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Specialist Physiotherapist

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 06 May 2025

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Job summary

The post holder has responsibility to provide a physiotherapy within a designated team.

The assessment and interventions undertaken will be embedded within the framework of:

*MDT Principles of working.

*The holistic model of care (Four Tier Model).

*The seven areas of clinical practice.

Work as part of the specialist multidisciplinary team delivering services to people with a learning disability in the community to deliver specialist physiotherapy assessment and intervention for people with learning disability, and additional complex physical disability, mental health problems or behaviours of challenge.

Responsible for a designated caseload including, assessment, treatment planning, intervention and advice, discharge planning and record keeping.

Carrying out home visits within the community as a lone practitioner with telephone support or accompanied by other members of the MDT as appropriate.

Identifying appropriate settings for treatment, facilitate access and provide support to service users, families and support workers to enable them to continue treatment.

Teach carers/ support workers physiotherapy treatment programmes.

Utilise resources and equipment appropriately; Joint Equipment Store, Wheelchair services etc.

Fit and operate standard equipment e.g. standing frames etc according to instructions and report defects appropriately.

Undertake routine tasks to support the department e.g. collect statistical information about daily service users contacts, take part in Audits etc.

Main duties of the job

*Deliver and coordinate the physiotherapy clinical services to people with learning disabilities whose health needs fit within the 7 clinical areas of practice, which are mental illness, complex physical health, epilepsy, challenging behaviour, forensic, autism and dementia; working in a multi-disciplinary team and to participate in specialist multi-disciplinary/joint assessments of clients as required, in line with team process.

*Undertake detailed assessment for people with complex physical disability and provide appropriate management programmes, with the support from the Band 7 physiotherapist; embedding learning in care planning and therapeutic practise including aquatic therapy and advice to achieve high quality outcomes for service users.

*Teach carers and support workers physiotherapy treatment programmes and address individual moving & handling needs.

*Work within the LD Service's Single Point of Access on a rotational basis undertaking clinical assessments to assess the eligibility and health need of individuals referred into the service.

*To use the most appropriate communication methods when working with service users who have communication difficulties to build rapport and enable the service users to have choice and influence over their intervention, communicating effectively and sensitively with service users and carers with respect to their views and culture.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Date posted

22 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

348-MNH-7357

Job locations

Poles Copse

Poles Lane, Otterbourne

Winchester

Hampshire

SO21 2DZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSc Hons in Physiotherapy
Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
Registration with HCPC

Desirable

Post graduate studies

Experience

Essential

-Neurology
-Learning Disability
-Physical disability
-Community role
-Paediatric
-Moving and Handling
-Ability to conduct basic assessments
-Good record keeping skills
-Student placement or work experience in community, care of elderly, learning disability and/or neurology.
-Able to take responsibility for own caseload.
-Effective communicator.
-Able to work alone/autonomously.
-Able to motivate others.
-Good general health.
-Own transport.
-Able to commit to hours.

Desirable

Experience in:
-complex disability
-hydrotherapy
-Confident in water & willing to undertake aquatic therapy sessions.
-Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
-Proactive team player
-Able to offer support and guidance to students / Technical instructor.
-Flexibility in working hours.
-Willingness to work across locality of the team when required.

Additional Criteria

Essential

What our services users expect of this post holder
-A friendly, kind and approachable person.
-Good time keeping skills
-Someone who will listen to them.
-Someone who can help them or navigate them to the place they can receive the right help.
-A level of experience and expertise that can get their goals met quickly.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSc Hons in Physiotherapy
Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
Registration with HCPC

Desirable

Post graduate studies

Experience

Essential

-Neurology
-Learning Disability
-Physical disability
-Community role
-Paediatric
-Moving and Handling
-Ability to conduct basic assessments
-Good record keeping skills
-Student placement or work experience in community, care of elderly, learning disability and/or neurology.
-Able to take responsibility for own caseload.
-Effective communicator.
-Able to work alone/autonomously.
-Able to motivate others.
-Good general health.
-Own transport.
-Able to commit to hours.

Desirable

Experience in:
-complex disability
-hydrotherapy
-Confident in water & willing to undertake aquatic therapy sessions.
-Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
-Proactive team player
-Able to offer support and guidance to students / Technical instructor.
-Flexibility in working hours.
-Willingness to work across locality of the team when required.

Additional Criteria

Essential

What our services users expect of this post holder
-A friendly, kind and approachable person.
-Good time keeping skills
-Someone who will listen to them.
-Someone who can help them or navigate them to the place they can receive the right help.
-A level of experience and expertise that can get their goals met quickly.

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.