Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust
We have a Vacancy for a Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist to work with our fantastic therapy team at Skegness community hospital.
As a specialist Physiotherapist working within the hospitals you will have the opportunity to champion the key values of your profession.
We understand that through purposeful and meaningful activity we can support people to rehabilitate, recover and self-care. Although your base will be on the ward, we understand that working beyond boundaries is the only way to holistically support people toward their goals; within this role you will have the opportunity to embrace the 'discharge to assess' ethos by working alongside our partnership organisations in order to support individuals safely home.
We strongly believe that our therapy teams within our community hospitals play a vital role in the health and well-being of our patients, and our wider communities as a whole. By working proactively to identify current and possible future needs we can empower people to manage their own care, so looking to promote their health and wellbeing and reduce their future dependence on services as a whole.
As your caseload will be varied, you will have the opportunity to work alongside individuals experiencing a range of long-term health conditions. A key aspect of this will involve assessment of frailty.
You will also have the opportunity to be involved in supervision of other team members, as well as developing your team management and leadership skills.
Main duties of the job
1. To assess and develop personalised care plans for individuals admitted on to the ward
2. To provide clinical leadership and supervision to members of the therapy team
3. To work with partner organisations in order to promote a 'discharge to assess' model of care
4. To work alongside the therapy leads in order to innovate and develop the therapy service
About us
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments.
Person Specification
Essential and Desirable Criteria
* Degree or equivalent diploma in Physiotherapy
* Current Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration
* Post graduate experience as a Physiotherapist in rehabilitation with older people and or long term conditions and or community / community hospitals / in-reach within an NHS and/or social care setting.
* Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
* Experience of working in community settings
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.
Salary: £35,392 to £42,618 a year pro rata
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