An opportunity has arisen within MY Therapy service due to maternity leave cover to recruit an experienced and motivated full time Band 5 Physiotherapist. The successful candidate will work with colleagues, partners, patients and their families/carers in providing rehabilitation in the community, thereby preventing unnecessary admissions to hospital/residential settings whilst also facilitating discharges home. MY Therapy also provides therapy to the Wakefield Intermediate Care Unit and Dovecote Lodge, providing rehabilitation to patients prior to discharge into the community. MY Therapy also covers a range of specialist services including neuro, cardiac, respiratory, and Long COVID services.
MY Therapy service is a large MDT incorporating Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and support staff. The team will provide an opportunity to be involved in the integration of services to see the delivery of health and social services to Wakefield residents in line with providing care closer to home.
The Community was rated as Good when last inspected by the CQC and the successful candidate will instil the Trust's values and behaviours in ensuring quality services continue to be delivered and to strive for further improvement.
In return we will offer:
* Regular supervision
* A friendly and supportive environment
* An inclusive and thorough induction programme
* Commitment to learning
* The full job description and KSF outline is attached
Main duties of the job
To independently and effectively self-manage a defined caseload within the Community Rehabilitation team using evidence-based, client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
To be responsible for the day-to-day supervision of junior staff and/or students within the Community Rehabilitation team, designated by the Head Therapist/team leader.
To contribute to the clinical and professional development of the Physiotherapy service within the Community Rehabilitation team.
To be flexible in your approach and use of treatment media in order to work across various locations and settings as determined by the needs of the team.
About us
We are an acute trust caring for over half a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients' homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Job responsibilities
* To perform physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and some complex physical and psychological conditions, to provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
* To hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training, clinical reasoning sessions and case discussions. Access to advice and support from senior physiotherapists is available as required; clinical work is routinely evaluated in the first year.
* To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
* To supervise assistants and technical instructors.
* Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care.
* Undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multipathologies; using investigative and analytical skills with manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
* Formulate and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on a graduate level of theory and treatment options using clinical assessment, clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of treatment skills and relate them to assessment findings in both simple and complex cases.
* Be able to select and apply a broad range of modalities efficiently and effectively and be able to justify the selection of modality of treatment as an autonomous practitioner.
* Be aware of own level of clinical experience and recognise when to access support from senior physiotherapists.
* Take delegated responsibility from the more senior physiotherapists for managing patients with particular conditions.
* Formulate accurate prognoses and recommend best course of intervention, developing comprehensive discharge plans.
* Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
* Use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients to progress rehabilitation and treatment programmes. This will include patients with different cultural or language backgrounds or who have difficulties in understanding or communicating, e.g. patients may be dysphasic, depressed, deaf, blind, or who may be unable to accept diagnosis.
* Demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses, for the assessment and manual treatment of patients.
* Evaluate patient progress, reassess, and alter treatment programmes if required.
* Provide specialist physiotherapy advice to patients and carers.
* Manage clinical risk within own patient caseload.
* Represent the physiotherapy service and/or individual patients at the multi-disciplinary team meetings, to ensure the delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service, and integrate physiotherapy treatment into the treatment programme. This will include discussion of patient care, patient progress and involvement in discharge planning.
* Be an active member of the service weekend working rotas.
* Be responsible for the safe and competent use of all physiotherapeutic equipment, gym equipment, patient appliances and aids by patients and ensure that assistants attain competency prior to use.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Graduate diploma/degree in physiotherapy.
* HCPC Registered.
* Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
Skills and Abilities
* Ability to present information, written and orally in a clear and logical manner.
* Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate.
* Ability to use and develop appropriate patient handling skills.
* Committed to develop within role.
Experience
* Portfolio evidence of information learning.
* Evidence of post-graduate clinical experience/training relevant to the post.
* Experience of dealing with the general public.
* Previous NHS experience.
Knowledge and Awareness
* Remain updated with professional practice and new research.
* Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession.
* Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for services.
* Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies including data protection, equal opportunities, health & safety, risk management.
* Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes.
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.
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