Job summary
Are you looking for your next opportunity as a Physiotherapist?
The chance has arisen for your to join our Adult Learning Disability Health Service (ALDHS) based in Bristol, North Somerset and/ or South Gloucestershire. We are seeking a specialist physiotherapist to provide person-centred assessment, rehabilitation and management for people with long-term complex disabilities and learning disabilities including the promotion of health and prevention of secondary complications.
You'll get the chance to work and collaborate with our multi-disciplinary specialist healthcare team with a goal to support and make a meaningful impact to our community. This includes providing specialist, evidence based Physiotherapy assessment and interventions to our service users and their carers/families/support networks.
Posture management and hydrotherapy skills are also highly valued with opportunities to develop these and other learning disability-specific skills. We will offer excellent support with opportunities to work alongside a wide variety of professions and agencies.
Our service aims to improve independence, health, and wellbeing by supporting people in their home environment and local community - if this is something you want to be a part of, we can't wait to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
- Undertake skilled and specialist assessment of service users to formulate individualised management and treatment plans using evidence based clinical reasoning skills and utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options including postural management and hydrotherapy.
- Communicate effectively with the wider multidisciplinary team and case manage services users as appropriate.
- Work with service users and their carers towards shared goals providing advice education and training and assessing for and providing specialist equipment.
- Encourage independence and enable service users and their carers to manage their condition.
- To provide specialist support and advice to other services
- To devise and carry out specific exercise programmes and to assess and prescribe 24-hour postural management programmes.
About us
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It's time to turn your dream into reality!
We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.
Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.
Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find as an attachment on this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for a full list of responsibilities and requirements for this position.
Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries.
We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for a full list of responsibilities and requirements for this position.
Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries.
We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Current HCPC Registration
Desirable
- Oxford Postural Management Training
- Holds or is working towards a post graduate diploma / degree in professional discipline
- Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and Association of Chartered Physiotherapists working with People with a Learning Disability (ACPPLD)
Essential
Essential
- In-depth knowledge and experience of physiotherapy assessments and interventions
- Prioritisation skills and the ability to manage, organise and delegate the physiotherapy caseload.
- Able to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary and multiagency teams.
- Able to interpret and explain a variety of routine and more complex technical information to a variety of audiences.
- Evidence of ability to resolve varied problems using sound logic and taking into consideration relevant implications and able to demonstrate evidence of good decision making.
Desirable
- Experience working in the community with adults with Learning Disability with associated mental health needs and challenging behaviour.
- Experience of helping to develop team members and of seeking ways to improve services
- Experienced and knowledge of professional and management practices within interdisciplinary and community settings.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Current HCPC Registration
Desirable
- Oxford Postural Management Training
- Holds or is working towards a post graduate diploma / degree in professional discipline
- Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and Association of Chartered Physiotherapists working with People with a Learning Disability (ACPPLD)
Essential
Essential
- In-depth knowledge and experience of physiotherapy assessments and interventions
- Prioritisation skills and the ability to manage, organise and delegate the physiotherapy caseload.
- Able to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary and multiagency teams.
- Able to interpret and explain a variety of routine and more complex technical information to a variety of audiences.
- Evidence of ability to resolve varied problems using sound logic and taking into consideration relevant implications and able to demonstrate evidence of good decision making.
Desirable
- Experience working in the community with adults with Learning Disability with associated mental health needs and challenging behaviour.
- Experience of helping to develop team members and of seeking ways to improve services
- Experienced and knowledge of professional and management practices within interdisciplinary and community settings.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
