Community Specialist Physiotherapist - Elmhurst Winsford
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity to join Elmhurst has arisen. Come and join our amazing, friendly and supportive team! Your role will assess, manage and provide treatment to a caseload of patients with complex and/or multiple therapy needs. You will be working closely with the MDT and providing supervision to therapy assistants, junior staff, and students. There may be an expectation to work between multiple sites in the organisation, including Winsford Care Community.
This is a permanent post.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and flexible physiotherapist to join our friendly, supportive, and dynamic team at Elmhurst, within CCICP.
Your role will assess, manage and provide treatment to a caseload of patients with complex and/or multiple therapy needs. There is a varied caseload, and you will need to demonstrate knowledge, experience, and relevant clinical skills with patients with complex / long-term conditions, falls, orthopaedics, general mobility problems, and neurological conditions.
The successful candidate will work as a member of our integrated multidisciplinary team alongside Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistants, Discharge Coordinators, Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Advance Nurse Practitioners, and will be responsible for supervising junior members of staff and students.
There will be associated administrative duties, and you will need to be computer literate with a good knowledge of Microsoft packages and have accurate keyboard skills. Our team utilises digital technology to support remote working and accommodate a flexible working approach where possible and is supported to do this with access to a laptop.
You are required to be a car driver and have access to your own vehicle.
About us
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.
At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
Job responsibilities
Clinical Practice
1. Manage a clinical caseload with autonomy, work without direct supervision.
2. Undertake comprehensive physiotherapy assessment, provide a therapeutic diagnosis and implement agreed treatment plans.
3. Provide individual or group therapy as appropriate to the setting.
4. Implement monitoring and evaluation of treatment to ensure effectiveness of interventions and service delivery.
5. Develop programmes of care to support discharge from service.
6. Be responsible for equipment used in carrying out clinical duties and ensure safe use of equipment by others.
7. Record, maintain and store accurate documentation in line with legal and local requirements.
8. Arrange appointments, work closely with MDT, attend case reviews and various meetings.
9. Contribute to the safeguarding of our Service users/families.
10. Assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and work within a legal framework.
11. Maintain professional registration with HCPC.
12. Work within organisation, HCPC and CSP guidelines.
13. Work as part of a team to ensure effective communication and delivery of care.
Leadership and Management
1. Communicate effectively with a range of professionals.
2. Provide the Band 7 Physiotherapists / Managers with information to assist in planning and development of the service.
3. Assist the Managers in achieving departmental objectives.
4. Participate in the operational planning and implementation of policy and service development.
Education
1. Organise and lead in-service training programmes.
2. Critically evaluate current research and apply to practice.
3. Train, supervise and support less experienced therapy staff.
Research, Audit and Governance
1. Undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work through evidence-based practice projects.
2. Provide representation at local meetings and make recommendations for change.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree in physiotherapy
Registration
* HCPC registered
* CSP registered
Experience
* Previous experience of working in the NHS
* Experience of working in a community setting
* Completion of band 5 rotation
* Student educator or experience of having students
* Experience of audits
Communication
* Good written and verbal communication skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Winsford Community/Elmhurst Therapy Team Lead
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