Highly Specialist Physiotherapist- Elderly Care WCH

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Important Information

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

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• Junk Mail is checked regularly

Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

• youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
• the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk

Unlock Tel: 01634 247350, email advice@unlock.org.uk or complete the online form on the Unlock website

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Please note the cost of the DBS check has increased from 2nd December 2024

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability.

Qualifications

Essential

• Chartered Society of Physiotherapy recognised degree or equivalent in physiotherapy.
• Health and Care Professions Council registered.
• Leadership or management experience/qualification

Desirable

• Evidence of post-registration education, pertinent to specialism at MSc level or equivalent

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

• Relevant recent postgraduate experience, working in an acute hospital at Band 6 grade or higher.
• Proven post-graduate skills in the assessment, treatment, and management of elderly/frail conditions including in on call situations.
• Experience of student supervision in role of clinical educator
• Awareness of key NHS drivers (Nationally and Locally) for change and implications for physiotherapy services in elderly care including the NHS Long Term Plan
• Responsibility for an area of work, e.g. health & safety, in-service training, clinical audit, R&D.
• Evidence of research skills for service development / audit / managing change
• Deputising for team leader.
• Appraisal and mentoring of staff
• Awareness of current initiatives within the Local and National health economy.
• Advanced clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of current evidence-base practice relating to specialism.
• Evidence of relevant CPD .
• Knowledge of quality issues and CQC
• Central policy related to specialist area e.g. NICE or national guidelines.
• Use of clinical audit and implementation of findings.
• Understanding of complaints handling
• Understanding or equality and diversity

Desirable

• Membership of a relevant special interest group.
• Experience of managing team and change management

Skills & Aptitudes

Essential

• Ability to build effective teams.
• High level of organisational and time management skills.
• Advanced clinical reasoning and problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication/ interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Effective leadership skills including teaching, mentoring or coaching.
• Willing to develop practice based on current evidence.
• Able to work in rapidly changing environment, prioritising and working to competing demands and deadlines.

Desirable

• Experience of using electronic patient record (EPR)
• Change management skills.
• Project management

Personal Circumstances

Essential

• Able to participate in weekend rotas
• Patient focused
• Organised
• Flexible
• Friendly and approachable

Desirable

• Creative and innovative thinker.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Take an active part in training for personal and professional development.
• Willing to participate in training of others.
• Participation in audit.
• Ability to travel independently between sites

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).