Band 5 Physiotherapist - EICT Central - 37.5 hours
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We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Early Intervention Community Team within Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Foundation Trust, the largest community trust in the country.
Part of a wider Early Intervention programme, which has delivered in the last 12 months: 77000 fewer acute bed days used, 19000 fewer non-acute bed days and people spend 11.5 fewer days in the system. Overall having an impact of £25.8million saved for Birmingham to reinvest in Health and Social Care developments.
Six health and social care organisations joined forces in the region to deliver this truly integrated service. Alongside BCHC, other partners include Birmingham City Council, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Birmingham and Solihull CCG and Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG.
Main duties of the job
You will be joining a community team in the midst of one of the largest Health and Social Care transformations in the country, with exciting changes and developments, preventing avoidable hospital admissions, premature admission to long-term residential care and facilitating early hospital discharge. You will work within a self-motivated and aspirational MDT daily, dynamically leading and promoting a culture of home first rehabilitation, ensuring that the people of Birmingham are treated in the right place at the right time, evidenced by clinical and performance outcomes. You will work multi-professionally, completing assessments and interventions while ensuring the delivery of high-quality intervention to patients within their own homes and other community settings.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Job responsibilities
You will need to be an excellent communicator with a flexible approach, and have existing, or an eagerness to establish, links with Health and Social care partners. A passion for 'trusted assessor' principles will be advantageous. You will have opportunities to support junior staff and students, as well as drive and lead in service development projects and quality patient care.
We run an excellent Inspire leadership training programme for all staff with line management responsibility, alongside other opportunities to develop your career.
HCPC/NMC registrations are a requirement for registered staff roles. The post holder will be expected to work shifts as required over 7 days per week in line with service delivery.
Person Specification
Experience
* Evidence of working in/with the wider Multi-Disciplinary team.
* Relevant rehabilitation experience for a variety of people in a community setting.
* Experience of working with other agencies.
* Proven supervisory skills and the ability to plan and delegate daily workload.
* Ability to demonstrate and share knowledge and application of up to date evidence-based clinical trends and practices.
Skills
* Knowledge of a range of appropriate assessment and treatment approaches for the client group.
* Demonstrates a problem-solving approach.
* IT skills in Microsoft, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.
* Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance.
* Knowledge and application of clinical effectiveness and evidence-based practice.
* Understanding and application of the CSP code of Professional Conduct.
* Knowledge and application of Health and Safety issues and their relevance in the Community.
* Ability to administer and interpret standardized assessments/outcome measures.
* Ability to act as mentor/supervisor to junior staff and students on placement.
* Awareness of legislation related to Safeguarding Vulnerable adults and current government initiative drivers.
* Ability to safely handle patients and equipment and to work in a range of positions.
Qualifications/Training
* Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy.
* Current Health and Care Professions Council registration.
* Extensive evidence of relevant post-registration training and CPD.
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.
£29,970 to £36,483 a year (pro rata).
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