Job summary
Surrey Downs Health & Care
We are looking for dynamic individuals who will play a key role in driving forward our Community Therapy services in Surrey Downs. You will have excellent organisational and time management skills and be passionate about delivering holistic care that has the patient at its centre. You will relish developing new ways of working to improve quality and develop a "one team" culture. This is a great opportunity for a proactive individual keen to take the next step in their career, joining an exciting forward thinking team.
You must have broad clinical experience including care of the elderly and enjoy the challenges of providing rehabilitation to people in their own homes. You will be supported by the Clinical Lead and experienced Band 7 Physiotherapists. As part of your role, you will be responsible for training and supervising Band 5 Physiotherapists, Rehabilitation Assistants, Students, and you will play part in developing the Physiotherapy service within the team. You will also be committed to the 'Fair Share' model of development of student placements within the team.
As well as an extensive training programme within Surrey Downs Health and Care, our team also has an excellent in-service training and clinical supervision program. In addition, funding is available for external courses.
Due to the closure of the Horton Lane sites (NEECH & Poplars) in 2023 all staff will be relocated to another ESTH SDHC site within the local area
Main duties of the job
We are in an exciting phase of development and are looking to expand our current services to ensure the provision of both rapid response and rehabilitation offering multidisciplinary assessments to people in their own homes (including care homes). Rehabilitation is offered to those who are at risk of hospital admission or recovering from illness/ post hospital admission across the place of Surrey Downs. We are a team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and rehabilitation assistants working alongside the wider community and locality teams.
The service provides joined up, co-ordinated care to local citizens with health and social care needs and aims to support them to live as independently as possible by offering rapid multidisciplinary assessment and support at times of crisis. The team offers a rapid response assessment within 24 hours or 1 week of referral to mitigate the risk of a hospital admission, often providing essential moving and handling equipment and liaising with adult social care teams around additional support requirements as well as short term rehabilitation.
About us
Surrey Downs Health and Care is an innovative formal partnership consisting of the acute trust Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals, the community service provider Central Surrey Health, the local GP federations covering the Surrey Downs area of 30 practices namely, GP Health Partners, Surrey Medical Network and Dorking Healthcare; and the co-terminus Local Authority Surrey County Council.
Our vision is to create new ways of working across organisational boundaries and transform people's experiences of care by being a leading provider of integrated health and social care services. We aim to provide a whole system approach to care delivery - with care wrapped around the person not the organisation. Our services are provided by staff from across health and social care, working together as a single team which includes doctors, nurses, therapists, health care assistants, social workers, and reablement assistants.
The partnership is contractually responsible for the delivery of adult community services across Surrey Downs and has developed a range of integrated services supporting local residents to receive joined up care across community and acute care settings.
So, if you're looking for an employer that is working to push beyond and remove traditional boundaries and barriers, bringing care to patients when and where they need it, and you want to work alongside motivated, passionate and visionary colleagues, come and work for Surrey Downs Health and Care!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of the patient with complex presentations using advanced clinical reasoning skills to create targeted treatment plans using SMART goals specific to the patients condition.
- To formulate and deliver an individual or group physiotherapy treatment programme In line with best practice guidelines.
- To help co-ordinate and ensure effective delivery of therapy services liaising and co-operating with colleagues across other PCNs/Adult social care teams to provide equitable services.
- To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required and to advise and support more junior colleagues to this effect. To handover treatment plans to the rehabilitation assistant to support with the patient centred goals.
- Willingness and enthusiasm to work toward cross-disciplinary competencies
- To have an awareness of local community services and be able to refer to these appropriately and in a timely manner.
- To understand and manage clinical risk within own patient caseload and within the service and advise more junior staff, seeking guidance from Band 7s/Clinical Lead as required.
- Work within Epsom and St Helier policies and CSP clinical guidelines and participate on CPD to maintain professional registration. Monitor own and others quality of practice as appropriate.
- To keep accurate and complete records of work undertaken in line with CSP, Community Therapy Team, Surrey Downs Health and Care standards. Maintaining confidentiality and information governance standards at all times.
- To be able to assess and identify those who lack capacity to consent to treatment and be able to work with them within a legal framework.
- To teach, assess and contribute to the performance assessment of Band 5s and Rehabilitation Assistants.
- To make a significant contribution to the development of departmental policies and procedures on clinical care by attending appropriate meetings and recommending changes to clinical care or service provision.
Professional
- To maintain own clinical professional development (CPD) and incorporate them as necessary into your working practice.
- To actively participate in your Performance Development Plan and review process.
- To be an active member of the in-service training programme by attending and delivering at training sessions.
- To train, supervise and performance manage more junior staff and students, including formal appraisals.
- To be responsible for teaching students, physiotherapists and rehabilitation assistants on physiotherapeutic skills.
- To undertake organisational and local audit. Undertake research projects as appropriate
- Maintain and develop evidence based practice in Intermediate Care / Frailty.
- To demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance and risk management within the work situation.
- To be professionally and legally responsible for all aspects of professional activities, working within the codes of practise, professional guidelines and Surrey Downs Health and Care policies and procedures.
Organisational
- To be responsible for the safe use of equipment used in carrying out physiotherapy duties and to adhere to departmental policies and guidelines to ensure safe use of equipment by the team. To report defects as per policy.
- To share responsibility for departmental tidiness, maintenance and administration.
- Utilise IT systems to improve the efficiency of the service.
- To supervise and co-ordinate junior staff and rehab assistants ensuring their practice as well as your own meet the required professional standards.
General Responsibilities
- To attend all statutory and mandatory training in line with Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust Policy.
- To maintain complete confidentiality of all patient and staff information known or acquired during the course of work. To maintain Information Governance standards at all times.
- To adhere to all trust policies and procedures of Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust.
- To undertake any duties or responsibilities commensurate with the grade as requested by Clinical Lead or Specialist Services Manager.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of the patient with complex presentations using advanced clinical reasoning skills to create targeted treatment plans using SMART goals specific to the patients condition.
- To formulate and deliver an individual or group physiotherapy treatment programme In line with best practice guidelines.
- To help co-ordinate and ensure effective delivery of therapy services liaising and co-operating with colleagues across other PCNs/Adult social care teams to provide equitable services.
- To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required and to advise and support more junior colleagues to this effect. To handover treatment plans to the rehabilitation assistant to support with the patient centred goals.
- Willingness and enthusiasm to work toward cross-disciplinary competencies
- To have an awareness of local community services and be able to refer to these appropriately and in a timely manner.
- To understand and manage clinical risk within own patient caseload and within the service and advise more junior staff, seeking guidance from Band 7s/Clinical Lead as required.
- Work within Epsom and St Helier policies and CSP clinical guidelines and participate on CPD to maintain professional registration. Monitor own and others quality of practice as appropriate.
- To keep accurate and complete records of work undertaken in line with CSP, Community Therapy Team, Surrey Downs Health and Care standards. Maintaining confidentiality and information governance standards at all times.
- To be able to assess and identify those who lack capacity to consent to treatment and be able to work with them within a legal framework.
- To teach, assess and contribute to the performance assessment of Band 5s and Rehabilitation Assistants.
- To make a significant contribution to the development of departmental policies and procedures on clinical care by attending appropriate meetings and recommending changes to clinical care or service provision.
Professional
- To maintain own clinical professional development (CPD) and incorporate them as necessary into your working practice.
- To actively participate in your Performance Development Plan and review process.
- To be an active member of the in-service training programme by attending and delivering at training sessions.
- To train, supervise and performance manage more junior staff and students, including formal appraisals.
- To be responsible for teaching students, physiotherapists and rehabilitation assistants on physiotherapeutic skills.
- To undertake organisational and local audit. Undertake research projects as appropriate
- Maintain and develop evidence based practice in Intermediate Care / Frailty.
- To demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance and risk management within the work situation.
- To be professionally and legally responsible for all aspects of professional activities, working within the codes of practise, professional guidelines and Surrey Downs Health and Care policies and procedures.
Organisational
- To be responsible for the safe use of equipment used in carrying out physiotherapy duties and to adhere to departmental policies and guidelines to ensure safe use of equipment by the team. To report defects as per policy.
- To share responsibility for departmental tidiness, maintenance and administration.
- Utilise IT systems to improve the efficiency of the service.
- To supervise and co-ordinate junior staff and rehab assistants ensuring their practice as well as your own meet the required professional standards.
General Responsibilities
- To attend all statutory and mandatory training in line with Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust Policy.
- To maintain complete confidentiality of all patient and staff information known or acquired during the course of work. To maintain Information Governance standards at all times.
- To adhere to all trust policies and procedures of Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust.
- To undertake any duties or responsibilities commensurate with the grade as requested by Clinical Lead or Specialist Services Manager.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
- Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant post qualification experience with a range of client groups.
- Appreciation of constraints to working in the community.
- Knowledge of relevant health, safety and risk issues.
Desirable
- Post qualification experience working in the community
- Proficient with basic Excel and Word
Experience
Essential
- Experience of MDT working
- Experience of clinical teaching within the MDT
- Experience in supervising and working with juniors/assistants/ students
- Experienced manual handling skills
Desirable
- Experience in clinical audit, research/ literature reviews
- Experience in using an electronic notes recording system (i.e., EMIS and Systm1)
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Team worker
- Customer Focused
- Good Communicator
Abilities
Essential
- Able to get to all sites required for the post and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
- Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant post qualification experience with a range of client groups.
- Appreciation of constraints to working in the community.
- Knowledge of relevant health, safety and risk issues.
Desirable
- Post qualification experience working in the community
- Proficient with basic Excel and Word
Experience
Essential
- Experience of MDT working
- Experience of clinical teaching within the MDT
- Experience in supervising and working with juniors/assistants/ students
- Experienced manual handling skills
Desirable
- Experience in clinical audit, research/ literature reviews
- Experience in using an electronic notes recording system (i.e., EMIS and Systm1)
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Team worker
- Customer Focused
- Good Communicator
Abilities
Essential
- Able to get to all sites required for the post and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role
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).
