The Community Services Team are based in the beautiful coastal town of Scarborough in North Yorkshire. The therapy team are seeking an experienced physiotherapist who will work with adult patients across the locality assessing and treating them in their own place of residence.
We would like to hear from established & experienced Band 6 physiotherapists, or experienced Band 5 physiotherapists who are looking for their next stage of development.
Humber NHS Foundation Trust provides a number of staff benefits including personal car lease scheme, an excellent well-being offer & attractive pension scheme.
Main duties of the job
* Triage & prioritise new referrals received by the service.
* Responsibility for a designated caseload of patients: to organise this effectively and efficiently with regards to clinical priorities and use of time.
* Undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations using clinical reasoning skills via both virtual and in person means.
* Support patients with individualised goal setting, education and care plans to work towards fulfilling their potential in a targeted and realistic way via delivery of evidence based clinical interventions and practice in partnership with patients, relatives, staff, managers, and externally with other agencies.
* Support patients to remain at home, providing care for patients.
* Participate in regular clinical and line management supervision, completing all required training and ensuring own continued professional development.
* To provide line management, supervision, support, guidance and training to peers, Therapy Assistants and students.
* Working and driving alone in the community and patient homes.
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Skills and Competencies
Essential
* Access to a vehicle to facilitate community based visits including transportation of equipment required for clinical interventions.
* IT skills to facilitate use of electronic patient records & other electronic systems e.g. for audit and equipment ordering.
Desirable
* Ability to carry out basic observations and calculate NEWS2 score.
* Ability to identify and set up home based assistive equipment according to individual patient need.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
* Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice.
* Specialist understanding of relevant clinical practice within identified clinical area.
Desirable
* Experience or working in Community based physiotherapy.
* Experience of using SystmOne.
Qualifications
Essential
* Degree/ Diploma in Physiotherapy.
* Current HCPC professional registration.
Desirable
* Post Graduate qualification relevant to service area.
Employer details
Employer name
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Prospect Road Surgery
174 Prospect Rd
Scarborough
YO12 7LB
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