About this role
Job summary
We are looking for a for a compassionate and highly skilled Physiotherapist to join our Community Specialist Palliative Care Team. This is an exciting opportunity to use your advanced clinical expertise to make a real difference to people living with life limiting illness, supporting them and their families to live with dignity, comfort and choice.
You'll be an autonomous practitioner who thrives in complex situations, values collaborative working and demonstrates leadership rooted in evidence-based, person centred care. If you would like to join a service that is committed to delivering excellent care at the heart of the community, we'd love to hear from you.
Please know that this role is indictive.
Please note interviews will be held on 27th May.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will:
* Provide expert assessment, advice and intervention for patients with complex palliative and end-of-life care needs.
Lead on caseload management for your locality and contributing to high-quality multidisciplinary care. Use advanced clinical reasoning to support patients and families through complex emotional, physical, and psychosocial situations. Communicate sensitively, often delivering difficult information with professionalism, empathy, and reassurance. Develop productive working relationships with internal teams, primary care partners, hospices and community services. Contribute to service development, innovation, and clinical governance. Deliver and support palliative care education, supervision, research, and audit. Promote equitable, inclusive, dignified care for all patients and carers. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in autonomous, community-based work, enjoys working across professions, and is passionate about improving palliative care provision.
About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Job description Job responsibilities
Our Trust and leadership teams are committed to supporting your work/life balance via flexible working and tailored support to help you advance your clinical practice and leadership skills in style that suits you, your health and wellbeing and your future career aspirations. This is an ideal opportunity to bring your skills and develop them in a flexible, supportive, and positive community service.
You will need to able to drive with a full UK licence due to the geographic area covered by the team.
Further information is available in the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/ or professional registration Essential
Professional qualification such as a degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy Currently registered with the Health and Care Professions Council Post registration qualification or training to Masters level or equivalent, or be willing to undertake
Desirable
Advanced Physical assessment course or Masters level module Mentoring course or equivalent or Qualified Practice Assessor Recognised Leadership Qualification
Experience Essential
Experience within clinical case management Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team Evidence of a consistent pattern of learning from education and training Experience working across the boundaries of primary, community and secondary care
Desirable
Experience of clinical leadership within a service Experience of leading service development and change Experience of active participation in research
Skills and knowledge Essential
Up to date knowledge and skills within clinical area (Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy) Up to date knowledge of health and social care policy Up to date knowledge of Professional code of Conduct Up to date knowledge of clinical governance, risk management and clinical audit Able to use advanced reasoning and assessment skills in a wide range of approaches to treatments and management of conditions Able to analyse complex situations and problem solve as necessary Able to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working autonomously and collaboratively Able to advocate for patients to improve their outcomes Able to mentor, supervise and develop other professionals Able to communicate effectively where barriers or obstacles exist and able to deploy strategies to overcome these Able to work in a fast-paced and dynamic health service Able to use recognised IT packages e.g. Microsoft Office including Excel Able to use IT systems and keyboard skills including accurate data recording skills Able to identify the training needs of self and others and to provide relevant and appropriate learning Knowledge of team dynamics and strategies to develop high performing teams Able to work in partnership and collaboration with other professionals in other services and challenge and negotiate with them as needed Able to meet conflicting deadlines, prioritise effectively and manage own and others workload Able to manage, diffuse and resolve conflict Able to teach patients and carers to participate and manage their own care as appropriate Able to monitor, maintain and improve standards of care Able to demonstrate a high level of understanding of self and able to identify their own personal limitations and an openness to addressing them
Other requirements Essential
Car driver (Valid Driving License for use in the UK) Unless under the Equality Act for reasonable adjustments An understanding of the principles of equal opportunities in relation to staff and patients Willingness to undertake training to develop within the role
Desirable
Flexible working Access to a vehicle for work purposes
Essential Essential
Experience in Palliative Care good communication 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 Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Address Macmillan Service, Midhurst Community Hospital
Dodsley Lane
Midhurst
GU299AW
Employer's website https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)