Job summary
***Please note that this post will close once sufficient applicants have been received so may be closed before the advertised closing date. Please submit your application as soon as possible***
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified, HCPC registered Physiotherapist with Amputee Rehabilitation experience, to work within the multidisciplinary team to provide high quality assessments and interventions.
Main duties of the job
You will need to have a minimum of 3 years clinical experience with some experience of assessing complex disability.
The job role is to provide physiotherapy input to the Regional Prosthetic Service, alongside Band 7 Physiotherapists. To participate in the inter-disciplinary assessment process, negotiated client-centred goal settings and completion of outcome measurements for amputees. To be responsible for managing a caseload of amputee patients, both non-limb wearers and prosthetic users and to provide physiotherapy treatments, including early walking aids and gait training techniques. To communicate with physiotherapy departments locally and regionally to relay patient-related information concerning their physiotherapy requirements.
You must have good organisational skills including prioritisation of workload and time management skills and be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date clinical trends and practices including evidence based ones
You must be able to communicate effectively with patients /carers /colleagues and other agencies and be able to generate written communication, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.
About us
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.
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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
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the Job Description and Main Responsibilites, please see the attached document- JD/ PS
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the Job Description and Main Responsibilites, please see the attached document- JD/ PS
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
- Evidence of relevant CPD
Experience
Essential
- Varied and comprehensive range of rotational experience.
- Some experience of assessing complex disability
- Amputee experience in patient or outpatient rehab
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Elderly rehab experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date clinical trends and practices including evidence based ones in the assessment and treatment of amputee patients.
- Knowledge and understanding of the rehabilitation process.
- Ability to demonstrate highly developed physiotherapeutic handling and positioning skills, gait re-education and exercise programme development skills for patients.
- Understanding of community support agencies and other professions, and ability to work and liaise with them.
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients /carers /colleagues and other agencies. This may require explanation, instruction, persuasion, motivation, negotiation, reassurance and require expert verbal and non-verbal skills. Use of simple and more complex communication technology may be used by patients and interpreters may be used on occasions.
- Demonstrate ability to work effectively in a team
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of Clinical Governance, standard setting and the audit process (understanding of principles of clinical governance)
- Ability to manually handle patients and/or equipment safely to perform safe and effective clinical assessments and treatments
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
- Evidence of relevant CPD
Experience
Essential
- Varied and comprehensive range of rotational experience.
- Some experience of assessing complex disability
- Amputee experience in patient or outpatient rehab
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Elderly rehab experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date clinical trends and practices including evidence based ones in the assessment and treatment of amputee patients.
- Knowledge and understanding of the rehabilitation process.
- Ability to demonstrate highly developed physiotherapeutic handling and positioning skills, gait re-education and exercise programme development skills for patients.
- Understanding of community support agencies and other professions, and ability to work and liaise with them.
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients /carers /colleagues and other agencies. This may require explanation, instruction, persuasion, motivation, negotiation, reassurance and require expert verbal and non-verbal skills. Use of simple and more complex communication technology may be used by patients and interpreters may be used on occasions.
- Demonstrate ability to work effectively in a team
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of Clinical Governance, standard setting and the audit process (understanding of principles of clinical governance)
- Ability to manually handle patients and/or equipment safely to perform safe and effective clinical assessments and treatments
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).
