This is an exciting opportunity for a full-time Band 6 Physiotherapist to work in a newly created post specialising in palliative care at Forest Holme Hospice based within the University Hospitals Dorset Trust.
We are looking for a physiotherapist with a passion for working in palliative care who would like to join the specialist MDT at Forest Holme Hospice in Poole. Situated in a beautiful part of the country close to the Jurassic coastline, lovely beaches, and New Forest National Park, the hospice provides specialist palliative care to those with life-limiting illness in a supportive and caring environment.
The post holder will deliver high levels of evidence-based therapy intervention, implement appropriate protocols and national guidelines, facilitate training and supervision for the MDT and junior therapy staff, and lead on service improvement. You will have previous experience working in palliative care and be passionate about providing individualised care for patients with complex needs.
Professional support and mentorship will be provided by the therapy team lead at Macmillan Hospice with the opportunity to access IST and CPD to enhance professional skills and knowledge.
This is a full-time permanent post with hours worked Monday - Friday. Currently, there is no on-call, shift, evening, or weekend working attached to this role. Job share considered subject to appropriate needs of the service being met.
Interview Date: TBC
The post holder will provide a high standard of therapeutic intervention to an 11-bedded inpatient hospice. As a senior member of the multidisciplinary team, you will provide evidence-based individualised care to achieve optimal levels of functional performance, facilitate preferred place of care, and optimise symptom control to maximise quality of life and address ‘what matters’ for each person.
The post involves some outreach into the community to provide specialist assessment to inform on appropriate hospice admission or facilitate complex discharge planning. As such, you will need to be confident working as an autonomous practitioner, with some community professional experience being an advantage.
You will take an active role in quality improvement and service development, and provide senior support and supervision to junior team members and the multidisciplinary team to enhance quality of service and identify/minimise risk.
The successful applicant will need to have strong communication skills, be highly organised, good at working closely within a multi-professional team, and have knowledge of external agencies appropriate to the clinical caseload in order to coordinate appropriate treatment and care.
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UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
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