Senior Physiotherapist - Urgent Community Response

Job summary

Our Urgent Community Response (UCR) Team is looking for a Physiotherapist to perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions.

In this role, you will hold responsibility for your own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service, working without direct supervision. Supervision will take the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review and case conferences. Access to advice and support from a Specialist Physiotherapist is available if required.

This role requires you to participate in the on-call and emergency rotas, as required. When working on the emergency duty on call rota, you will undertake the assessment and treatment of acutely ill patients.

As this is a senior role, you will supervise, educate and assess the performance of physiotherapy students, and undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and teams' practice within department.

This role is based at St Mary's Community Health Campus in Portsmouth. Shift patterns are 08:00 to 20:00.

If this role interests you, please get in touch with Holly Molyneaux (Operations Manager) on holly.molyneaux@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care.

To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations.

Formulate and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence based practice.

Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.

To keep accurate, legible records of patient care in line with service guidelines.

Work within local and national guidelines. Monitor own and others quality of practice as appropriate (according to Chartered Society of Physiotherapy standards of practice).

To communicate effectively with other agencies/disciplines within the Portsmouth Health and Social Care settings.

To be able to communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, carers and other staff.

To ensure timely and effective communication with the Team Leader and other senior staff on all professional matters.

To be responsible for the training of students on clinical placement.

To participate in the IST and post registration education programme. To be proactive with regard to learning from senior staff within the physiotherapy service.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)

Milton Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 6AD

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)

Milton Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 6AD

Employer's website

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

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