Employer: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: North Therapy Hub
Town: Birmingham
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/01/2025 23:59
Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist
Job overview
Please note, this is an internal vacancy and only employees of Birmingham Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC), Trust Bank and agency staff engaged with BCHC are eligible to apply at this time.
This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
The Therapy Hub provides therapy services within the Adults & Community Division in the community as part of the integrated adult community services. We work closely with the Early Intervention Community Teams and District Nurses to provide Rehab at home to prevent admission to hospital and ongoing support to maintain the independence and health of people. Our service consists of a team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Technicians and Rehabilitation Assistants.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will ensure access to urgent and routine physiotherapy assessment and intervention, provide and monitor treatment programmes required at home and ensure safe discharge or referral onto other services as appropriate. The post holder will work in partnership with patients, carers and other health and social care agencies to promote independence and develop individual plans of care relevant to patient need. The post holder will be expected to work multi-professionally, support other team members' roles and contribute to the future development of the service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification for further details relating to the job description and main responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
* Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy
* Current Health and Care Professions Council registration
* Extensive evidence of relevant post-registration training and CPD
Experience
* Evidence of working in a Multi-disciplinary team
* Relevant rehabilitation experience for a variety of people in a community setting
* Experience of working with other agencies
* Ability to plan and delegate daily workload
* Ability to demonstrate and share knowledge and application of up-to-date evidence-based clinical trends and practices
Skills/Knowledge
* Knowledge of a range of appropriate assessment and treatment approaches for the client group
* Demonstrates a problem-solving approach
* IT skills in Microsoft, Power-Point, Excel and Outlook
* Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance
* Knowledge and application of clinical effectiveness and evidence-based practice
* Understanding and application of the CSP code of Professional Conduct
* Knowledge and application of Health and Safety issues and their relevance in the community
* Ability to administer and interpret standardised assessments/outcome measures
* Ability to act as mentor/supervisor to junior staff and students on placement
* Awareness of legislation related to Safeguarding Vulnerable adults
* Knowledge and awareness of current government and initiative drivers
* Ability to safely handle patients and equipment and to work in a range of positions
Personal Qualities
* Demonstrates clear and effective verbal and communicative skills
* Demonstrates ability to generate written communications which are concise, accurate and legible
* Demonstrates awareness of and sensitivity to the needs of individuals from diverse social and cultural groups
* Able to work independently and delegate work to others appropriately
* Ability to develop and teach ongoing in-service training programmes to junior members of staff/students
* Ability to identify and action health promotion
* Able to demonstrate knowledge and apply standard setting/clinical audit and its relationship to research
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
* Flexible working approach to changing circumstances
* Organised approach to CPD
Other Job Requirements
* Ability to work across various sites in Birmingham
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long-term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much as possible.
We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Benefits of working for us:
* Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
* Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area
* Discounts for local and national retailers
* Dedicated well-being services for all employees
* Flexible working where possible
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
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