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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced band 6 Physiotherapist to join our outstanding  Adult Metabolic service based at Salford Care Organisation. The Metabolic Unit is one five centres in England and provides and outpatient service for patients throughout the North of England, including transition patients, satellite, and telehealth clinics.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Physiotherapist, to join our team in the highly specialist physiotherapy assessment and treatment of patients with inborn errors of metabolism who have highly complex and chronic multi-system conditions, across the North of England, Isle of Man and North Wales.

A prior work experience in this field is not essential but a wider general experience would be beneficial.

You will be well supported by the experienced band 7 physiotherapist, Nursing and Dietetic teams to provide Physiotherapy assessments & interventions.

As a valued member of the team you will be encouraged to be proactive in supporting the team leads with service development as well as contribute to local and national data collection.

Main duties of the job

•          The post holder will work autonomously within Trust policy and professional practice and maintain accurate and comprehensive patient records.

  ·        To perform specialist assessment and treatment of patients within the speciality who will have inherited metabolic disorders.

  ·        To triage, determine a clinical diagnosis, develop, implement, evaluate and modify individualised treatment programmes, ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.

  ·        To perform scheduled protocol specific physical assessments of patients who are participating in clinical trials.

  ·        To educate and train physiotherapists and therapy assistants within the organisation, including other qualified and non-qualified healthcare staff.

  ·        To comply with statutory requirements for physiotherapy and with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and HPC standards and codes of professional conduct

  ·        To access supervision through peer support, clinical supervision and special interest group supervision.

  ·        To take a major role in assisting the service leads in the clinical governance action plans and in the planning, co-ordinating, delivery and evaluation of the service. To deputise for the service lead when required.

  ·        To work as a lone practitioner in a community setting without the support of therapy colleagues.

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.  

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/working-with-us/our-values/