Physiotherapist - Intermediate CareNHS

Job summary

Are you a newly qualified Physiotherapist or someone who is looking for a new role within rehabilitation and reablement? This could be the role for you.

An exciting new opportunity has become available for a Physiotherapist to work as part of the therapy team at Carlton Court Intermediate Care Unit based in Carlton Coville, Lowestoft.

The post holder will be expected to provide clinical skills to manage a caseload of patients using evidence based practice in order to achieve their goals.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for delivering a high standard of rehabilitation as part of a multidisciplinary team for patients with highly complex needs. The post holder will mostly provide therapy interventions within a ward-based setting however there may be a requirement to work across the wider community setting on occasion. The post holder will be working as an autonomous practitioner applying a high level of clinical reasoning to ensure that individualised care is delivered safely.

The aim of the service is to provide rehabilitation and reablement to patients admitted to the intermediate care unit from both the acute hospital and the community in order to enable:

Faster recovery from illness

Prevention of unnecessary acute hospital admissions

Prevention of premature admission to long term residential care

A timely discharge from hospital

Independence to be maximised

You will be required to develop and maintain clinical skills in line with the role's job description and your professional registration. The post holder will also be required to ensure that any delegated workload is completed by staff with the appropriate competencies.

Job description

CLINICAL:

*To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care. To ensure a high standards of clinical care for the patients under your management and support others to do likewise.

*To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form an accurate diagnosis and prognosis in a wide range of conditions, to recommend the best course of intervention and to develop comprehensive management strategies for the patient's presenting condition.

*To undertake comprehensive assessment of patients, using investigative and analytical skills and to formulate individualised management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options to formulate a specialised programme of care.

*To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.

*To demonstrate highly developed precise dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses for assessment and manual treatment of patients.

*To provide spontaneous and planned specialist advice, teaching, and instruction to relatives, carers and other professions to promote understanding of the aims of physiotherapy and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.

*To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out physiotherapy duties and to adhere to any relevant policies, including competence to use equipment and ensure safe use of equipment by others through teaching, training and supervision of practice.

*To supervise team members when appropriate.

*To provide clinical supervision for physiotherapy students on placement and to explain the role of physiotherapy to departmental visitors.

*To assist more senior staff in the training of students and therapy assistant practitioners.

*To communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise the rehabilitation potential and to ensure understanding of the condition. Communication skills of persuasion, motivation and explanation will be used with a variety of patients.

*Communicate effectively with all members of the physiotherapy team, GPs, consultants and other professions to ensure a collaborative approach to the management of the patient's condition.

*To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within the legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

PROFESSIONAL:

*To maintain own clinical professional development (CPD) by keeping abreast of any new trends and developments and incorporate them as necessary into your work.

*To be an active member of the in-service training programme by attendance at training sessions in-house, tutorials and by attending external courses and practicing reflective practice.

*To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up to date documentation in line with legal, departmental and ECCH requirements, communicating assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters.

*To participate in staff appraisal scheme and personal development plan (PDP).

*To undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practices through the use of evidence based practice (EBP) projects, audit and outcome measures, either individually or with other clinical staff and the clinical lead for physiotherapy. Make recommendations for change.

*Demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and apply to the work situation.

ORGANISATIONAL:

*To be responsible for a designated area of work as agreed with the team leader and to plan and organise efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time.

*To decide priorities for a work area, balancing other patient related and professional demands. Ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the service as a whole.

*To be actively involved in the collection of appropriate data and statistics for use in the physiotherapy service.

*To be aware of Health and Safety aspects of your work and implement any policies, which may be required to improve the safety of your work area, including prompt recording and reporting of accidents to senior staff and ensuring that equipment use is safe.

*Ensure the implementation of service policies and any service development changes.

*To comply with the organisational and service policies and procedures and to be involved in the reviewing and updating as appropriate.

*To undertake any duties that might be considered appropriate by a senior clinician, Clinical lead/coordinator and professional Lead.

*The post holder will be expected to participate in a rota system of shift working to cover a 6- day a week service.

*To travel between ECCH sites for meetings and training

*All roles within East Coast Community Healthcare CIC (ECCH) require staff to demonstrate our Values and Signature Behaviours in the care and service they provide to patients, service users, stakeholders and colleagues. All members of staff should consider these as an essential part of their job role.

*Our Values outline the core behaviours that we can all achieve and are summarised as an acronym within the word 'CARE'. These stand for: Compassion, Action, Respect and Everyone.

*Underpinning our Values are our Signature Behaviours which highlight by taking the right actions we continue to build a strong culture. Our four Signature Behaviours are: Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action - My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect - Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together.

About us

ECCH is well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders.

We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website - www.ecch.org. We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.

At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.

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