Job summary
Please note, this is an internal vacancy and only employees of Birmingham Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC), Trust Bank and agency staff engaged with BCHC are eligible to apply at this time.
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
The Therapy Hub provides therapy services within the Adults & Community Division in the community as part of the integrated adult community services. We work closely with the Early Intervention Community Teams and District Nurses to provide Rehab at home to prevent admission to hospital and ongoing support to maintain the independence and health of people. Our service consists of team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Technicians and Rehabilitation Assistants
Main duties of the job
The post holder will ensure access to urgent and routine physiotherapy assessment and intervention, provide and monitor treatment programmes required at home and ensure safe discharge or referral onto other services as appropriate.
The post holder will work in partnership with patients, carers and other health and social care agencies to promote independence and develop individual plans of care relevant to patient need.
The post holder will be expected to work multi-professionally, support other team members' roles and contribute to the future development of the service.
About us
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- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification for further details relating to the job description and main responsibilities
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification for further details relating to the job description and main responsibilities
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy
- Current Health and Care Professions Council registration.
- Extensive evidence of relevant post registration training and CPD.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of working in a Multi-disciplinary team
- Relevant rehabilitation experience for a variety of people in a community setting.
- Experience of working with other agencies.
- Proven supervisory skills.
- Ability to plan and delegate daily workload
- Ability to demonstrate and share knowledge and application of up to date evidence based clinical trends and practices.
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of a range of appropriate assessment and treatment approaches for the client group.
- Demonstrates a problem solving approach.
- IT skills in Microsoft, Power-Point, Excel and Outlook.
- Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance.
- Knowledge and application of clinical effectiveness and evidence based practice.
- Understanding and application of the CSP code of Professional Conduct.
- Knowledge and application of Health and Safety issues and their relevance in the community.
- Ability to administer and interpret standardised assessments/outcome measures.
- Ability to act as mentor/supervisor to junior staff and students on placement.
- Awareness of legislation related to Safeguarding Vulnerable adults.
- Knowledge and awareness of current government and initiative drivers.
- Ability to safely handle patients and equipment and to work in a range of positions
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrates clear and effective verbal and communicative skills.
- Demonstrates ability to generate written communications which are concise, accurate and legible.
- Demonstrates awareness of and sensitivity to the needs of individuals from diverse social and cultural groups.
- Able to work independently and delegate work to others appropriately.
- Ability to develop and teach on going in service training programmes to junior members of staff/students.
- Ability to identify and action health promotion
- Able to demonstrate knowledge and apply standard setting/clinical audit and its relationship to research.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
- Flexible working approach to changing circumstances.
- Organised approach to CPD.
Other Job Requirements
Essential
- Car driver
- Ability to work across various sites in Birmingham
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy
- Current Health and Care Professions Council registration.
- Extensive evidence of relevant post registration training and CPD.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of working in a Multi-disciplinary team
- Relevant rehabilitation experience for a variety of people in a community setting.
- Experience of working with other agencies.
- Proven supervisory skills.
- Ability to plan and delegate daily workload
- Ability to demonstrate and share knowledge and application of up to date evidence based clinical trends and practices.
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of a range of appropriate assessment and treatment approaches for the client group.
- Demonstrates a problem solving approach.
- IT skills in Microsoft, Power-Point, Excel and Outlook.
- Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance.
- Knowledge and application of clinical effectiveness and evidence based practice.
- Understanding and application of the CSP code of Professional Conduct.
- Knowledge and application of Health and Safety issues and their relevance in the community.
- Ability to administer and interpret standardised assessments/outcome measures.
- Ability to act as mentor/supervisor to junior staff and students on placement.
- Awareness of legislation related to Safeguarding Vulnerable adults.
- Knowledge and awareness of current government and initiative drivers.
- Ability to safely handle patients and equipment and to work in a range of positions
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrates clear and effective verbal and communicative skills.
- Demonstrates ability to generate written communications which are concise, accurate and legible.
- Demonstrates awareness of and sensitivity to the needs of individuals from diverse social and cultural groups.
- Able to work independently and delegate work to others appropriately.
- Ability to develop and teach on going in service training programmes to junior members of staff/students.
- Ability to identify and action health promotion
- Able to demonstrate knowledge and apply standard setting/clinical audit and its relationship to research.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
- Flexible working approach to changing circumstances.
- Organised approach to CPD.
Other Job Requirements
Essential
- Car driver
- Ability to work across various sites in Birmingham
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).
