Job summary
To provide a high standard Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapist service within the Solihull Community Therapy Team and Specialist Community Falls team.
To provide rehabilitation to our patients; promoting recovery, reducing risk of admission / re-admission and facilitating discharges and flow from the acute setting into the Community.
To undertake holistic multidisciplinary (multi-factorial) assessments and provide relevant falls prevention interventions with patients in their home environment with the aim to reduce patient falls and hospital admission rates.
To contribute to seven day working programmes across the organisation
Main duties of the job
To provide rehabilitation to our patients; promoting recovery, reducing risk of admission / re-admission and facilitating discharges and flow from the acute setting into the Community.
To undertake holistic multidisciplinary (multi-factorial) assessments and provide relevant falls prevention interventions with patients in their home environment with the aim to reduce patient falls and hospital admission rates.
To contribute to seven day working programmes across the organisation
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Good standard of general education including, GCSE English and Maths grade C or above
- *A Levels or equivalent qualification
- *Degree / diploma in Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy
- *Registered with Health and Care Professionals Council
- *Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality
Desirable
- *Evidence of leadership training
- *Fieldwork Educator's certificate or attendance at Clinical Educators Course
Experience
Essential
- *Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs. This would usually be approximately 12 months and will include experience in Medical, Older People, Trauma and Orthopaedics
- *Specialist knowledge across a range of practices, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy relating to Community Services
- *Previous and on-going attendance at mandatory training
- *CPD portfolio
Desirable
- *Experience and understanding of team / service development
- *Supervision of Band 5 staff, students and assistants
- *Clinical experience within a Community Therapy Service, including admission prevention service
- *Previous and on-going attendance at recent postgraduate courses relevant to the specialist clinical work
- *Evidence of attendance at and delivery of in-service training
- *Evidence of active involvement in clinical audit / R&D activity
- *Experience of Vestibular assessment and intervention
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *An ability to cope with moving / manoeuvring patients / equipment on a daily basis
- *An ability to frequently concentrate on complex patient assessments and treatments
- *To be able to work following the PPE measures in place
- *An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing / emotional situations
- *Be able to work within the requirements of the 7 day working scheme which will include extended hours and weekend working
- *Where the post includes a requirement to travel the post-holder will be able to meet the travel requirements of the post, and as such it is essential to possess a full category B car driving licence preferably clean or with no more than a maximum of 3 points
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Good standard of general education including, GCSE English and Maths grade C or above
- *A Levels or equivalent qualification
- *Degree / diploma in Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy
- *Registered with Health and Care Professionals Council
- *Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality
Desirable
- *Evidence of leadership training
- *Fieldwork Educator's certificate or attendance at Clinical Educators Course
Experience
Essential
- *Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs. This would usually be approximately 12 months and will include experience in Medical, Older People, Trauma and Orthopaedics
- *Specialist knowledge across a range of practices, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy relating to Community Services
- *Previous and on-going attendance at mandatory training
- *CPD portfolio
Desirable
- *Experience and understanding of team / service development
- *Supervision of Band 5 staff, students and assistants
- *Clinical experience within a Community Therapy Service, including admission prevention service
- *Previous and on-going attendance at recent postgraduate courses relevant to the specialist clinical work
- *Evidence of attendance at and delivery of in-service training
- *Evidence of active involvement in clinical audit / R&D activity
- *Experience of Vestibular assessment and intervention
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *An ability to cope with moving / manoeuvring patients / equipment on a daily basis
- *An ability to frequently concentrate on complex patient assessments and treatments
- *To be able to work following the PPE measures in place
- *An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing / emotional situations
- *Be able to work within the requirements of the 7 day working scheme which will include extended hours and weekend working
- *Where the post includes a requirement to travel the post-holder will be able to meet the travel requirements of the post, and as such it is essential to possess a full category B car driving licence preferably clean or with no more than a maximum of 3 points
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
