Main area CICC Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (covering Maternity leave) Hours Part time - 28 hours per week (working weekends and bank holidays) Job ref 844-6827636
Employer Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St Catheriens Health Centre Town Birkenhead Salary £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 02/03/2025 23:59
Specialist Physiotherapist
Band 6
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:
We will support you and your community to live well.
Our values:
Compassion
Supportive and caring, listening to others.
Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.
Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi-disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.
Job overview
We have fantastic opportunities available for experienced Physiotherapists to join CICC. We are a team of occupational therapists, physiotherapists, assistant practitioners, and technical instructors who work within a ward based environment in an integrated way with nurses, health care assistants, clinical support workers and also have adult social care staff co-located within the ward environment in order to provide holistic assessment and rehabilitation for people who have been deemed ready to leave hospital, but not yet ready to return home. The work is varied and interesting - no two days are ever the same. You will provide holistic assessments, work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team and be able to assess, plan and follow up patients to enable them to reach their rehabilitation potential.
The post holder requires a high degree of empathy, understanding, diplomacy, honesty, and integrity as well as good communication and interpersonal skills, and be willing to undertake on-going training and development.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Specialist Physiotherapist to join our busy, pro-active, integrated services based at the Community Intermediate Care Centre (CICC).
The role will involve completing comprehensive assessments for patients with a wide variety of both physical and mental health conditions as well as complex social issues, implementing treatment plans and collaborative working with our experienced MDTs. You will be expected to liaise and refer into wider health, social care, and voluntary agencies, when appropriate, to ensure best possible outcomes are achieved for patients, their Carers and families.
You need to have significant post grad NHS experience, preferably with both acute and community experience, have a good understanding of risk management and moving and handling. Excellent communication skills and an ability to prioritise a large caseload of complex patients are essential. You will need good time management skills. This post would suit a Physiotherapist wishing to develop their skills and knowledge in a supportive environment. The post holder will be expected to contribute to service improvement initiatives and actively participate in continuous professional development activities. There will be the opportunity for supervision and to attend in-service training and professional development.
Working for our organisation
Current HCPC registration with the relevant therapy qualification is essential to this post. Appointment to the post will be subject to successful interview, references, DBS clearance and Occupational Health checks.
At WCHC, our priority is to provide safe, high-quality care to our communities every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. Our services are community-based, and we are one of the first Trusts in England to integrate health and adult social care bringing together teams of Nurses, Allied Health Professionals and Social Workers to delivery truly integrated health and care.
We strive to be a great place to work and thrive and are committed to investing in our staff to help them fulfil their potential through a range of learning and development opportunities.
Our staff are very much valued, and this is why we offer a range of employee benefits including family friendly policies, additional leave purchase scheme, laptops for remote working, free parking, staff wellbeing support services including counselling, inclusive staff network meetings, and a range of engagement roles.
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (WCHC) offers:
* Training
* Opportunities to develop and enhance your skills
* Being part of a multi-disciplinary team of health and social care professionals, and development within the wider Wirral’s NHS services.
Join Team WCHC and be part of our talented Allied Health Professional (AHP) workforce. Together we play a crucial role in treating, rehabilitating, and improving the lives of those we care for.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the job description and personal specification for application requirements. Applicants are requested to provide the required information outlined in these documents in their application to demonstrate their suitability for the post.
Person specification
Experience and knowledge
* Broad experience of working in a variety of clinical areas as a physiotherapist e.g., elderly care, neurology, general medicine, orthopaedics, MSK, respiratory care
* Good knowledge of working in specialist physiotherapy area
* Knowledge of current best practice in specialist physiotherapy area
* Knowledge of team / group dynamics and role of a Physiotherapy specialist within a team
* Evidence of effective working within an MDT
* Excellent clinical reasoning skills
* Broad base of clinical physiotherapy knowledge and different approaches required to clinical interventions
* Knowledge of governance issues
* Supervision of staff and delegation of tasks
* Ability to work under own initiative, be adaptable, flexible, compassionate, and approachable
* Ability to establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with service users and their carers
* Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
* Effective communication skills, including report writing and presentation skills
* Clinical experience of working in a related clinical area
* Experience as a physiotherapist in the NHS and be able to demonstrate awareness of current NHS and organisation issues
* Respiratory on call competent as relevant to the post being applied for
* Evidence of participation in health, safety, and risk management
* Participation in audit / research
Skills and attributes
* Excellent clinical reasoning skills
* Broad base of clinical physiotherapy knowledge and different approaches required to clinical interventions
* Knowledge of governance issues
* Supervision of staff and delegation of tasks
* Ability to work under own initiative, be adaptable, flexible, compassionate, and approachable
* Ability to establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with service users and their carers
* Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
* Effective communication skills, including report writing and presentation skills
* Evidence of participation in health and safety and risk management
* Participation in audit and research
Qualifications and Training
* Degree in physiotherapy or equivalent
* HCPC registered physiotherapist
* Evidence of CPD
* Clinical educator certificate
* MSc modules in relevant health studies
* Ability to travel to various hospital and community locations
* Ability to fulfil occupational health requirements for the post, with reasonable adjustments as necessary
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
* Awareness of relevant national frameworks / guidance relating to area of work
* Commitment to professional lifelong learning
* Able to cover evening clinics as required by the service
By applying for this post you are agreeing to Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record system.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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