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Bank Highly Specialist physiotherapist B7 at Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom
Job Descrption
The post holder will be required
• To take a leadership role in the effective provision of rehabilitation within Pembridge Palliative Care Centre as a senior member of the multidisciplinary team.
• To undertake highly specialised physiotherapy assessments of adult patients with specialist palliative care needs who may have a highly complex presentation and to produce specialist individual treatment plans.
• To be instrumental in developing the organisation's rehabilitative approach to palliative care.
• To provide highly specialised advice to Hospice and other staff to facilitate the management of patients in on-site and community services.
• To work effectively with all disciplines, agencies and relatives involved with the patient. To communicate with these agencies, relatives and carers in an appropriate and sensitive manner.
• Prioritise and manage own workload with minimal supervision.
• Work within professional standards and clinical guidelines, promote best... practice and to undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner including assessing and treating own caseload of patients/clients and maintaining professional documentation.
• Be responsible for the supervision of therapy assistants and students on placement.
Main duties of the job
• Undertake the comprehensive, specialist, physiotherapy assessment of adult patients with progressive and life-limiting diseases, including those with highly complex needs, using investigative and analytical skills and outcome-measurement tools, and to discuss assessments with other team members
• Plan, implement and evaluate specialised individual physiotherapy management/treatment plans using clinical reasoning skills and in conjunction with patients' own goals for care and relatives'/carers' input
• Provide holistic care with attention to patients' multifaceted needs including physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual
• Be highly skilled in communicating with and supporting terminally ill patients, their families, formal and informal carers
• Be a source of physiotherapy/rehabilitation expertise providing clinical leadership skills across the multidisciplinary team to encourage an organisation-wide rehabilitative approach to patient care
• Provide a specialist physiotherapy service to optimise non-pharmacological management of symptoms including developing the service to include symptom-specific groups
• Provide specialist advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other health and social care professionals both within the organisation and externally, to ensure a consistent approach to the patient's care
About us
Are you looking to join London's largest NHS Trust dedicated to community healthcare?We are looking for fantastic Physiotherapists to join our Bank. This will give you the ability to pick up new skills, work across different teams, pick up shifts whenever you want, and gain further experience in a large NHS Trust. You'll be able to work across the Trust as well.In return for your skills and experience we can offer you:
• Flexible working hours to suit individual circumstances and arrangements
• Competitive hourly rates
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme (subject to status)
• Paid annual leave built into hourly rate
• Access to statutory and mandatory training through Induction and e-Learning
• Great opportunities to sample different areas of work across different services
Our temporary staffing shifts are calculated hourly and paid weekly. You are paid only for the hours you actually work during any Assignment. Bank workers are paid on fixed third point based on the Agenda for Change (AFC) pay bands.Weekly pay will include: Basic pay Unsocial hours (If applicable)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Be aware of, and act in accordance with CLCHs clinical, operational and organisational policies and guidelines.
Ensure that policies, procedures, clinical governance arrangements and lines of accountability are adhered to by the therapy assistant to ensure safe and effective clinical service delivery.
Ensure the timely and correct entry of clinical and statistical data onto SystmOne.
Complete statistical returns as required by CLCH including entering data onto the computerised systems within the required time frames.
Actively participate in clinical supervision.
Facilitate clinical supervision on a regular basis to designated staff members.
Participate in an annual appraisal and maintain a personal development plan.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
• Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy
• Current HCPC registration
• Attendance at specialist short courses or equivalent CPD activities within the specialist areas of Neurology, Member of Professional Body
Desirable
• Member of a Special Interest Group relevant to this post
Experience
Essential
• Experience post registration as a Band 5 physiotherapist
• Experience working at a Junior level in a wide range of specialised clinical areas including outpatients, neurology, rehabilitation, orthopedics and respiratory
Desirable
• Experience working with voluntary organisations.
• Experience in service development projects.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
• Skills in the assessment and treatment of adults with complex multi-pathologies and neurological conditions
• Knowledge and understanding of complex medical conditions including neurological conditions, multipathologies and falls
• Knowledge of outcome measures and evidence-based practice
Desirable
• Knowledge and experience in research and audit
• Knowledge and understanding of NICE and CSP/COT Guidelines relevant to neurology
Employer details
Employer name
Central London Community Health Trust
Address
Pembridge Hospice, St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing
Exmoor Street
London
W10 6DZ
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Bank Highly Specialist physiotherapist B7 at Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom