About this role
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a rehabilitaion focused Senior Physiotherapist to join our Inpatient Rehabilitation Service at Cambridge Rehabilitation Unit, based at Brookfields Hospital site on Mill Road in Cambridge.
This position is working with patients on our inpatient wards to support patients out of hospital and offer holistic clinical assessment, rehabilitation, discharge planning and specialist therapy knowledge and skills.
Successful applicants will play a vital role in supporting patient flow through the pathways as well as providing clinical skills and knowledge to the MDT. This position offers flexibility, variety and the opportunity to be involved in the transformation of our inpatient rehabilitation service. You will be supported by a band 7 clinical lead.
If you are flexible, caring, and dynamic and feel excited by the possibility of improving services to improve patients' lives then please apply.
We welcome enquiries for this exciting job opportunity so please feel free to call to discuss further.
Main duties of the job
To work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team.
To be responsible for own caseload and undertake assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using specialist clinical reasoning skills.
To identify patient needs, agree goals and provide appropriate therapy interventions, provide adaptive equipment and rehabilitation programmes.
To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making. To provide support and education to peers, new staff, non-registered staff and students.
To be accountable for a delegated caseload held by Band 5 Therapists and Assistant Practitioners.
To prioritise all patients' tasks according to clinical need and to allocate or signpost appropriately. To provide a high standard of care.
To work in various community settings within CPFT as required, completing home visits when required.
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects for your own and delegated work
- To work within codes of practice and professional guidelines
- To undertake holistic assessment (including those with complex presentations and multi pathologies) making use of specialist clinical reasoning skills
- To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate
- To promote independence and wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting
- Organise and manage own time, delegating work appropriately
- Conduct risk assessments and health and safety assessments and including immediately reporting any changes/newly identified risks
- To demonstrate the importance of gaining patient and carer consent in all interventions
- To effectively communicate verbally with patients, carers and colleagues using tact and persuasive skills. This may involve using skills where patients have difficulties in communication eg hearing loss, diminished sight, depression, speech problems, cognitive impairment, behavioural problems and pain
- To actively manage positive relationships with other agencies involved in the patients pathway
- Actively involved in the development of the service/organisational aims and objectives of the Teams and the new model of care
- To work effectively within the team structure and liaise appropriately with members of the MDT and other agencies by attending MDT meetings, case reviews
- To ensure that accurate and timely written records are kept which comply with the Trust policy and HCPC guidance, reporting on any issues as appropriate
- To provide specialist advice to all members of the multi-disciplinary team, service users and appropriate others, of changes involving current care plans, patients progress and other relevant matters that pertain to the care of the patient
- To work within trust and CSP guidelines and to have a good working knowledge of national and local standards of practice in line with legal and operational requirements.
- To support with day to day planning and delivery of a high quality care
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent eg. BSc, MSc or Diploma entry level qualification into the Physiotherapy profession
- Current HCPC registration
- Documented evidence of own continuing professional development
- Willingness to undertake Fieldwork/Practice Educator qualification
Desirable
- Member of CSP
- Fieldwork/Practice Educator qualification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post-graduate clinical experience in a variety of settings
- Clinical supervisor
- Experience working with frail older adults with a broad range of conditions
Desirable
- Community experience
- Equipment provision
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
- Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
- Good communication skills
- Able to assess plan and implement care
- Time management & Prioritisation skills
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others
- Recognises the limits of own authority within the role
- Seeks and uses professional support appropriately
- Understands the principle of confidentiality
Desirable
- SystmOne
Other
Essential
- Listens to and understands directly and indirectly expressed feelings
- Positive approach to older people
- Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude
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
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Cambridge Rehabilitation Unit
Davidson House, Brookfields Hospital, 351 Mill Road
Cambridge
CB1 3DF
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)