Job summary
Guy's and St Thomas' (GSTT) Intermediate Care Lambeth are looking for a Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our award winning service, to deliver high standard patient care at home, and prevent admissions in to our hospitals.
Main duties of the job
Intermediate Care Lambeth:- Intermediate Care Lambeth team provides healthcare at home to adults aged 18 years and older who live in the borough of Lambeth, South London.- The people that we support have a range of diagnoses and clinical presentations, including falls, orthopedic, respiratory, frailty, amputee, and neurological conditions.
What we do:- Prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.- Facilitate the safe discharge of people from hospital, by providing ongoing healthcare to them at home.- Provide intensive, short term multi-disciplinary rehabilitation and care support to promote functional independence.- Reduce reliance on long term care where possibleHealthcare in the home is rapidly increasing and enables people to be treated at home where they are more comfortable. This helps us to provide a more holistic, well-rounded and bespoke healthcare service to the people we support.
About us
GSTT:- We are among the UK's busiest and most successful foundation trusts, with a long history of clinical excellence and high quality care.- We have one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest A&E departments in London.- We are part of King's Health Partners, one of only six academic health science centres in the UK.
As a member of the team, you will be able to: - Develop your physiotherapy assessment and treatment skills, while utilising rehabilitation support workers. - Develop your skills in complex case management of patients beyond the scope of your traditional Physiotherapy practice e.g. assess for suitable equipment, minor home adaptations, cognitive assessment.- Work in an amazing multidisciplinary team, which is supportive, collaborative, strives to put patient's first and delivers a gold standard community service.- Develop your skills in holistic assessment, problem solving, clinical reasoning, and joint working with other health and social care colleagues, GPs, hospital teams and voluntary sector agencies.- Develop supervisory, leadership and service development skills.- Access appropriate GSTT leadership development training courses to support career development.- Attend structured in-service training: Physiotherapy clinical meetings, as well as Nurse and OT led teachings.- Receive guidance from your very own mentor, monthly supervisions, including an annual appraisal and performance development plan.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities:
Professional / Clinical responsibilities
- To carry out timely assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of community clients to prevent hospital admission or re-admission and facilitate early discharge home from hospital.
- To be professionally and legally responsible for own practice and accountable for all aspects of physiotherapy treatment delivered to the client to ensure a high standard of clinical care.
- To work as an autonomous lone practitioner, case managing clients in the community and coordinating their care.
- To be able to identify significant health changes that would warrant medical intervention and liaise with the relevant practitioner.
- To respect an individuals ethnicity, cultural and religious beliefs and adapt your physiotherapy assessment and treatment accordingly.
- To be competent in using a wide variety of specialised assessment and treatment approaches with adults with a range of conditions, including those with severe physical and cognitive impairment in order to formulate treatment plans, maximise rehabilitation potential and set goals.
- Use clinical reasoning skills to analyse and interpret referral information, and prioritise these according to urgency of need, risk and service parameters.
- To demonstrate theoretical and practical knowledge in anatomy, biomechanics, physiology and pathology in the specialised area of care of older people.
This includes:
neurological, orthopaedic, rheumatological and other conditions affecting adults and older people
Physical, psychological, social and cultural factors affecting health and well-being in later life
- To evaluate client intervention and progress in a timely manner using appropriate outcome measures and evaluation tools. To adapt care plans accordingly and delegate tasks appropriately to RSWs.
- To discharge clients in a timely manner having reviewed the clients needs and goals, making appropriate onward referrals where necessary.
- To liaise with the multidisciplinary team and identify when referral on to other professions within the team or outside agencies is indicated. This may include making recommendations on package of care needs when appropriate.
- To educate clients, carers and family members on the clients medical condition, prognosis and physical management encouraging their involvement and actively promoting healthy lifestyles.
- To act as lead health professional for clients when required. This may include initiating and co-ordinating multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings, liaising with clients/families and onward referrals to other professionals/agencies.
- To continually update clinical physiotherapy practice in accordance with current research, evidence based guidelines, audit results and government legislation.
- To maintain accurate and up to date individual client records and ensure safekeeping and confidentiality of these records (including use of the Trust electronic patient records system - Carenotes).
- To prioritise referrals based on urgency of need and risk according to service protocols. This will require specific skilled physiotherapy as well as multi disciplinary prioritisation techniques.
Please refer to the Job Description for full details.
*Previous applicants within the last 3 months need not apply*
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities:
Professional / Clinical responsibilities
- To carry out timely assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of community clients to prevent hospital admission or re-admission and facilitate early discharge home from hospital.
- To be professionally and legally responsible for own practice and accountable for all aspects of physiotherapy treatment delivered to the client to ensure a high standard of clinical care.
- To work as an autonomous lone practitioner, case managing clients in the community and coordinating their care.
- To be able to identify significant health changes that would warrant medical intervention and liaise with the relevant practitioner.
- To respect an individuals ethnicity, cultural and religious beliefs and adapt your physiotherapy assessment and treatment accordingly.
- To be competent in using a wide variety of specialised assessment and treatment approaches with adults with a range of conditions, including those with severe physical and cognitive impairment in order to formulate treatment plans, maximise rehabilitation potential and set goals.
- Use clinical reasoning skills to analyse and interpret referral information, and prioritise these according to urgency of need, risk and service parameters.
- To demonstrate theoretical and practical knowledge in anatomy, biomechanics, physiology and pathology in the specialised area of care of older people.
This includes:
neurological, orthopaedic, rheumatological and other conditions affecting adults and older people
Physical, psychological, social and cultural factors affecting health and well-being in later life
- To evaluate client intervention and progress in a timely manner using appropriate outcome measures and evaluation tools. To adapt care plans accordingly and delegate tasks appropriately to RSWs.
- To discharge clients in a timely manner having reviewed the clients needs and goals, making appropriate onward referrals where necessary.
- To liaise with the multidisciplinary team and identify when referral on to other professions within the team or outside agencies is indicated. This may include making recommendations on package of care needs when appropriate.
- To educate clients, carers and family members on the clients medical condition, prognosis and physical management encouraging their involvement and actively promoting healthy lifestyles.
- To act as lead health professional for clients when required. This may include initiating and co-ordinating multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings, liaising with clients/families and onward referrals to other professionals/agencies.
- To continually update clinical physiotherapy practice in accordance with current research, evidence based guidelines, audit results and government legislation.
- To maintain accurate and up to date individual client records and ensure safekeeping and confidentiality of these records (including use of the Trust electronic patient records system - Carenotes).
- To prioritise referrals based on urgency of need and risk according to service protocols. This will require specific skilled physiotherapy as well as multi disciplinary prioritisation techniques.
Please refer to the Job Description for full details.
*Previous applicants within the last 3 months need not apply*
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- HCPC registered as a Physiotherapist
- Experience in managing a range of conditions found in client group e.g falls, dementia, arthritis
- Implements evidence based assessments and treatments, including knowledge of clinical outcome measures,
- Understanding of the principles of clinical governance
- Current Policy/Guidelines e.g. NICE
Desirable
- Member of relevant clinical interest group e.g. AGILE,
Skills
Essential
- Able to analyse and formulate management plans and treatment goals.
- Able to work as an autonomous practitioner and understand risk and limitations.
- Able to manage, supervise and appraise staff and students.
- Ability to adopt innovative working practices and implement successful change management.
- Demonstrate highly developed written and verbal communication skills, and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrate organisational, time management, prioritisation skills, and ability to develop these skills in others
- Able to devise, deliver and evaluate training.
- Able to effectively manage conflict and difficult situations.
Desirable
- Ability to plan and organise the provision of care to a team's caseload
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience at band 5 level across a range of clinical areas (neurology, orthopaedics, respiratory, care of the elderly, long term health conditions)
- Rehabilitation experience
- Team and collaborative working
Desirable
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of working in a community setting
- Experience of training in management skills
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- HCPC registered as a Physiotherapist
- Experience in managing a range of conditions found in client group e.g falls, dementia, arthritis
- Implements evidence based assessments and treatments, including knowledge of clinical outcome measures,
- Understanding of the principles of clinical governance
- Current Policy/Guidelines e.g. NICE
Desirable
- Member of relevant clinical interest group e.g. AGILE,
Skills
Essential
- Able to analyse and formulate management plans and treatment goals.
- Able to work as an autonomous practitioner and understand risk and limitations.
- Able to manage, supervise and appraise staff and students.
- Ability to adopt innovative working practices and implement successful change management.
- Demonstrate highly developed written and verbal communication skills, and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrate organisational, time management, prioritisation skills, and ability to develop these skills in others
- Able to devise, deliver and evaluate training.
- Able to effectively manage conflict and difficult situations.
Desirable
- Ability to plan and organise the provision of care to a team's caseload
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience at band 5 level across a range of clinical areas (neurology, orthopaedics, respiratory, care of the elderly, long term health conditions)
- Rehabilitation experience
- Team and collaborative working
Desirable
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of working in a community setting
- Experience of training in management skills
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).
