The opportunity has arisen to grow and evolve our Physiotherapy service at West Suffolk Foundation Trust, Bury St Edmunds. We have exciting prospects for Band 5 Physiotherapy posts within the acute trust, community assessment beds, and community rotations.
The Rotational posts would be suitable for someone seeking to develop their physiotherapy clinical and leadership skills at Band 6 level in a wide range of specialities. We would also welcome experienced band 5s looking to develop towards a band 6 role who will be fully supported by the therapies team.
You will benefit from working in a busy NHS Trust offering rotational experience in the following: Medicine, Community, ITU/Respiratory, Community Respiratory, Paediatrics (including MSK clinics), Neurology/Stroke, Orthopaedics and Early Intervention. Weekend working, evening clinics and emergency on-call working are integral to these rotations. Some of the rotations require seven-day rostering so you will need to be flexible to support this. Venues for delivering our services include outreach clinics, inpatient wards, patients' homes and community bases.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high standard of physiotherapy assessment and treatment of patients in a variety of inpatient, outpatient and community settings.
To autonomously manage a sometimes complex clinical case load and undertake professional duties as a qualified senior physiotherapist, seeking advice where appropriate.
To maintain an active professional development portfolio and to continue with ongoing post-graduate learning.
To effectively communicate complex information in both clinical and non-clinical settings.
To assist in the development of junior staff.
Job responsibilities
* To work as an autonomous clinical practitioner in inpatient, outpatient and community settings, seeking advice and support from senior colleagues where necessary. To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for the management of patients in your care.
* To apply comprehensive assessment skills and knowledge to diagnose and treat a variety of presentations, incorporating both analytical reasoning and manual assessment skills. To ensure safe and effective treatment by choosing appropriate therapies.
* To communicate effectively with patients, carers and relatives to maximise rehabilitation potential and to ensure understanding of conditions. This requires a variety of communication skills including education, motivation and empathy. To adapt your approach in order to overcome barriers to effective communication, i.e. dysphasia, dementia, deafness, pain and fear.
* To employ professional judgement to establish a level of consent or work within departmental policy to treat patients lacking the capacity to provide consent.
* To liaise with the multidisciplinary team (doctors, allied health professionals and nursing staff, both internally and externally) regarding patient prognosis, treatment progression and discharge planning therefore ensuring a coordinated and holistic approach to patient care.
* To apply clinical reasoning skills to make daily decisions regarding the appropriateness of diagnostic and therapeutic management and prioritisation of caseload within the scope of practice.
* To formulate treatment programmes and rehabilitation goals in conjunction with patients from the initial assessment, using core knowledge, clinical reasoning and health coaching skills.
* To be competent in employing manual treatment techniques in a safe and reasoned manner such as when working in specialist areas such as ITU with acutely ill patients requiring invasive and accurate treatment.
* To maintain accurate and comprehensive electronic patient records in accordance with professional guidelines, Trust and departmental standards. To communicate assessment and treatment results to appropriate disciplines whilst abiding by the protocol on confidentiality.
* To be responsible for organising and planning a daily caseload to maximise service provision this includes delegating tasks to assistant practitioners and rehabilitation assistants and supervising this delegated work, either directly or indirectly.
* To be an active participant in the physiotherapy out of hours on call rota. This will involve being the sole practitioner to treat patients requiring emergency respiratory physiotherapy. To be confident and competent in treating critically ill patients (for example, those on ITU, HDU etc).
* To participate in 7 day working, rotations within the community, extended weekday working hours, on-call duties and weekend working rotas depending upon the allocated rotation.
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
* Degree in physiotherapy.
* HCPC registration.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
* Experience through clinical placements as a student physiotherapist.
Desirable
* Experience in the core areas of: Respiratory, Orthopaedics, Outpatients, Medicine/Elderly, Neurology.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
* Good interpersonal skills.
* Good written and verbal skills.
Desirable
* Presentation skills.
* Competent IT skills.
* Critical appraisal.
Personal Qualities
Essential
* Able to work within a multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
* Committed to personal development.
* Motivation, drive, ambition and confidence.
* Flexible approach to working hours/duties.
* Empathy.
* Problem solving skills.
Desirable
* Ability to pass on knowledge and skills to others.
* Able to maintain judgement under pressure.
* Pragmatic.
Other Requirements
Desirable
* Ability to travel to all rural locations to carry out post.
Employer details
Employer name
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Address
West Suffolk Hospital
Bury St. Edmunds
IP33 2QZ
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