Central London Community Health Trust

Specialist Physiotherapist

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Job summary

Fixed Term (5 months maternity leave cover, starting October 2023), Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist

Are you looking to develop your Physiotherapy skills in inpatient rehabilitation within General rehabilitation. This role offers an excellent opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering client centered evidence based care.This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive and innovative multi-disciplinary team. . You will have a role developing your Physiotherapy practice and deliver evidence based rehabilitation and assessments for clients in our community hospitals, and a variety of settings including clients own homes, residential and care homes upon planning for discharge.

Main duties of the job

The In-patient wards, are multi-disciplinary including nurses, physios, OT's, Speech and Language Therapists, HCA's, Rehab Support Workers, Doctors, Social Workers, ward clerks and administrators. Each MDT works closely to support patients and service users to recover and rehabilitate , and/ or support the Non-Weight Bearning pathways following injury and illness, in the most appropriate setting, providing care and rehab as required, providing safe and supported discharges onto other community services where needed.

You will need you to build and maintain key relationships with acute and community referrers to the services as well as partners in the community, across CLCH, including the community Falls Prevention Service, Stroke and Rehabilitation Units, Parkinson's Unit, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases team, Learning Disabilities, Falls Services, Wheelchair services and Musculoskeletal Outpatient services. This post will be responsible for the supervision of junior staff, rehabilitation assistants and students participate in any audit or development being undertaken by the service.

About us

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
Single occupancy accommodation in Central London - (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
Flexible working options
Annual travel card loan
Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Date posted

11 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,701 to £48,054 a year per annum, inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

5 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

824-NORTH-8340

Job locations

Finchley Memorial Hospital

London

N12 0JE

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide therapy assessment and treatment for referred clients, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, planning, implementing, and evaluating interventions for groups or individuals. This will involve working in several settings including care homes, residential units, patient homes, hospital wards.

Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide therapy assessment and treatment for referred clients, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, planning, implementing, and evaluating interventions for groups or individuals. This will involve working in several settings including care homes, residential units, patient homes, hospital wards.

Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current AHP with UK HCPC registration
Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy
Involvement in Appraisal Scheme
Attendance at specialist short courses or equivalent CPD activities within the specialist areas of Adult Rehabilitation or older people

Desirable

Member of CSP
Member of a Special Interest Group relevant to the rotational clinical areas

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current AHP with UK HCPC registration
Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy
Involvement in Appraisal Scheme
Attendance at specialist short courses or equivalent CPD activities within the specialist areas of Adult Rehabilitation or older people

Desirable

Member of CSP
Member of a Special Interest Group relevant to the rotational clinical areas

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.

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

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

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Finchley Memorial Hospital

London

N12 0JE

Employer's website

https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Finchley Memorial Hospital

London

N12 0JE

Employer's website

https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)