About this role
Job summary
The North West Integrated Neighbour Team are looking for Band 6 Community Physiotherapist to join their team at Hartismere Hospital!
You will be passionate, committed, innovative, enthusiastic, and highly motivated to delivering high quality care within a patient's home.
Do you possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work confidently and collaboratively across professional boundaries? Are you keen and motivated to learn? If so, then your skills are invaluable to us and we would like to hear from you.
Applicants need a valid drivers licence and access to a car for community-based work.
Main duties of the job
To effectively triage and schedule all therapy referrals to the service in accordance with Trust's policies and procedures and advise junior colleagues on more complex issues. To manage a caseload of patients with a range of multiple and complex health needs. To utilise a high level of clinical knowledge and experience to carry out assessments, setting objectives and implementing appropriate treatment, as part of the holistic care plan for individuals and/or groups. To formulate an individual management/treatment plan for each patient using wide range of advanced assessment, clinical reasoning and treatment skills, including health coaching and promotion of self-management skills. To ensure interventions are evaluated and plans modified to ensure effectiveness and timely discharge for the whole therapy team. To provide training and advice to patients and carers to facilitate their care plan in complex situations. To adhere to agreed national, professional and Trust standards.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bringwhat'swidely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Job description Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Skills/Experience Essential
Knowledge of additional specialist areas through in-house training & short courses In-depth knowledge of working within the NHS Able to demonstrate good IT and standard keyboard skills Must hold a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle or viable alternative Documented evidence of continuing professional development. Post registration experience in a relevant clinical setting. Advanced observational & reporting skills
Desirable
Evidence of previous community experience Able to demonstrate the management of complex casework
Qualification Essential
Diploma or 1st Level degree in Physiotherapy (or equivalent) Current HCPC registration Clinical educators course within the first year
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 Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address Hartismere Health and Care
Castleton Way
Eye
IP23 7BH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)