Senior Physiotherapist

at  Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust NHS is delighted to offer the opportunities for a Senior Physiotherapist to join the Brackley Community Hospital, as part of the Community Beds service within Northamptonshire. The post holder will provide assessment, setting SMART goals and rehabilitation to our adult and older adult inpatients with physical rehabilitation needs, plus working with the MDT to establish safe discharge plans.

• To complete initial and ongoing patient assessments, support patients to identify SMART goals, utilise clinical outcome measures and develop, deliver and progress bespoke treatment plans.
• To work collaboratively within the team and with external providers to:

Enable patients to work towards goals relevant to the in-patient community hospital setting
Support the patient and family members/carers with regards to discharge planning
Identify further rehabilitation needs to include onward referral to other services as appropriate
Support in developing the service in line with national and local strategies
Demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process. Evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment through autonomous and accountable decisions in Physiotherapy practice supported by current research and in accordance with NHFT protocols and policies.

Communicate condition related information, sensitive diagnostic & prognostic information to patients/clients, carers & relatives, requiring empathy & reassurance.

• Provide leadership, education and support to other team members through promotion of innovative strategies to manage change and improve service delivery
• HCPC registration and relevant degree/qualification in Physiotherapy
• Good communication and organisational skills
• Manual handling experience
• Previous healthcare experience

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document

Please refer the Job description for details