Locum Physiotherapist (maternity leave cover) Band 7, FiND Programme

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE

The post of the Highly Specialist Physiotherapist is responsible for clinical and service development in the FiND Programme at Bethlem Royal Hospital.

• To work as an autonomous practitioner using highly developed assessment & clinical reasoning skills to plan, progress and deliver specialist physiotherapist treatment for service users.
• To be an integrated member of the multidisciplinary team implementing and providing specialist advice to other health professionals including: medical staff, psychology staff and other members as necessary.
• To be a source of expertise and specialist advice for physiotherapists with less experience.
• To provide clinical supervision and to teach physiotherapists, physiotherapy assistants and students on placement.
• To support the development of the physiotherapy service both within the Psychological Medicines and Older Adult directorate as well as for the corporate service.
• To review and drive quality in the physiotherapy service, undertaking audits and quality improvement projects.
• To undertake health promotion initiatives and participate in related departmental and organisational events.

• To provide support to the head of physiotherapy to develop resources and services at the Bethlem Royal Hospital site.
• Identify and lead on clinical research (with support from the Head of Physiotherapy), audit and data collection priorities for the physiotherapy service.
• Link in with and work alongside the Clinical Exercise Service and other allied health professionals to optimise service user care.

FACTS AND FIGURES

The South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of mental health services to the people of the boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham as well as specialist services for patients from all over the country. The Trust is committed to developing all members of staff and to providing opportunities for local people to make a contribution to mental health care.

The Trust has approximately 4,800 staff and a budget of approximately £300 million. The Allied Health Professions workforce consists of approximately, 150 staff based in the Trusts boroughs and specialist services. There is a small corporate physiotherapy services covering the Bethlem and Maudsley sites and providing professional leadership, supervision and governance to the physiotherapy staff in the specialist services. The service is line managed in Corporate OT along with the Dietetics, Clinical Exercise Service, Welfare and Recovery and Social Inclusion projects.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Clinical

- to provide a direct clinical service for the Neuropsychiatry Day Programme (FiND Service).

- To provide clinical cover for physiotherapy staff as appropriate.

2. Communication

- To represent the physiotherapy services corporately at the Bethlem Royal site and disseminate information appropriately, ensuring effective communication structures for the physiotherapy services.

- To have good communication channels with the clinical multidisciplinary teams and other professional groups.

- To have a high professional profile at the Bethlem Royal Hospital and Neuropsychiatry services, advocating the benefits of physiotherapy for service users.

- To pursue a professional development plan that will support this and extend professional knowledge & promote the role of physiotherapy.

3. Documentation

- To oversee and maintain up-to-date written and electronic records and activity data, in accordance with professional and Trust standards.

- To contribute to new physiotherapy, allied health professional and trust policies as appropriate.

4. Leadership, supervision and appraisal

- To provide a strong professional lead to improve and develop physiotherapy services in line with service and client needs, corporate objectives and legislative requirements.

- To provide professional supervision and appraisals for physiotherapy staff and students as required. To promote the professional contribution of the physiotherapists inside and beyond the trust.

- To support the Head of Therapies with ensuring quality and equity within the FIND Service.

5. Training staff and students

- To provide supervision for the Rehab Support Assistant within the FiND service.

6. Professional ethics and development

- To maintain and develop own skills as a physiotherapist.

- Ensure that mandatory training is kept up to date and other training needs are identified as appropriate.

7. Service development and delivery

- To collect data on referrals and physiotherapy needs at the FIND Programme to provide evidence for the need for physiotherapy and to work with the Head of Physiotherapy to develop new service level agreements with services as required.

- To collect data on current physiotherapy provision and be in a position to justify the need for physiotherapy to current funding services.

- To maintain and develop strong service user and carer links, involving service users and carers whenever possible in monitoring and developing physiotherapy services.

- To contribute to development of Trust wide policies that will impact on the physiotherapy service.

- To attend physiotherapy departmental meetings and contribute to in-service training.

8. Clinical governance and quality standards

- To ensure consistency and quality of professional standards of physiotherapy at the Bethlem Royal site (contributing to standard setting, policies I protocols, audit and monitoring).

- To ensure that relevant statutory and professional guidance on physiotherapy services is adhered to.

- Supporting the Head of Physiotherapy in promoting clinical governance. Developing and actioning strategies that contribute to the implementation of clinical governance and the development of clinical effectiveness. Contributing to the development of outcome measures and evidence based practice for physiotherapy which will meet Trust and National objectives.

9. Line management, staff and budgets

- To oversee and line manage any junior physiotherapy staff (including assistants) and students as advised by the Head of Physiotherapy and Clinical Service Lead.

10. Research and practice development

- To carry out clinical audit as required.

- To assist the head of physiotherapy in developing a research culture for physiotherapists in mental health.

- To promote relevant research related to physiotherapy in mental health & well-being settings.

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Physiotherapy at SLaM is mainly an inpatient service, providing for the physical needs of the patients, adults, older adults and children, who have a wide range of mental health conditions. Physical needs of our service users are broad and involve routine use of musculoskeletal skills, orthopaedic and neurological physiotherapy approaches. Assessment and treatment for functional neurological disorder (FND) is a specialist area for physiotherapists in the Trust.

Clinical exercise services are an important part of the physiotherapy provision. It is important that a close working relationship is developed with clinical exercise staff.

General

This post is one of continual development and the post holder will be encouraged to develop skills and capabilities, including participation in projects and training events. Accordingly, the range of duties and responsibilities outlined above may change from time to time to reflect the changing needs of the organisation.

Equal Opportunities

The post holder must at all times carry out his/her responsibilities with due regard to the Trusts Equal Opportunities Policy.

Performance Review

Overall performance will be formally assessed and reviewed regularly, with additional informal assessment taking place as necessary.

Health & Safety

All employees are subject to the Health and Safety at Work Act. The post holder is required to pro-actively comply with their duties as described by the Trust Policy and objectives for Health and Safety.

Confidentiality

All employees are required to work in a confidential manner in all aspects of their work.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• HPC registered Physiotherapist
• Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy

Desirable

• MSc/MA or MPhil or equivalent
• Member of the CPMH (CSP mental health special interest group) and evidence of engaging in group

Experience

Essential

• At least five years physiotherapy experience
• Experience of supervising physiotherapy staff and students on placement
• Experience of integrated MDT working

Desirable

• At least 2 years' experience working in mental health services
• Experience of working collaboratively with users of mental health services
• Experience of audit or research relevant to physiotherapy practice
• Experience of developing business cases and expanding clinical services

Knowledge / skills

Essential

• A broad range of physiotherapy skills in musculoskeletal conditions, orthopaedics and neurology
• Able to demonstrate advance physiotherapy skills in mental health services
• Commitment to ensuring that services meet the needs of service users and their carers
• Ability and skill to work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Skills to represent, lead and facilitate change effectively under the supervision of the head of physiotherapy

Desirable

• Research skills
• An understanding of issues relating to clinical exercise and physical activity within health services
• An understanding of pre and post registration training issues for physiotherapists

Other

Essential

• Membership of relevant professional specialist interest group
• Willingness to develop and advance own learning

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).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bethlem Royal Hospital

Monks Orchard Road

Beckenham

BR3 3BX

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)