About this role
Job summary
Surrey Downs Health & Care
We require a dynamic and enthusiastic Band 5 Physiotherapist to work across Inpatients, Community and Musculoskeletal rotations throughout the picturesque Surrey Downs.
Rotation opportunities include Inpatient Respiratory/Medical, Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Community Neuro Rehabilitation, Inpatient Neuro Rehabilitation; Elective Orthopaedics; Musculoskeletal Outpatients, Community Therapies and; Community Hospital Inpatients.
Support and training will be provided on each rotation and personal development will be a priority.
The successful applicant will be employed by Epsom & St Helier Trust and be seconded to Surrey Downs Health and Care. As a partnership between the three GP Federations, community trust and acute trust, Surrey Downs Health and Care is delivering true transformational change for adult community services across Surrey Downs to the benefit of patients and the local healthcare system.
Main duties of the job
Our delivery model is formed around a shared vision and innovative use of the wealth and diversity of both the clinical and managerial experience that the partnership brings and as such it will provide a truly holistic, person-centred service that no one partner could provide on its own.
The model focuses on care being provided through distributed clinical leadership using Primary Care Networks (networks of GP practices working together with combined practice populations of around 50,000); integrated community bedded services and specialist services with the development of pathways into and out of the acute trust.
To provide a high quality physiotherapy intervention to patients in a wide range of specialties via a four monthly rotational scheme whilst consolidating and further developing skills and knowledge learned throughout degree course.
To assess and implement treatment programmes as an autonomous practitioner.
To work unsupervised reporting back and receiving guidance and teaching from the senior physiotherapists on a daily basis.
About us
Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people's own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.
Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:
The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area Epsom and St Helier's University Hospitals NHS Trust Surrey County Council
Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.
It's on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed - we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.
In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.
Job description Job responsibilities
To assess, diagnose, plan and deliver treatment programme to To carry and prioritise own caseload and delegate appropriate work to To demonstrate the ability to carry out physiotherapy assessments and interventions including manual techniques and therapeutic handling in a competent To communicate effectively and sensitively condition related information with patients, carers and other members of the multidisciplinary team to gain consent to treatment and to inform/agree expected goals. This will at times include patients with barriers to understanding or communication, eg blind, deaf, dysphasic, children or people who do not have English as a first language. Attend multi-disciplinary meetings as the physiotherapy representative for individual patients and participate in the clinical decision making process at these Make accurate and complete treatment records of work undertaken and keep monthly statistics in line with CSP and physiotherapy service To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own professional and clinical To be responsible for assessing and managing clinical risk in relation to your own caseload, seeking guidance and help from senior therapists as To contribute to development of patient care by attending relevant team, departmental or other appropriate meetings and comment on recommended changes to clinical care or service provision. To take part in the Emergency OnCall and Weekend respiratory physiotherapy
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Degree in Physiotherapy HCPC Registration
Desirable
Membership to CSP
Experience Essential
Broad spectrum pre-graduate experience/placements Sound knowledge of physical conditions Working knowledge of broad range of physiotherapy techniques and assessment skills Experience and/or working knowledge of physiotherapy within the NHS
Desirable
Pre-graduate experience in community settings (preferably NHS) Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team Previous experience of working as a Junior Physiotherapist
Skills Essential
Ability to communicate verbally and non-verbally with patients and other professionals Ability to organise and prioritise own workload Good time management Ability to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day Competent IT skills Car driver/owner
Desirable
Understanding of clinical governance and its implementation in the work place Problem solving 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 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Epsom General Hospital
Dorking Road
Epsom
KT18 7EG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)