Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 236-RCO-P283-24
- Employer
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tudor Court
- Town
- Heywood
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Intermediate Care Physiotherapist
Band 6
Job overview
The HMR Intermediate Tier Service is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic Band 6 Physiotherapist to work within a multi-disciplinary team. The teams provide patient focused assessment and treatment for people within the Intermediate Care facilities.
The Therapist will be expected to carry a case load delivering assessments and treatments both within the intermediate care units and within the patients home. .
Main duties of the job
You will be required to hold a UK driving licence and have access to your own vehicle for work purposes.
You will need to be flexible, with good communication skills and enjoy working as part of a team.
The team strives to ensure we provide an efficient and quality service to our patients with a focus on team working.
You will be self-motivated and able to work both independently and as part of a team. The team is focused to continuous improvement and service development and the successful applicant would be keen to contribute to this process.
Flexible working required for weekend, bank holiday and evenings and working across HMR Intermediate tier services will be required.
- To have responsibility for own caseload and deliver individualised assessments and interventions for patients with complex and changing needs
- To provide specialist support and education to therapists and wider teams.
- To provide line management for junior members of the therapy team
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate training in specialist areas
- Clinical Educators accreditation
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential criteria
- Involvement in and responsibility for service development activity
- Enable patient choice and participation and support others to do so
- Portray a professional image
- Ability to use advanced clinical reasoning, making professional judgements in complex and challenging situations
- Experience of liaison with other professionals and partnership working. Post graduate experience in acute medical wards and complex discharge planning
- Specialist knowledge of anatomy and physiology to underpin relevant clinical skills and clinical reasoning
Desirable criteria
- Addressing poor performance in others
- Contribution to the recruitment process Involvement in a cycle of audit activity
- Formal supervision and appraisal of others
Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- Physiotherapy HCPC registration
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to travel across sites and community to meet patient needs as well as attend training and meetings
- Ability to work over 7 days
- Evidence of CPD
- Effective IT skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills including time management, prioritising, and the ability to complete a task
Desirable criteria
- Presentation skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nic Ellis-Roberts
- Job title
- Therapy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07585309487
- Additional information
Laura Chisnall
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