with access to a senior physiotherapist. Formal supervision is comprised of regular in-service training, appraisal, clinical reasoning sessions, documentation and caseload reviews and observation of clinical assessment / treatment or related discussion. When working as part of the emergency duty rota no supervision is available.
With the team, to participate in evidence based audit / research activity to further the team’s clinical practice within each rotation.
7-day working for Therapies is under development within the Trust and it is anticipated that the postholder will be required to work at weekends on a roster basis during some of the above rotations.
To provide a physiotherapy service - including assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients in the Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust.
To participate in the rotation scheme, which involves working across the Trust in a range of clinical areas including ward and outpatient settings.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

To comply with the requirements of the Band 5 Knowledge and Skills Framework outline.
3.2 To participate in the individual performance review (appraisal) scheme and to be responsible for complying with your agreed personal development plan to meet set goals.
3.3 To be responsible for maintaining your competence to practise and Health Professions Council Registration, through C.P.D. activities and maintaining a portfolio which reflects personal development.
3.4 To participate in and contribute to the in-service education programmes of the specific rotation and of the department.
3.5 To participate in mandatory and statutory training, having an awareness of and complying with Trust and departmental procedures e.g. emergency resuscitation, hydrotherapy resuscitation, fire evacuation and manual handling procedures.
3.6 To attend Trust in-house training sessions / programmes and external courses as appropriate.
3.7 To contribute to the education of Therapy Assistants when necessary.
3.8 To contribute to the clinical education of physiotherapy students by participating in observational visits, and supporting senior physiotherapists in their role as clinical educators.

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