Job summary
To provide high quality effective physiotherapy assessment and short-term treatment/management programs for adults presenting a range of conditions in Haringey who require a community based rehabilitation service.
To use specialist physiotherapy knowledge and skills to manage own complex caseload, as an autonomous practitioner.
To act as a source of expertise on Falls, orthopaedic and community rehabilitation liaising closely with specialist services; providing advice to patients, carers, all grades of physiotherapists, other health care professionals, consultants, general practitioners and social services.
To support the use of evidence-based practice within the service, incorporating national guidelines e.g. falls guidelines into practice.
To assist with the running of strength and balance classes in the community.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to Job description PDF to see full main duties of the job
To deliver patient care based on principles of best practice, achievable through direct patient contact or via supervision. To carry out specialist, comprehensive assessments of patients with a complex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills formulating individualized management and treatment plans.
To provide specialized physiotherapy interventions at home or in a community setting as required, collaborating with colleagues in the community and secondary care health professionals to promote continuity of care.
To ensure a timely response to hospital discharges in line with Haringey's Trust policies.
To provide specialist assessment for and provision of multi-disciplinary equipment in line with national and local guidelines.
To undertake joint visits with all multi-disciplinary team members where appropriate and provide specialist advice on treatment/ management regimes.
To keep accurate electronic treatment records, which fulfil legal and statistical requirements, and which are in accordance with HPC, CSP, Trust and ICTT documentation standards.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work with patients and their carers when appropriate in such a way as to promote their self-management strategies.
To represent the service at the multi-disciplinary team meetings. This will include discussion of patient care, progress and involvement in discharge planning and continued rehabilitation needs.
To keep accurate treatment records, which fulfil legal and statistical requirements, and which are in accordance with HPC/CSP/Trust/departmental standards.
To provide comprehensive progress and discharge reports to GPs, consultants, patients, members of the multi-disciplinary team and other patient services.
To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload at all times.
To work flexibly to provide cover in other clinical areas when required due to staff shortages.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work with patients and their carers when appropriate in such a way as to promote their self-management strategies.
To represent the service at the multi-disciplinary team meetings. This will include discussion of patient care, progress and involvement in discharge planning and continued rehabilitation needs.
To keep accurate treatment records, which fulfil legal and statistical requirements, and which are in accordance with HPC/CSP/Trust/departmental standards.
To provide comprehensive progress and discharge reports to GPs, consultants, patients, members of the multi-disciplinary team and other patient services.
To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload at all times.
To work flexibly to provide cover in other clinical areas when required due to staff shortages.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Holds a recognized degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
- Registration with the Health Professions Council
Desirable
- Attendance on courses related to Physiotherapy e.g. Falls prevention
- Member of the CSP and relevant Clinical Interest group e.g. AGILE
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Essential IT skills, including Word and PowerPoint.
- Able to communicate complex and sensitive information in written, verbal and presentational form to patients, carers and staff within the Trust and across other organisations.
- Able to apply problem-solving skills to complex situations, which may include clinical or organisational issues.
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years post-registration experience, including rotational
- experience and evidence of dedicated clinical practice and post-graduate
- professional development in relevant areas of physiotherapy
- Experience of working in the NHS
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of current NHS priorities and policy
- Understanding of clinical governance activity and its application to physiotherapyy services and practice.
- Knowledge of Physiotherapy professional issues.
- Knowledge of other medical conditions which you may encounter including, but not exclusively, respiratory, orthopaedics and conditions of old age.
Desirable
- Evidence of attendance of post-graduate training related to the post
- knowledge of the audit cycle and its uses.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of running Falls/Balance/other groups
- Experience of organising, writing and delivering in-service training programmes.
- Experience of involvement in clinical governance/service improvement initiatives
Desirable
- Experience of taking physiotherapy students on clinical practice placements.
- Experience of working with the voluntary sector
- Experience of supervising junior and non-qualified staff, including participation in personal development reviews.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Able to communicate complex and sensitive information in written, verbal and presentational form to patients, carers and staff within the Trust and across other organisations.
- Able to apply problem-solving skills to complex situations, which may include clinical or organisational issues.
- Well-developed planning skills.
- Ability and competency in using a range of therapeutic skills including but not exclusively, various assessment techniques, handling skills, manual handling techniques, exercise therapy, and splinting.
Other Qualities
Essential
- Commitment to holistic patient management and the promotion and progression of physiotherapy in the community.
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date and advanced knowledge of a variety of physiotherapy concepts and approaches, and of current best practice within stroke rehabilitation.
- Knowledge of Neurological condition pathologies including stroke and their management.
- Knowledge of the falls strategy, and the NSF for long term conditions and related frameworks.
- Knowledge of outcome measure tools relevant to community Physiotherapy and rehabilitation, and ability to select and justify their use.
- Demonstrate an understanding of responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act and of assessing risk within clinical work.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Developed clinical reasoning skills with an ability to develop client centred, realistic and achievable goals.
- Able to assimilate and analyse complex clinical information.
- Understanding of issues involved in offering a service to a diverse community, and of practical ways to ensure that the service is culturally appropriate and accessible.
- Able to identify your own development needs.
- Well-developed and effective communication, motivational and persuasive skills.
- Well developed counselling and advocacy skills to support staff, patients and carers.
- High level of organisation skills and ability to prioritise own caseload
Other Qualities
Essential
- Ability to work in the community in patient's homes and to travel around the borough.
- Willingness to work on any site as service requirements dictate, and as appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Holds a recognized degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
- Registration with the Health Professions Council
Desirable
- Attendance on courses related to Physiotherapy e.g. Falls prevention
- Member of the CSP and relevant Clinical Interest group e.g. AGILE
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Essential IT skills, including Word and PowerPoint.
- Able to communicate complex and sensitive information in written, verbal and presentational form to patients, carers and staff within the Trust and across other organisations.
- Able to apply problem-solving skills to complex situations, which may include clinical or organisational issues.
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years post-registration experience, including rotational
- experience and evidence of dedicated clinical practice and post-graduate
- professional development in relevant areas of physiotherapy
- Experience of working in the NHS
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of current NHS priorities and policy
- Understanding of clinical governance activity and its application to physiotherapyy services and practice.
- Knowledge of Physiotherapy professional issues.
- Knowledge of other medical conditions which you may encounter including, but not exclusively, respiratory, orthopaedics and conditions of old age.
Desirable
- Evidence of attendance of post-graduate training related to the post
- knowledge of the audit cycle and its uses.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of running Falls/Balance/other groups
- Experience of organising, writing and delivering in-service training programmes.
- Experience of involvement in clinical governance/service improvement initiatives
Desirable
- Experience of taking physiotherapy students on clinical practice placements.
- Experience of working with the voluntary sector
- Experience of supervising junior and non-qualified staff, including participation in personal development reviews.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Able to communicate complex and sensitive information in written, verbal and presentational form to patients, carers and staff within the Trust and across other organisations.
- Able to apply problem-solving skills to complex situations, which may include clinical or organisational issues.
- Well-developed planning skills.
- Ability and competency in using a range of therapeutic skills including but not exclusively, various assessment techniques, handling skills, manual handling techniques, exercise therapy, and splinting.
Other Qualities
Essential
- Commitment to holistic patient management and the promotion and progression of physiotherapy in the community.
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date and advanced knowledge of a variety of physiotherapy concepts and approaches, and of current best practice within stroke rehabilitation.
- Knowledge of Neurological condition pathologies including stroke and their management.
- Knowledge of the falls strategy, and the NSF for long term conditions and related frameworks.
- Knowledge of outcome measure tools relevant to community Physiotherapy and rehabilitation, and ability to select and justify their use.
- Demonstrate an understanding of responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act and of assessing risk within clinical work.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Developed clinical reasoning skills with an ability to develop client centred, realistic and achievable goals.
- Able to assimilate and analyse complex clinical information.
- Understanding of issues involved in offering a service to a diverse community, and of practical ways to ensure that the service is culturally appropriate and accessible.
- Able to identify your own development needs.
- Well-developed and effective communication, motivational and persuasive skills.
- Well developed counselling and advocacy skills to support staff, patients and carers.
- High level of organisation skills and ability to prioritise own caseload
Other Qualities
Essential
- Ability to work in the community in patient's homes and to travel around the borough.
- Willingness to work on any site as service requirements dictate, and as appropriate.
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).
