Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified and experienced physiotherapist to join the Hospital and Community Team. Within the team you will have opportunity to build and enhance your rehabilitation skills in a community setting working within a friendly and supportive team.
We are a well established team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists and rehabilitation assistants based currently at Gorton Hub office.
The team provides a supported hospital discharge and ongoing community rehabilitation service to patients across central Manchester, aiming to assist them to reach their desired potential in their home environment. You will work with patients who have complex needs, providing community rehabilitation after their discharge from hospital. There may also in the future be potential opportunities to work with other teams within Manchester Local Care Organisation.
You will benefit from working in our multi professional AHP team where there is a strong culture of shared learning and support available to ensure high quality patient care. There are senior physiotherapists available to support you and your learning objectives will be agreed as part of the established appraisal process.
Continued professional development is actively encouraged. We are committed to undergraduate student education.
UK driving license and access to own vehicle are essential for the post.
Main duties of the job
Assessment, treatment and management of adult patients with wide variety of conditions, using clinical reasoning and a variety of evidence-based skills.
Working in a variety of settings including patients own homes, residential and nursing homes.
To be responsible for your own clinical caseload completing initial assessments, appropriate goal setting and interventions and interventions to address patients' rehabilitation needs
To work as part of the wider Community Rehabilitation Services to meet the demands of the services in other areas.
To support the Team Lead in the development of the service through keeping abreast of evolving research and evidence-based practice
To complete initial assessments, appropriate goal setting and interventions to address patients' rehabilitation needs.
To supervise a Band 5 physiotherapist.
Good IT, written and verbal communication skills are important as the post holder will be required to liaise with a wide range of health care professionals, patients and carers. Applicants will need to be flexible, able to work alone and as part of a team
The individual will take responsibility for the education of students.
Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants can drive and have access to a car for business purposes
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Essential
- Honours degree in Physiotherapy
- Clinical supervisory skills
- Registered with Health Profession Council.
- Evidence of current and relevant CPD.
- Previous experience across a broad range of junior rotations including community
- Good clinical knowledge in relevant clinical area
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of an MDT
- Good communication Skills
- Work effectively as part of a team.
- Time Management Skills
- Car driver / user
Desirable
- oMember of special interest group.
Training and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of relevant training specific to specialism
- Previous experience across a broad range of junior rotations
- Good clinical knowledge in relevant clinical area
Desirable
- Knowledge of clinical supervision.
- Basic clinical supervisory skills training.
- Clinical educator training
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Essential
- Honours degree in Physiotherapy
- Clinical supervisory skills
- Registered with Health Profession Council.
- Evidence of current and relevant CPD.
- Previous experience across a broad range of junior rotations including community
- Good clinical knowledge in relevant clinical area
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of an MDT
- Good communication Skills
- Work effectively as part of a team.
- Time Management Skills
- Car driver / user
Desirable
- oMember of special interest group.
Training and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of relevant training specific to specialism
- Previous experience across a broad range of junior rotations
- Good clinical knowledge in relevant clinical area
Desirable
- Knowledge of clinical supervision.
- Basic clinical supervisory skills training.
- Clinical educator training
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).
