About this role
Job summary
We are recruiting for a Senior Physiotherapist within our Neurological Outlier team and Stroke team, who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will be joining a proactive, integrated Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy service with excellent peer and senior support. We are looking for someone with sound clinical reasoning and communication skills, as well as an ability to work within a team and to use your initiative. We are looking for someone with Stroke or Neuro experience.
We offer excellent opportunities for new and experienced band 6's wanting to enhance their skills. We offer strong professional leadership across the acute therapy service at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the post include assessment and treatment of patients within the wards at Lister Hospital following a Stroke or Neurological diagnosis. You will also be required to actively participate in supervision, mentoring of staff and students, taking part in in-service training, and taking a role in service improvement projects.
To utilise high levels of autonomy and the analysis of information from a wide range of sources, interpreting results to inform assessment and treatment planning.
To work within Trust clinical guidelines, Professional Body and HCPC guidelines, and to have a good working knowledge of both national and local standards and monitor own and others quality of practice as appropriate.
This role involves regular travel between multiple clinic locations across a wide geographical area. The successful candidate must be able to travel independently and reliably between sites within working hours to meet the operational requirements of the service.
To independently plan and carry out assessments in the patients's own home, if appropriate. This may involve unforeseen exposure to environmental hazards.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City Hertford County, Hertford Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training Essential
Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy HCPC registration DBS clearance Knowledge of and adherence to Professional Body's Code of Conduct, Standards, Guidelines and Ethics Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
Membership of appropriate special interest group Practice placement educator
Previous Experience Essential
Previous relevant NHS Post Graduate experience Experience treating patients with Neurological impairments Experience of integrated working Experience of Multi Disciplinary Team working Evidence of clinical reasoning and prioritisation Knowledge and implementation of standardised assessment tools and outcome measures related to profession and core skills Knowledge of advanced anatomy and physiology related to clinical area Post qualification experience of working with patients within the acute care setting CPD related to working with people who have neurological impairment
Desirable
Experience of supervising junior members of staff/ physiotherapy students Experience of training/ development of others Experience of co-ordinating team workload Evidence of completion of Audit projects Experience of advanced skills in the complex assessment of activities of daily living Ability to carry out service development and improvement
Skills Essential
Ability to work autonomously Ability to prioritise own workload and that of others
Desirable
Identify own development needs and set Personal Development objectives Understanding of interdisciplinary issues and ability to work efficiently and effectively in an interdisciplinary team Clear, concise and able to communicate effectively to a variety of audiences; to utilise a variety of mediums and approaches Ability to carry out Service Development & Improvement Ability to reference and implement NSF/NICE and other relevant guidelines/Standards A broad knowledge of current best evidence based practice in Neurological Therapy Ability to educate individual patients, relatives or carers about the nature of their condition and self-management techniques Ability to teach and present therapy topics to qualified and non/qualified staff and other health care professions, individually or in groups Excellent verbal and written skills Demonstration of clinical leadership e.g. the ability to inspire, motivate and empower teams Ability to take on a keyworker role Research and audit skills to evaluate and influence practice Information Technology including E-mail, Word, Excel & Power Point, electronic patient records
Personal Qualities Essential
Ability to reflect on practice Able to influence, guide, teach, motivate and lead others Developed Clinical problem solving ability Time Management and organisational skills
Desirable
Ability to establish rapport with patients and other Healthcare professionals Analytical skills Evidence of using initiative Evidence of being self-motivated Ability to work under pressure Flexibility of approach to changes in service need The physical capabilities to manage patients with acute neurological disability on the wards A commitment to professional development of self and other therapists
Other Requirements Essential
Understanding of and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion Role model our Trust values every day Must be able to travel independently and reliably between sites
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).
Employer details Employer name East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address Lister Hospital
Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)