[ref. b05681504] Highly Specialist Community Physiotherapist

Job overview

We are seeking a motivated and highly skilled Senior Physiotherapist to work within our Integrated Community Healthcare teams.

The CICH therapy team provides home based short term rehabilitation to a variety of patients, often with complex health conditions. We strive to provide first class, client-centred, goal focused therapy to patients in the community.

We also lead and provided intervention across all falls preventions pathways in Camden, and the role is expected to need high levels of expertise in falls prevention programmes

Working autonomously is essential, as our team is often faced with challenging situations which present themselves in the home environment. As a senior Physiotherapist, you will be working as part of an accomplished team to provide high quality, evidence-based interventions, whilst providing clinical support and having oversight of junior members of the team.

Following the NHS long term plan, CICH is proud to lead on putting neighbourhoods at the heart of integrated care. The service is set up to deliver health interventions within the framework of the neighbourhood model, working in partnership with other key primary care providers and the local voluntary care sector organisations.

Main duties of the job

As a senior member of the Therapy Team, you will be expected to be a practitioner with a broad range of clinical competencies able to adapt to a variety of clinical circumstances.

You will be part of a community team where your proven ability to make high level clinical decisions will aid patient recovery and independence.

You will provide complex assessments and make high impact clinical decisions. You will be expected to work autonomously whilst drawing assistance from other colleagues in primary and secondary care.

You will use evidence based principles/current best practise and specialist skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate clinical interventions and to ensure that all members of your team do so accordingly.

Your exceptional caseload management and communication skills will enable you to prioritise patient care and delegate to junior members of your team. You will work closely with other senior AHPs, community nurses, and other health or social care professionals to establish and maintain a whole systems approach for these patients

You will be expected to be a highly skilled Physiotherapist who is approachable, an excellent communicator, and able to adapt to the needs of both patients and service.

This post will give opportunity to experience a wealth of learning and development. You will work alongside and show leadership in a responsive dynamic MDT who put high quality, patient centred care at the heart of what they do.

Working for our organisation

Camden Integrated Community Health Service is a well established integrated team of therapy and nursing staff working closely together to achieve best patient outcomes in our community.

The role will be based across two Health Centres in Central London.

Regular CPD sessions and in-services are held, along with training opportunities identified from yearly appraisal.

As a Senior Physiotherapist you will have the opportunity to develop leadership skills through undertaking CNWL's 21st Century Leadership modules, as well as non-clinical duties to support the Therapy Lead.

As a leader you will have the opportunity to develop skills in managing people, and identifying and participating in service development through supervisory roles and QI projects.

There is much scope for development of both clinical and non-clinical duties within this role. Within Camden Integrated Community Health Service, we are proud of our high staff retention rate, and have played a significant part in the upskilling and of development of many clinicians within the team.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full job description and person specification is attached. Please refer to the document for description of main responsibilities.

• To provide a highly skilled Physiotherapy assessment and treatment for patients with complex conditions who are referred to the service.
• To plan, implement, evaluate treatment and management programmes to ensure the identified needs of the individual are met at all stages of the rehabilitation process or disease progression on a regular basis, further to educate and advise patients, their families and carers in order to facilitate self-management of their condition and optimise their rehabilitation potential and quality of life.
• To act as a source of expertise on the management of the complex disability and provide an advisory service to Physiotherapy colleagues, other health and social care professionals, GPs, and other involved agencies.
• To actively participate and support the development of new initiatives within CNWL.
• To actively support the continuing professional development of all staff, by providing expert advice and teaching.
• To manage, assist and supervise the junior staff. Supervise locums, students and

• Smooth running and day-to-day management of the community physiotherapy service.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Physiotherapy
• HCPC Registration
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development

• Post-Graduate or Master's Degree
• Member of CSP
• Leadership/Management courses

Previous Experience

• NHS experience
• Previous experience at a Band 6 level to include the following; Frailty/Elderly rehab, Medicine and general surgery, Orthopaedics, Falls, Community working, Pain management, Neurology, Dementia, MSK, Respiratory,
• Experience supervising students and junior staff
• Understanding of the role of community rehabilitation in the primary care MDT

• Experience in falls prevention pathways
• Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner in a community setting

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrates flexibility, complex problem solving, initiative and leadership skills.
• Awareness of developments in NHS and service delivery.
• Understanding of the Mental Capacity Act and application
• Demonstration of knowledge of standards of practice, evidence and best practice guidelines.
• Knowledge and experience of Quality Improvement
• Ability to identify a deteriorating patient and escalate appropriately
• Awareness of the Neighbourhood model of Health and Care delivery
• Understanding the principles of Multi-Disciplinary Teamwork
• Able to demonstrate clinical and professional development
• Evidence of maintenance of a CPD portfolio
• Able to demonstrate a good understanding of role of the physiotherapist in rehabilitation as well as the role of other professionals in MDT
• Able to demonstrate insight into the problems of disability and its effects

• Excellent IT skills including Outlook, Word, Excel, database s etc

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.

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