Job summary
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust's Specialist Palliative Care Team (SPCT) are looking for a physiotherapist with to join their AHPs group (Physio's, OT's and Therapy Assistants). Our SPCT covers the whole Trust with 2 palliative care in-patient units, a hospital liaison team supporting patients and staff on general wards and emergency care, and caring for patients in their own homes in both rural and urban settings. This post would be based in North Tyneside and will largely be community based in that area but all staff work flexibly to cover all areas as needed and we provide a 7 day a week service. The post holder would be supported by highly experienced senior specialist therapy staff, and we have comprehensive educational and support programmes to facilitate learning. Specialist therapy interventions include management of complex symptoms such as pain, breathlessness, fatigue and nausea as well as general mobility and ADL activities. We work closely as a multi-disciplinary team to give patients the best possible chance of achieving end of life goals and continuing to live life to the fullest despite life limiting diagnoses. Some experience in palliative care would be an advantage but not essential, while commitment to providing high quality, safe, compassionate care, working collaboratively and innovatively with patients, their families and the MDT are key attributes. Please contact us to discuss the post or to arrange an informal visit to meet the team and find out more.
Main duties of the job
Deliver high quality, comprehensive specialist palliative care interventions
Work as an autonomous practitioner within a multidisciplinary environment under the service management team, ensuring adherence to professional codes of conduct
Provide clinical professional support, resource and education to other staff and students
Work as an autonomous practitioner within a multidisciplinary environment under the service management team, ensuring adherence to professional codes of conduct
Work with other professionals to promote and develop the ethos of Palliative Care within the Trust and the local community
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide comprehensive physiotherapy service to patients, primarily in the Community, and also in the Palliative Care Units as needed
To assess, diagnose, treat and manage an independent clinical caseload
To work alongside colleagues in the Trust wide Palliative Care Team
To work as a specialist physiotherapist with freedom to develop own clinical area and implement current research into practice
To manage a defined caseload using evidence based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. The majority of patients will have complex needs
To work closely with the Palliative Care Team to plan, develop and evaluate services, holding responsibility for defined projects
To ensure service provision is prioritised and service delivery is made effectively within resource constraints
To develop the education needs of other staff through education and informal teaching
To carry out formal supervision and annual appraisals with support staff as delegated
To develop and promote the service across primary, secondary and tertiary care to facilitate a timely discharge from hospital
To provide leadership for support staff through formal supervision and day-to-day advice and support/guidance
To supervise physiotherapy students on clinical placement and participate in the placement experience of other professionals
To be flexible to the needs of service delivery being able to provide physiotherapy across the business unit
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide comprehensive physiotherapy service to patients, primarily in the Community, and also in the Palliative Care Units as needed
To assess, diagnose, treat and manage an independent clinical caseload
To work alongside colleagues in the Trust wide Palliative Care Team
To work as a specialist physiotherapist with freedom to develop own clinical area and implement current research into practice
To manage a defined caseload using evidence based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. The majority of patients will have complex needs
To work closely with the Palliative Care Team to plan, develop and evaluate services, holding responsibility for defined projects
To ensure service provision is prioritised and service delivery is made effectively within resource constraints
To develop the education needs of other staff through education and informal teaching
To carry out formal supervision and annual appraisals with support staff as delegated
To develop and promote the service across primary, secondary and tertiary care to facilitate a timely discharge from hospital
To provide leadership for support staff through formal supervision and day-to-day advice and support/guidance
To supervise physiotherapy students on clinical placement and participate in the placement experience of other professionals
To be flexible to the needs of service delivery being able to provide physiotherapy across the business unit
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSC Hons Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
- Current HCPC Registratio
Desirable
- Student clinical supervisor
- Post Graduate training relevant to specialist area.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSC Hons Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
- Current HCPC Registratio
Desirable
- Student clinical supervisor
- Post Graduate training relevant to specialist area.
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).
