Come and join us! This is a great opportunity to become part of our dynamic, friendly, forward-thinking and inclusive Physiotherapy Team at UHSussex (Haywards Heath and Brighton and Hove). We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and build a culture where all employees are valued, respected and acknowledged. We are recruiting enthusiastic and highly-motivated Band 5 physiotherapists to work across our exciting range of acute rotations, including within our brand new, purpose-built site at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. Please note that we do not offer a relocation package at present.
Main duties of the job
1. To work as an autonomous practitioner to assess a caseload of patients, who may have complex and/or chronic presentation, and to form a diagnosis and develop treatment programmes.
2. To have workload managed by senior staff and work under supervision of senior staff, with access to a senior member of staff or manager at all times.
3. To assist senior staff in the supervision and teaching of physiotherapy assistants and undergraduate physiotherapy students and be involved in the teaching of staff from other disciplines.
4. To undertake evidence-based practice and participate in departmental research and audit.
5. To adhere to departmental protocols, Trust policies and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Code of Conduct and National Standards where they exist.
About us
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.
We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communication
1. To adapt communication skills to encourage patients to undertake their treatment programme, including patients with communication difficulties e.g. Dementia, learning difficulties, visual and hearing impairments and non-English speaking patients.
2. With guidance from senior staff assess capacity to give consent, gain informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
3. To persuade, motivate, reassure, empathise, explain and encourage patients in undertaking their treatment programme, ensure understanding of their condition and communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential.
4. To clearly communicate sensitive information to staff, patients and carers with guidance from senior staff.
5. To be able to diffuse potentially hostile and antagonistic situations with staff, patients, and relatives using negotiation and interpersonal skills.
6. To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date documentation, in line with legal and departmental requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters.
7. To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with medical, nursing and therapy colleagues to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service. This may include attending case conferences, ward rounds and discharge planning meetings.
8. Ensure timely communication with the team leader on all professional matters.
Service Delivery and Improvement
1. To maintain professionalism in public, ward and rehabilitation areas.
2. To be an active member of the evening and weekend on-call service and/or orthopaedic service.
3. To work a rostered 7-day service where implemented.
4. To undertake other duties as may be deemed necessary by physiotherapy managers in the provision of the physiotherapy service.
5. To undertake activities deemed necessary by clinical team leaders in the implementation of Trust policy and service development within the physiotherapy service.
6. Assist senior staff in the measurement and evaluation of own work and current practices through the use of evidence-based practice projects, audits and outcome measures.
7. To demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and its application to the work situation, guided by the team leader if required.
People Management and Development
1. To ensure the safe use of equipment as part of physiotherapy intervention and the reporting of faults according to trust policy and to adhere to departmental equipment policy and the care quality commission.
2. To comply with all trust policies and procedures and the Health and Safety at Work Act, including adherence to Universal Precautions and Infection Control measures.
3. To be responsible for maintenance of an accurate and evaluative record keeping system using POMR (Problem Orientated Medical Records) and SAP (Single Assessment Process) format to demonstrate evaluation, analysis and clinical reasoning in the provision of patient care.
4. To maintain the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and Departments standards for documentation.
5. To record statistical information related to own activity and highlight variances in consultation with senior staff.
Patient Care Delivery
1. To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload patient, and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
2. To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable, as an autonomous practitioner, for all aspects of own work.
3. To ensure high standards of clinical care for the patients under your management as defined by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and departmental guidelines and protocols.
4. To undertake the assessment of patients, including those with a complex presentation, using theoretical knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology.
5. To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts using underpinning theoretical knowledge to form a diagnosis and prognoses in a wide range of conditions, with guidance from senior staff for more complex patients.
6. To formulate and develop individual patient management, treatment and discharge plans, using clinical reasoning, current evidence and a wide range of treatment skills with guidance from senior staff for more complex patients.
7. To demonstrate dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients.
8. To continually reassess patients in order to progress treatments effectively.
9. To advise the team leader of any problems to the service to ensure quality and effectiveness of care for their patients.
10. To be flexible in working practice to enable support of other team members according to work pressures.
11. Maintain patient confidentiality and dignity at all times and support people's equality, diversity and rights.
12. To use theoretical and practical knowledge to refer to other health disciplines as appropriate.
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
* Health Care Professions Council
Experience/Qualifications
Essential
* BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy or MSc Physiotherapy (pre-Registration) or overseas equivalent Up to date professional development portfolio
* A range of clinical placements as an undergraduate.
* Experience of working as part of a team.
* Able to plan and prioritise own workload.
Desirable
* Experience of working with physiotherapy assistants.
Freedom to Act
Essential
* Ability to work autonomously, liaise and coordinate with clinical team leaders on a day-to-day basis and to take appropriate action as necessary.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Essential
* Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.
* Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Address
Royal Sussex County Hospital
Eastern Road
Brighton
BN2 5BE
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