Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Advanced Physiotherapist to join the newly developed Virtual Ward Team.
The team will work closely with the Urgent Crisis Response Team and Community Frailty Service. This integrated multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team will provide specialist rapid assessment and interventions to our local population of St Helens.
Our progressive working environment will manage 'crisis' on a daily basis, taking referrals from community, care homes and acute colleagues as well as self-referrals. Your clinical skillset will contribute to people being able to remain safely and supported in their own homes, preventing unnecessary A&E attendances, and preventing admissions from patients that attend AED.
Our Virtual Ward / UCR and Community Frailty services operate as a clinically led multi-disciplinary team comprising of Frailty Consultants, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses, Social Workers and support workers.
The service provides a 7 day, 8am-8pm, urgent and timely response to referrals
Main duties of the job
You will be a champion of an integrated community care approach, a strong team player with experience of MDT working and an excellent communicator. You will be adaptable, committed, able to organise and prioritise work effectively and able to work well under pressure. You must be able to travel around various community locations delivering care. You must be motivated, enthusiastic and have proven experience of working as an autonomous practitioner. A commitment to improving the patient's experience is essential.
The successful candidate should have a working knowledge and experience of community or acute services and be familiar with the patient pathways between hospital and home. You will be required to process referrals, manage a caseload independently and take responsibility for providing assessment and treatment of patients with a variety of medical conditions.
As a Trust, we are committed to continuing professional and personal development and will therefore provide support with regular supervision and training. We are keen to promote collaborative practice and to develop staff within a supportive and friendly environment. You will participate in delivering training to other staff to facilitate their development.
Current HCPC registration is essential.
About us
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
- CAREthat is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
- SAFETY that is of the highest standards
- COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
- SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
- PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
- Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits. Accessible version available upon request.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- To work within Trust clinical guidelines, HCPC and Registrant Body guidelines and to have a working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own and others quality of practise against these
- To work in secondary care in a variety of hospital settings and the patients own homes.
- To demonstrate as appropriate to role highly developed physical skills for assessment and treatment of patients eg dexterity, co-ordination, palpatory and other senses.
- To deputise for senior staff in leading specific team.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- To communicate complex patient and service related information effectively to Health and Wellbeing and local authority colleagues and third sector agencies.
- Use complex communication skills and knowledge when working with patients, their families and other provider agencies.
- To involve the patient and the family/carers in all relevant discussions about their management and decisions that are made about treatment techniques and facilitating patient involvement in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of the service.
- To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
- Delivering high level and complex triage, clinical assessment, diagnostics, treatment and evaluation of the needs within the trust.
- Providing leadership; promoting a learning culture for colleagues and other agencies; leading service innovations and demonstrating high level problem solving.
- Ensuring excellence in service delivery through personal and service development, underpinned by evidence based practice and research, embedded in the quality assurance agenda.
- Driving innovation; managing the change process to ensure your service continues to be flexible and proactive to reflect the needs of the trust.
- To triage patients with complex needs.
- To undertake complex clinical assessments of patients/ service users within sphere of advanced practice.
- To determine a clinical diagnosis and make high level decisions regarding appropriate treatment/ care plans.
- Implement complex care/ interventions according to clinical need.
- Evaluate complex care/ interventions based on evidence from clinical outcomes and best practice.
- To provide advanced clinical advice, support and training to patients/ service users, families, carers and professional colleagues to improve their journey and their health and wellbeing.
- To be professionally accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients in your care.
- Registered practitioners who are non-medical prescribers are accountable for their prescribing activities by ensuring they are aware of their Professional accountability and any restrictions or special considerations in their prescribing practice.
- To develop and maintain the high level clinical skills required to work as an advanced practitioner.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
- To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up to date documentation, in line with legal and departmental requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters.
- To collect appropriate data and statistics for the use in the review of the service delivery.
- To use appropriate information technology skills for communication when required.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES
- To deliver relevant, evidence based training to patients, families, carers and trust staff.
- To provide specific training as required to the patient, family, carers and other members of the multidisciplinary team on the clinical and therapeutic management of an individual to support their health and wellbeing.
- To supervise and performance manage a range of clinical and non-clinical staff (including students) as required to do so. Taking into account the breadth of knowledge, skills and experience held and required.
- To attend and contribute to local and national conferences and special interest groups within sphere of practice.
- To maintain own CPD by keeping abreast of any new trends and developments, and incorporate them as necessary into your work, supporting other staff with their CPD.
LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- To demonstrate leadership by means of:
- Delivering change within sphere of practice, when and where indicated, to improve service delivery.
- Influencing, motivating, supporting and enabling others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the trust.
- To provide high level advice and guidance in working with colleagues locally to ensure best practice across all disciplines in the assessment, treatment and long term management of patients/ service users within sphere of practice.
- To identify innovations and lead the implementation of new working practices in conjunction with patients/ service users, health, wellbeing, local authority and third sector partners.
- To take responsibility for their own high level and complex decision making and the decisions of their team which effect service delivery.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- To work within Trust clinical guidelines, HCPC and Registrant Body guidelines and to have a working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own and others quality of practise against these
- To work in secondary care in a variety of hospital settings and the patients own homes.
- To demonstrate as appropriate to role highly developed physical skills for assessment and treatment of patients eg dexterity, co-ordination, palpatory and other senses.
- To deputise for senior staff in leading specific team.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- To communicate complex patient and service related information effectively to Health and Wellbeing and local authority colleagues and third sector agencies.
- Use complex communication skills and knowledge when working with patients, their families and other provider agencies.
- To involve the patient and the family/carers in all relevant discussions about their management and decisions that are made about treatment techniques and facilitating patient involvement in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of the service.
- To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
- Delivering high level and complex triage, clinical assessment, diagnostics, treatment and evaluation of the needs within the trust.
- Providing leadership; promoting a learning culture for colleagues and other agencies; leading service innovations and demonstrating high level problem solving.
- Ensuring excellence in service delivery through personal and service development, underpinned by evidence based practice and research, embedded in the quality assurance agenda.
- Driving innovation; managing the change process to ensure your service continues to be flexible and proactive to reflect the needs of the trust.
- To triage patients with complex needs.
- To undertake complex clinical assessments of patients/ service users within sphere of advanced practice.
- To determine a clinical diagnosis and make high level decisions regarding appropriate treatment/ care plans.
- Implement complex care/ interventions according to clinical need.
- Evaluate complex care/ interventions based on evidence from clinical outcomes and best practice.
- To provide advanced clinical advice, support and training to patients/ service users, families, carers and professional colleagues to improve their journey and their health and wellbeing.
- To be professionally accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients in your care.
- Registered practitioners who are non-medical prescribers are accountable for their prescribing activities by ensuring they are aware of their Professional accountability and any restrictions or special considerations in their prescribing practice.
- To develop and maintain the high level clinical skills required to work as an advanced practitioner.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
- To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up to date documentation, in line with legal and departmental requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters.
- To collect appropriate data and statistics for the use in the review of the service delivery.
- To use appropriate information technology skills for communication when required.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES
- To deliver relevant, evidence based training to patients, families, carers and trust staff.
- To provide specific training as required to the patient, family, carers and other members of the multidisciplinary team on the clinical and therapeutic management of an individual to support their health and wellbeing.
- To supervise and performance manage a range of clinical and non-clinical staff (including students) as required to do so. Taking into account the breadth of knowledge, skills and experience held and required.
- To attend and contribute to local and national conferences and special interest groups within sphere of practice.
- To maintain own CPD by keeping abreast of any new trends and developments, and incorporate them as necessary into your work, supporting other staff with their CPD.
LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- To demonstrate leadership by means of:
- Delivering change within sphere of practice, when and where indicated, to improve service delivery.
- Influencing, motivating, supporting and enabling others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the trust.
- To provide high level advice and guidance in working with colleagues locally to ensure best practice across all disciplines in the assessment, treatment and long term management of patients/ service users within sphere of practice.
- To identify innovations and lead the implementation of new working practices in conjunction with patients/ service users, health, wellbeing, local authority and third sector partners.
- To take responsibility for their own high level and complex decision making and the decisions of their team which effect service delivery.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC registration
- Clinical Educators Certificate or equivalent/experience
Desirable
- MSc in relevant health studies or equivalent qualification/experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced clinical knowledge relevant to the care environment and evidence of evidence based practise in relevant health setting
- Awareness of own strengths and limitations
- Knowledge of relevant national policies and guidance and relevant assessment tools
- Experience of leadership of a team including change management
- Evidence of effective working within an MDT
- Experience of Service development
- Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
- Audit and research in a clinical area
- Demonstrates continuous Professional Development
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to motivate team performance to achieve objectives
- Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
- Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings
- Accurate record keeping, report writing and IT skills including presentation skills
- Have a flexible approach to working with good time management
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel various hospital locations by own car/ assisted driver
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC registration
- Clinical Educators Certificate or equivalent/experience
Desirable
- MSc in relevant health studies or equivalent qualification/experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced clinical knowledge relevant to the care environment and evidence of evidence based practise in relevant health setting
- Awareness of own strengths and limitations
- Knowledge of relevant national policies and guidance and relevant assessment tools
- Experience of leadership of a team including change management
- Evidence of effective working within an MDT
- Experience of Service development
- Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
- Audit and research in a clinical area
- Demonstrates continuous Professional Development
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to motivate team performance to achieve objectives
- Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
- Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings
- Accurate record keeping, report writing and IT skills including presentation skills
- Have a flexible approach to working with good time management
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel various hospital locations by own car/ assisted driver
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).
