Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Physiotherapist

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Job summary

Option of 3 bases TBC at Interview (Lancaster/Kendal/Barrow inFurness

If you are keen to combine an excellent forward thinking and dynamic working environment with fantastic lifestyle opportunities in the South Cumbria and North Lancashire area, this community learning disability physiotherapy post is for you!

LSCFT learning disability care group has a growing Physiotherapy workforce with big visions for improving our service, delivering high quality assessment and intervention for adults with learning disabilities in the community. Based in Lancaster, Kendal or Barrow-in-Furness you will work in an experienced multi-disciplinary team, with regular supervision and support from a Band 7 learning disability physiotherapist. We are committed to ongoing professional development of our workforce and driving service development initiatives.

In this role you will work with clinical colleagues from a range of professions to deliver person centred, evidence based physiotherapy. We provide a wide range of Physiotherapy assessment and interventions for people with learning disabilities who cannot successfully access mainstream Physiotherapy services. This results in a varied and interesting caseload, where no two days are the same. We are fortunate to be able to offer a truly person-centred approach, using creative approaches to achieve the best outcome to meet each individual's needs.

Main duties of the job

We also provide lifelong postural management for people with complex physical disabilities. This includes offering high quality assessment, analysis and providing individual 24 hour management plans to families/carers. We are committed to supporting you to develop your skills in this specialist area. To achieve this, we work closely with professionals from partner agencies such as wheelchair services, local authority occupational therapy and orthotics. Once established in the role of Band 6 you will offer quality regular supervision and skills development to B5 physiotherapists.

The Community learning disability team throughout Morecambe Bay is a friendly supportive multi-disciplinary team based across 3 sites. We pride ourselves in our holistic approach to supporting the health needs of adults with learning disabilities and our drive for continuous service development across all professions. We meet monthly as a whole team alternating virtual and face to face meetings. This post would suit an experienced B5 physiotherapist who is ready to progress in a specialist clinical role in a community setting.

We will support you to achieve your potential as a Specialist Learning Disability Physiotherapist. If you would like to join us on our improvement journey and take the next exciting steps in your career, we'd love to hear from you.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Date posted

26 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-SPS1258-EJ-B

Job locations

Option of 3 bases TBC at Interview (Lancaster/Kendal/Barrow in Furness)

Ashton Road, Lancaster LA1 5AZ.

Lancaster/Kendal/Barrow

PR5 6AW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

HCPC Registration
Degree / Diploma in Physiotherapy
Evidence of CPD in relevant areas

Knowledge

Essential

Experience and ability to work effectively within an MDT.
Evidence of clinical topic training / staff presentations.
Evidence of supervision of assistant staff / students.
Knowledge and appreciation of lone working risks.

Experience

Essential

Skills for assessing, diagnosing and treating a range of conditions.
Ability to prioritise a workload effectively.
Ability to make clinical decisions, demonstrating good leadership skills.
Ability to analyse and interpret data and apply to practice.

Work Related Circumstances

Essential

Awareness, understanding and competency to operate machinery and equipment according to local operating procedures and Medical Device regulations.
Ability to work flexibly and travel across the Trust footprint to meet business needs.
Must be assessed as having level of fitness to carry out duties/tasks after reasonable adjustments under DDA 1995 have been made.
The requirement to rotate into clinical areas as service needs demand.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

HCPC Registration
Degree / Diploma in Physiotherapy
Evidence of CPD in relevant areas

Knowledge

Essential

Experience and ability to work effectively within an MDT.
Evidence of clinical topic training / staff presentations.
Evidence of supervision of assistant staff / students.
Knowledge and appreciation of lone working risks.

Experience

Essential

Skills for assessing, diagnosing and treating a range of conditions.
Ability to prioritise a workload effectively.
Ability to make clinical decisions, demonstrating good leadership skills.
Ability to analyse and interpret data and apply to practice.

Work Related Circumstances

Essential

Awareness, understanding and competency to operate machinery and equipment according to local operating procedures and Medical Device regulations.
Ability to work flexibly and travel across the Trust footprint to meet business needs.
Must be assessed as having level of fitness to carry out duties/tasks after reasonable adjustments under DDA 1995 have been made.
The requirement to rotate into clinical areas as service needs demand.

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.

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

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

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Option of 3 bases TBC at Interview (Lancaster/Kendal/Barrow in Furness)

Ashton Road, Lancaster LA1 5AZ.

Lancaster/Kendal/Barrow

PR5 6AW

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Option of 3 bases TBC at Interview (Lancaster/Kendal/Barrow in Furness)

Ashton Road, Lancaster LA1 5AZ.

Lancaster/Kendal/Barrow

PR5 6AW

Employer's website

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