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Job overview

This post is only open to Non UK Residents only.

For any national applicants, please apply to our other vacancy which is available for "UK Residents Only".

We are looking for a Physiotherapist to join the South Cumbria Community Therapy Team, based at the  community offices at Fairfield Lane, Barrow in Furness.   
 As part of the team, you will support the delivery of high quality therapy and rehabilitation  to patients in their own homes or in our new intermediate care bed facility.    Therefore.  you must have the ability to work and travel to various sites across the trust independent of public transport.  The team prides itself on agile working with team members  spending time working from home, local clinics and the team bases.  

The service works closely with the Integrated Care Communities, local GP's, Adult Social Care, and hospital discharge teams. The  service supports people with a wide variety of conditions including elderly care, frailty and falls.

This is an exciting time to join the team as we support the development of our new intermediate care beds and continue to expand and evolve our services to meet the needs of our community. 

The team delivers a 5 day service Monday to Friday within the core service hours of  0830 to 1630

This is a fixed term vacancy or a secondment opportunity. 
The post is full time, however part time hours will be considered. 

Main duties of the job

To work as an individual within the community therapy team/intermediate care team,  undertaking specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with frequently complex problems in their own homes, community hospital or residential/nursing home/intermediate care beds. 

To work as an autonomous practitioner taking responsibility for the management of patients on own caseload without direct supervision.

To continue to develop specialist clinical skills, knowledge and experience through participation in In-Service training and specialist Personal Development as identified in Personal Development Plans, (E.g. specialist external courses, shadowing etc).

To maintain effective communication links with patients, carers and all associated professional practitioners, including the completion of accurate clinical records in line with trust and professional body codes of practice.

To regularly assist in the planning & delivery of team and departmental training and education sessions, to further professional and personal development for staff, working with the guidance and support of senior members of staff if required.

To supervise the clinical practice of therapy support staff and assistants, Band 5 therapists and students.

To participate in research and audit as requested by the therapy team lead/clinical leads. 

To be responsible for the clinical education and practice of Pre Registration Physiotherapy Students  accepted on clinical placement.

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre. 

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services. 

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses. 

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.