Rotational Physiotherapist - Inpatients/ community

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical

Under the guidance of more senior staff

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work and that work delegated to support staff.
• To assess patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies: using clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques to provide a clinical diagnosis.
• To utilise knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options to select and deliver a physiotherapy programme to individual patients and plan their successful discharge.
• To take responsibility for a delegated caseload, managing patients with a variety of conditions and pathologies
• Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
• Use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients and carers to progress rehabilitation and treatment Programmes This will include patients who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating.
• When working in the community and domiciliary settings seeing patients already known to the service, e.g. follow up home visits, to work as lone practitioner with prearranged telephone support from a named senior physiotherapist.
• To be responsible for maintaining accurate comprehensive patient treatment records in line with Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) standards.

Professional

1. To be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through CPD activities and to maintain a portfolio which reflects personal development.
2. To implement knowledge of relevant evidence based practice, developing a more in depth knowledge of particular conditions and patient types according to the rotation/placement/post
3. Where appropriate to assist in the clinical supervision of physiotherapy students as part of the team
4. To provide support and guidance to TIs and assistant staff working as part of the team.
5. Undertake an evidence-based project
6. Participate in the staff appraisal scheme as an appraisee and be responsible for complying with agreed personal development programmes to meet individual and service objectives.
7. Undertake measurement and evaluation of own work and current practices through the use of evidence based practice projects, audit and outcome measures, either individually or as part of a team with more senior physiotherapists.
8. Be an active member of the in-service training programme, attending tutorials, individual training sessions, external courses and peer review sessions as appropriate and as identified in own PDP.

Organisational

To be responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service and patient priorities, readjusting plans as situations change/arise.

To undertake the collection of data for use in service audit and for monitoring service level agreements.

Be responsible for the safe and competent use of equipment, through teaching and supervision of practice.

To communicate regularly and effectively with other members of the physiotherapy service in order to ensure seamless physiotherapy provision to patients moving between different areas of the service.

To be aware of Health and Safety aspects of your work and implement any policies, which may be required to improve the safety of your work area, including your prompt recording and reporting of accidents to senior staff, and ensuring that equipment use is safe.

To comply with the organisational and departmental policies and procedures and to be involved in the reviewing and updating as appropriate.

To undertake any other duties that might be considered appropriate by the Service Manager of the Physiotherapy Service.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
• HPC Registered.
• Evidence of ongoing relevant CPD in portfolio

Desirable

• Any other relevant qualifications/degree

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner. Ability to prioritise and manage own work load in a busy environment with supervision
• Good Clinical Reasoning / problem solving skills. Ability to process, manage and communicate sensitive information in relation to patient care and convey this in an appropriate and clear manner.

Experience

Essential

• Broad under graduate experience in core clinical areas Experience of working as part of a team Awareness of own knowledge and learning style.

Desirable

• Participation in project activity

other requiements

Essential

• Ability to meet the demands of the post including physical ability and ability to meet 7 day service
• Full UK driving license

Desirable

• Access to a car / vehicle for work related purposes

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Micheal's Site

Gater Drive

Enfield

EN2 0JB

Employer's website

https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)