Job summary
If you have a passion for providing quality rehab to patients to help them achieve their potential, then this is the job for you.
Based at Farnham Hospital you will be working as part of the MDT to provide community inpatient rehab to a specified number of patients with the support of your other OT, PT and TA/TT colleagues. You will receive direct line management from your B7 Physio Team Lead and attend our IST programme and group supervision sessions. In addition to this we provide the opportunity for you to undertake specialist CPD including condition-specific training and/or relevant masters modules.
You will work closely with the nursing and medical staff on the ward, attending board rounds, delegating treatment to non-registered staff, line management of junior therapy staff and leading on identified team projects and/or audits.
Main duties of the job
Autonomous assessment and treatment of patients, delegation to junior therapy staff, education to peers and colleagues and demonstration to relatives. Supervision and line management of junior therapy staff and students, service development, IST and active participant in own professional development clinical and personal supervision.
To undertake professional assessment of patients' needs and abilities, to work with them to maximise their potential to reach their goals. To provide timely intervention, to maximise independence and to support discharge planning. To work holistically with patients and the wider ward MDT to ensure patients' needs are met.
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide clinical assessment and treatment to patients
- To develop and ensure the safe delivery of rehab and treatment plans to patients to achieve their goals
- To review patients in line with their rehab and treatment plans, goals and changing needs
- To assess for equipment that will support a patient to be as independent as possible
- To assess for and implement treatment and rehab plans that will support a patient to maximise rehab potential
- Where appropriate undertake outreach, completing reviews in community as appropriate following discharge
- To work closely and jointly with Occupational Therapy and Nursing colleagues, and the wider MDT, to ensure a holistic and effective care plan is provided to the patient
- Safe delegation of rehab and treatment of patients to non-registered staff
- To ensure safe and effective caseload management and appropriate throughput of patients, enabling focused service delivery
- To be responsible for the development and delivery of appropriate rehab groups
- To manage a varied caseload, seeking support from senior staff where necessary to ensure the provision of an up-to-date, clinically effective service based on evidence of good practice
- Escalation of patient deterioration
- To support the development and delivery of Physiotherapy within the community and to work as part of the wider community team
- To lead on projects and developments within the service
- To contribute to interdisciplinary working by teaching and education of professional skills and techniques to other professions and interested parties
- To provide line management and supervision to junior staff and students as appropriate
- To maintain excellent clinical practice through the CPD process, and taking part in relevant research, audit and development activity as directed
- To oversee clinical tasks delegated to junior staff and ensure staff competency
- To be part of a 7 day rota within Intermediate Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide clinical assessment and treatment to patients
- To develop and ensure the safe delivery of rehab and treatment plans to patients to achieve their goals
- To review patients in line with their rehab and treatment plans, goals and changing needs
- To assess for equipment that will support a patient to be as independent as possible
- To assess for and implement treatment and rehab plans that will support a patient to maximise rehab potential
- Where appropriate undertake outreach, completing reviews in community as appropriate following discharge
- To work closely and jointly with Occupational Therapy and Nursing colleagues, and the wider MDT, to ensure a holistic and effective care plan is provided to the patient
- Safe delegation of rehab and treatment of patients to non-registered staff
- To ensure safe and effective caseload management and appropriate throughput of patients, enabling focused service delivery
- To be responsible for the development and delivery of appropriate rehab groups
- To manage a varied caseload, seeking support from senior staff where necessary to ensure the provision of an up-to-date, clinically effective service based on evidence of good practice
- Escalation of patient deterioration
- To support the development and delivery of Physiotherapy within the community and to work as part of the wider community team
- To lead on projects and developments within the service
- To contribute to interdisciplinary working by teaching and education of professional skills and techniques to other professions and interested parties
- To provide line management and supervision to junior staff and students as appropriate
- To maintain excellent clinical practice through the CPD process, and taking part in relevant research, audit and development activity as directed
- To oversee clinical tasks delegated to junior staff and ensure staff competency
- To be part of a 7 day rota within Intermediate Care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy
- HCPC registered Physiotherapist
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 18 months post registration experience
- Experience of discharge planning
- Experience working as a registered Physiotherapist in a rehab setting
- Experience in medical and orthopaedic setting
Desirable
- Community experience
- Managerial experience and/or training
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to assess, plan, and evaluate the rehabilitation needs of patients and progress to effective outcomes
- Ability to prioritise own workload and that of junior staff
- Take initiative within level of responsibility and effective team working
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy
- HCPC registered Physiotherapist
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 18 months post registration experience
- Experience of discharge planning
- Experience working as a registered Physiotherapist in a rehab setting
- Experience in medical and orthopaedic setting
Desirable
- Community experience
- Managerial experience and/or training
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to assess, plan, and evaluate the rehabilitation needs of patients and progress to effective outcomes
- Ability to prioritise own workload and that of junior staff
- Take initiative within level of responsibility and effective team working
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).
