Job summary
An excellent opportunity has become available for an experienced and dynamic clinician Physiotherapist to join our therapy team.
At Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust we are keen to provide specialist therapeutic input to our population, we want our therapists to have enhanced skills and knowledge to provide current best evidence-based practice.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust due to the expansion of our service. As a result of the opening of Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust are seeking staff to continue to support the Trust's journey to be a leading provider of care for our community.
We are looking for driven and ambitious individuals to join us. We are able to offer flexibility and opportunities for further development.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be required to assess and treat patients being dealt with within medical wards, including those with multiple pathologies and complex medical and social issues.
You will need to possess a general knowledge of Acute Medicine, including Frailty and Dementia, have experience across several different clinical settings, adopt a flexible approach to harness excellent team working, organisational and time management skills.
You will be required to ensure that patients return home or transfer to intermediate care services at their optimum/to optimise their level of functioning. You will be expected to have skills to participate as a key member of the Multi-disciplinary Team ensuring a safe and timely transfer of patients into appropriate community setting.
You will be expected to show a keen interest in service development as well as being expected to participate in the supervision, teaching and appraisal of junior and student Therapies staffing as well as contributing to the in-service training programme for the specialty and to deliver clinical support and education to professional undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Successful candidates will be expected to contribute to 7 day working and on call working, we provide comprehensive training programmes to ensure individuals are confident in contributing to these.
About us
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700,
providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development of our Pleck Road site was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. Work is also well underway on its multi-million pound new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre which will house a new Emergency Department (including Children's Emergency Department), co-located Paediatric Assessment Unit, Acute Medical Unit and Urgent Care Centre. This is scheduled for completion this year.
The Therapy service is integral to patient flow in and out of the busy acute hospital and we are involved in new developments to provide care at the right time, in the right place, and with the right professional. For this reason, we are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to work within Therapy Services alongside nursing and medical colleagues on General Surgery to promote real improvements in patient safety, patient experience, and clinical effectiveness.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Walsall Healthcare Therapy Teams are made up of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Support Staff working across Medicine and Critical Care. We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, innovative Physiotherapist who is driven to implement change and service development whilst expanding their own and others knowledge and skills across the service. You will need a flexible approach, including excellent team working, organisational and time management skills.
To be responsible for maintaining accurate, confidential, and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) Standards of Practice, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) standards of conduct, and to follow Trust documentation policies.
To actively participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings and integrate Physiotherapy treatment into the overall treatment programme. This may include discussion of patient care, patient progress, and involvement in discharge planning from the healthcare provider setting.
To be an active member of the respiratory on-call evening and weekend service as well as weekend physiotherapy service following the completion of the necessary training and when competency levels have been achieved.
When working out of hours undertake the assessment and treatment of acutely ill patients with respiratory problems and maintain associated records as autonomous practitioner with support always being available.
When working out of hours, provide feedback to medical, nursing, and other members of the multi-disciplinary team regarding patients respiratory functioning.
To ensure that your own practice meets the level of competency required by professional standards of physiotherapy practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Diploma / Degree in Physiotherapy/Physiotherapy
2. Registered with Health and Care Professions Council
Experience
Essential
3. Evidence to having worked in the NHS at a relevant level and relevant specialty Evidence of strong multidisciplinary and multiagency working, with ability to form positive working relationships Evidence of working in surgical setting
4. Evidence of strong multidisciplinary and multiagency working, with ability to form positive working relationships
5. Evidence of working in surgical setting
Desirable
6. Worked within T&O
Skills
Essential
7. Complex discharge planning in NHS as undergraduate or as qualified
Desirable
8. Student Education training