VACANCY – BAND 6 Front Door PHYSIOTHERAPIST
We are looking for an enthusiastic Physiotherapist who has wide-ranging clinical experience, good communication and interpersonal skills, and a passion for delivering high-quality patient-centred care to join our Front Door Therapy team.
As a senior band 6 physiotherapist, you will provide and develop a high standard of physiotherapy services in the Frailty and Front Door specialty, where you can build upon your clinical and managerial skills with support from the team lead.
You will be required to work closely in an integrated manner with other members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to promote independence, provide rapid assessments, and facilitate safe, timely, and appropriate discharges within the Emergency departments, medical assessment units, and any other admission unit within Lincoln County Hospital.
You will contribute to the overall service development of the team and specialty, working with senior team members, professional leads, Head of Therapies, and manage, supervise the development of staff members within the team.
Operating Hours: 7 day service working 8.00 AM to 8.00 PM
Flexible Working: Our extended hours provide the appointable candidate with the flexibility to create a work schedule that suits their needs. This could include options such as a 4-day work week or other flexible working patterns.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi-pathologies, using acquired clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
2. Formulate and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options.
3. Take delegated responsibility from the band 7 physiotherapists for managing patients with complex conditions and provide specialist physiotherapy assessment and treatment plans for these patients.
4. Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent, and work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
5. Evaluate patient progress, reassess, and alter treatment programmes if required.
6. Manage clinical risk within own patient case load.
7. Comply with the Trust Manual Handling Policy and local therapeutic handling guidance at all times.
8. Deal sensitively with patients who have high levels of anxiety and aggression caused by pain, dementia, or limited mobility.
9. Maintain accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) standards of practice.
10. Be aware of departmental/hospital policies and procedures.
About the Hospitals:
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area, providing ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and, with the opening of the medical school, provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, demonstrating significant teaching commitment. It will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement to improve care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team.
What Should You Do Next?
Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!
Band 5's with less than the suggested experience will be considered and would be appointed to a transitional post, where they would be supported through appropriate competencies over a 6 month period and then upgraded.
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