Job summary
Come and join theexpanding REACT (Rapid Emergency Assessment and Care Team) working in our Emergency Department front door areas, as an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist.
The successful candidate will provide very high quality assessments in order to establish robust and swift rehabilitation and discharge plans for the patients within the Front door footprint, predominantly to enable admission avoidance and return to the community with support from our expansive community services.
The successful candidates will work very closely with the Medical and Nursing colleagues, Discharge Co-ordinators, Hospital Social Workers, Speech and Language Therapists and Dieticians.
This is a very friendly, supportive and dynamic trust with regular integrated individual supervision and training, appraisal, CPD to support professional development.
Main duties of the job
- To undertake assessments of patients with complex and diverse presentations taking into account their social needs outside of hospital.
- To undertake advanced, comprehensive, and where applicable, standardised assessments in the clinical areas stated.
- To participate within simple and complex rehabilitation and contribute to its function.
- To use clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of evidence based practice to determine discharge and treatment plans using a wide range of treatment skills and knowledge of community service options.
- To analyse and interpret clinical and non-clinical information to form an accurate plan for a wide range of conditions, with guidance from Therapists within the team and the MDT when appropriate.
About us
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
- We'recommitted to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Current registration with Health Professions Council
- Diploma /Degree in Physiotherapy
- Evidence of CPD in the form of a detailed personal development portfolio
Desirable
- Field work/clinical educators course
- Specific formal courses appropriate to post speciality
- Membership of professional special interest group
Experience
Essential
- Experience of a junior rotational Physiotherapy post in the NHS
- Experience of a broad rotational scheme including Acute medicine
- Knowledge of areas of clinical governance including quality, audit and risk management
- Experience of managing own caseload and prioritizing
- Ability to work and interact effectively within an interdisciplinary team and contribute to decision making
- Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development and reflective practice
- Knowledge and application of evidence based practice and clinical reasoning
- Establish and maintain CPD Portfolio
Desirable
- Experience of Community Physiotherapy
- Attendance at Post graduate courses in related fields and demonstrates reflective learning
- Knowledge of areas of influence of psychosocial and cultural factors on health/illness behaviours
- Experience in supervision of junior staff
- Participation in audit, research activities and development activities
- Experience of undertaking Senior (Band 6) role
- Demonstration of having initiated change of practice or process
- Experience of emergency respiratory on-call responsibilities
- Experience in student clinical supervision
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Able to apply a range and depth of knowledge to the specialist clinical area of post
- Able to make sound clinical decisions based on knowledge/experience and utilize advanced clinical reasoning skills
- Able to carry out a range of assessments and procedures in order to make clinical assessments and diagnosis.
- Able to carry out manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling, requiring skilful and strenuous physical effort during the day
- Awareness of limitations of own professional abilities
- Clear, concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, patients and carers to ensure records and reports are accurate, legal and in legible manner (in English)
- Ability to integrate, participate and contribute as an effective member of a team
- Ability to self-direct towards the attainment of clear goals
- Ability to prioritise tasks and functions against well-reasoned standards
- Positive response to constructive criticism
- Ability to plan, manage and organise required tasks within available resources (including time)
- Use of and/or knowledge of POMR record keeping
- Knowledge of Current related legislation (H&S, Data P. Act, etc)
- Commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
- Understand how to maintain confidentiality, privacy and dignity of patients
- Ability to perform at times of high pressure/demand
Special Circumstances
Essential
- To demonstrate appropriate level of assertiveness
- Able to fulfil the physical demands of the role subject to reasonable adjustment under the terms of the Disciplinary Discrimination Act 1995
- Able to be empathetic and handle difficult or emotional situations, using judgement to determine optimal intervention
- Ability to participate in an emergency
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service
- Ability to work at weekends and Bank Holidays
Desirable
- To have strategies for dealing with stressful interpersonal situations and frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Current registration with Health Professions Council
- Diploma /Degree in Physiotherapy
- Evidence of CPD in the form of a detailed personal development portfolio
Desirable
- Field work/clinical educators course
- Specific formal courses appropriate to post speciality
- Membership of professional special interest group
Experience
Essential
- Experience of a junior rotational Physiotherapy post in the NHS
- Experience of a broad rotational scheme including Acute medicine
- Knowledge of areas of clinical governance including quality, audit and risk management
- Experience of managing own caseload and prioritizing
- Ability to work and interact effectively within an interdisciplinary team and contribute to decision making
- Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development and reflective practice
- Knowledge and application of evidence based practice and clinical reasoning
- Establish and maintain CPD Portfolio
Desirable
- Experience of Community Physiotherapy
- Attendance at Post graduate courses in related fields and demonstrates reflective learning
- Knowledge of areas of influence of psychosocial and cultural factors on health/illness behaviours
- Experience in supervision of junior staff
- Participation in audit, research activities and development activities
- Experience of undertaking Senior (Band 6) role
- Demonstration of having initiated change of practice or process
- Experience of emergency respiratory on-call responsibilities
- Experience in student clinical supervision
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Able to apply a range and depth of knowledge to the specialist clinical area of post
- Able to make sound clinical decisions based on knowledge/experience and utilize advanced clinical reasoning skills
- Able to carry out a range of assessments and procedures in order to make clinical assessments and diagnosis.
- Able to carry out manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling, requiring skilful and strenuous physical effort during the day
- Awareness of limitations of own professional abilities
- Clear, concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, patients and carers to ensure records and reports are accurate, legal and in legible manner (in English)
- Ability to integrate, participate and contribute as an effective member of a team
- Ability to self-direct towards the attainment of clear goals
- Ability to prioritise tasks and functions against well-reasoned standards
- Positive response to constructive criticism
- Ability to plan, manage and organise required tasks within available resources (including time)
- Use of and/or knowledge of POMR record keeping
- Knowledge of Current related legislation (H&S, Data P. Act, etc)
- Commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
- Understand how to maintain confidentiality, privacy and dignity of patients
- Ability to perform at times of high pressure/demand
Special Circumstances
Essential
- To demonstrate appropriate level of assertiveness
- Able to fulfil the physical demands of the role subject to reasonable adjustment under the terms of the Disciplinary Discrimination Act 1995
- Able to be empathetic and handle difficult or emotional situations, using judgement to determine optimal intervention
- Ability to participate in an emergency
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service
- Ability to work at weekends and Bank Holidays
Desirable
- To have strategies for dealing with stressful interpersonal situations and frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions
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).
