About this role
Job summary
***Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post***
The Greenwich Community Neurorehabilitation Team is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Physiotherapist to join our specialist service. The team provides high-quality neurorehabilitation to adults with acquired neurological conditions who are residents of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Rehabilitation is delivered across a range of community settings, including patients' own homes, residential homes, and nursing homes.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist neurological assessment and physiotherapy treatment as part of the Community Neurorehabilitation Service. To work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to support individuals with long-term neurological conditions. To carry out holistic assessments and effectively communicate relevant medical information, assessment findings, and advice to patients, carers, and professionals across agencies. To ensure information sharing is undertaken in line with local and national guidelines, including informed consent and confidentiality requirements. The ethos of the service is to work in a multidisciplinary way promoting holistic working to ensure that all the care needs of the client are met to improve the quality of life.
You will need to be a versatile, adaptable team player who has good organisational skills. You will be required to use multiple computer systems therefore a good knowledge of IT is essential.
Please note that Oxleas operates a probationary period, further information is available on request.
About us Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care
Job description Job responsibilities
The Greenwich Community Neurorehabilitation Team provides rehabilitation within an MDT including Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Nursing and Psychology to adult clients with neurological conditions living in the borough of Greenwich, across various community settings and in their homes. See Job Description attached.
Person Specification
Qualification Essential
Physiotherapy Degree Qualification or equivalent HCPC
Desirable
MCSP or equivalent
Experience Essential
Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
skills Essential
shows range of different physio skills
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship 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).
Employer details Employer name Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address Memorial Hospital
Shootershill
Woolwich
SE18 3RZ
Employer's website http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)