Job summary
- Main area
- Rehabilitation
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 249-6391004
- Employer
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Orbital
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community Physiotherapist
Band 6
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
Would you like a job where you make a difference every day?
Would you like to be part of a dynamic team who rehabilitate and enable individuals to be as independent as possible?
Now is an exciting time to join us. Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s services are forward thinking and are actively developing community health services in line with the national agenda. You will be at the forefront of developing innovative quality services delivered seven days a week.
We are increasing our well-established services provided to local people and as a result we have been expanding our team of qualified therapists and support staff.
We are an integrated, hard-working but highly rewarding multi-disciplinary team, who aim to make a real difference to people’s lives. We are looking for an experienced, flexible and enthusiastic Physiotherapist who would relish the opportunity to join our well established inter-disciplinary team. You will with previous NHS experience who would relish the opportunity to join our well established inter-disciplinary team. You will have a desire to develop your skills in promoting health, well-being and independence across our community rehabilitation services.
You will need to be a car driver with access to your own vehicle - independent means of travel is essential for this role.
Main duties of the job
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients/clients on your caseload.
- Use highly developed specialist skills to screen and prioritise referrals for home based and venue based rehabilitation services and refer to other services when necessary.
- Assess the impact of the home environment and patient/client’s social network which may influence the treatment plan and present a risk to the personal safety of the therapist.
There is the opportunity to rotate within the services that we offer as a community rehab team including reablement and Homefirst, community discharge to assess beds, Parkinson's Disease, Specialist falls and vestibular service, homebased rehabilitation service and Urgent (Rapid) Community response.
Some of these are clinic based service however majority of these patients are seen at home within the Local Swindon area covering approx 12 miles end to end.
There are training and development opportunities within the team to support your personal professional goals. We work closely with the GWH hospital to facilitate hospital discharges as we are the same trust.
You will be joining a very friendly, social and supportive team with a wealth of experience in a variety of areas which the team is happy to share.
Working for our organisation
“Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.”
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Be the physiotherapy lead within the inter-disciplinary team, providing highly specialist advice within Community Health Services and externally to Consultants, GP’s, members of the primary and
secondary health care teams, Social Services, voluntary agencies and others as necessary. - Take a lead role in audit and other clinical governance activities.
- Act as a source of highly specialist advice and teach support workers and students from other professions.
- Clinically supervise, advise, support and teach rehab assistants, physiotherapy students and less experienced physiotherapists
Please see the attached job description for full details
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC Registered
- Evidence of postgraduate learning relevant to clinical area – e.g. Neurology, Falls, Elderly rehabilitation, use of equipment.
Desirable criteria
- CSP membership
- Post graduate training e.g. Normal movement training, vestibular rehab
- Apprenticeship / NVQ Assessor
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of physiotherapy with broad rotational experience
- Experience of supervising and training staff
- Experience of writing reports/ discharge summaries containing complex information
- Experience of working in the community as a lone practitioner
- Experience of prioritising work/caseloads and to respond to unpredictable work patterns
- Previous NHS experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of providing a broad range of interventions for a highly complex caseload
- Experience of project work
- Experience of using a wide range of standardised and non-standardised assessments
- Experience of Inter-disciplinary team working
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates clinical reasoning skills
- Analytical skills to interpret data and audit results
- High level communication skills to be able to communicate effectively and sensitively with a diverse patient group
Desirable criteria
- Insight into team dynamics and conflict resolution
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
- Lynn Morrison
- Job title
- Head of Intermediate Care Therapies
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01793 607710
- Additional information
You can also contact:
Ashleigh Parker, Physiotherapy Team Lead, 01793 607710 [email protected]
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