Band 6 Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist - Medical HSEP

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

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Job overview

The Medical HSEP (Health Services for Elderly People) team, specialising in working with patients living with frailty, is excited to be able to offer a Band 6 Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy post.

The post will be based on the medical and HSEP wards, where you will be working alongside cohesive, supportive and forward thinking multidisciplinary teams.

Person-centred care and a supportive approach for our patients living with frailty are at the the centre of our philosophy.

Main duties of the job

You will need to be a dynamic team player with excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate a broad range of experience. You will be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical reasoning, organisational and prioritisation skills in order to manage a caseload effectively.

We are committed to supporting development of staff through training, supervision, joint sessions with therapists and appraisal. We have an established competency programme and you will be supported to work through these. Therapies provide a 7 day therapy service, and any successful applicant will be expected to participate in the rota (1 weekend in 6) as well as in the bank holiday cover (2 Bank holidays per year).

Working for our organisation

You will be joining an experienced multidisciplinary therapy team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Dietitians and Therapy Support Workers, supported by a Clinical Lead Therapist and Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Frailty.

We are a very friendly, welcoming and inclusive department where staff wellbeing is a high priority.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Please note, this position is based on the Barnet Hospital site.

Person specification

World Class Values

• Demonstrate ability to met the Trust Values

Education & Qualifications

• HCPC Registration
• Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy

• Member of Special interest group eg. SAM, AGILE
• Evidence of attendance at relevant postgraduate courses

Experience

• Experience in Medical HSEP at Band 5 level
• Experience with complex discharge planning
• Experience working with patients living with frailty with examples

• Experience of working at band 6 level

Skills & Aptitudes

• Able to display transdisciplary working competencies across Occupational therapy and physiotherapy.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Able to document information accurately.
• Able to demonstrate sound reasoning skills.
• Effective Communication Skills.
• Ability to participate in weekend, bank-holiday rota.
• Evidence of teaching and supervision skills
• Problem solving skills
• Computer literate
• Demonstrates a clear understanding of the role of the therapist in the management of frailty
• Demonstrates an understanding of the NHS and the challenges in care of patients living with frailty

• Evidence of student or physiotherapy assistant supervision
• Involvement in audit research and understanding of quality issues
• Presentation skills

Personal Qualities &Attributes

• Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of current occupational therapy or physiotherapy practice in relevant area
• Awareness of evidence based practice
• Understanding of legal responsibilites of the profession such as confidentiality, consent and documentation
• Understanding of clinical governance and its implication for services, including experience of quality issues and audit
• Demonstrates a clear desire to work with patients living with frailty

• Evidence of attendance at relevant postgraduate courses
• Knowledge of current NHS and local issues
• Covid-19 Vaccination

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