Community Physiotherapist (Learning Disabilities)
Band 5
Main area Learning DisabilitiesGrade Band 5Contract Permanent: N/AHours Full time - hours per week (N/A)Job ref -SPE-4- Site St Andrews House various sitesTown Derby/DerbyshireSalary £, - £, per annumSalary period YearlyClosing //5 :
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Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a band 5 Physiotherapist to join our team. The Adult Neurodevelopmental Service works with clients with a learning disability and covers the South Derbyshire area, which includes the County and City. This post will include community and day centre visits as well as working from home and from a base.
We are a small, friendly and supportive team of Physiotherapists who keep in regular contact with each other. As a member of the team, you will have access to training, regular caseload and clinical supervision, plus an annual appraisal that supports you to plan and achieve goals from your own Personal Development Plan.
Working as part of the learning disability physiotherapy team, you will work closely with the wider multidisciplinary teams as part of the Community Support Team for Learning Disabilities.
Main duties of the job
As a team we work with people with a learning disability from years of age (or years and 6 months if transitioning from Paediatric Services. We take a person-centred approach and our focus is to provide high-quality assessments and treatments to our clients (and support those closest to them).
You will be working as part of a Multidisciplinary Team alongside Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Speech and Language therapists, Psychologists, Therapy Assistants, and Psychiatrists as part of the Community Support Team.
To act as a learning disability resource and collaborate within the teams around a client, including family, carers and colleagues from a range of professions and agencies, health, education, social services and the voluntary sector to reach a common goal and meet the needs of the client.
As a band 5 you we will support you to hold your own clinical caseload and work both as a team and independently. Knowledge and skills in learning disabilities are advantageous.
The successful candidate will need to have a means of transport to cover the different community localities in the South Derbyshire area, including Derby City, Amber Valley, Erewash and Swadlincote.
As a clinical employee, it will be your responsibility to ensure that your behaviour and values reflect those of the DHCFT trust and the HCPC.
Working for our organisation
Benefits include:
1. Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
2. days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to days after 5 years & days after years’ service
3. Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
4. Generous NHS pension scheme
5. Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
6. Health service discounts and online benefits
7. Incremental pay progression
8. Free confidential employee assistance programme /7
9. Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
10. Health and wellbeing opportunities
11. Structured learning and development opportunities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Other requirements
Essential criteria
12. Basic swimming and water confidence
13. Full driving licence
Desirable criteria
14. Hydrotherapy skill
15. Car owner/driver
Qualifications
Essential criteria
16. Diploma or Degree in Physiotherapy
17. Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a physiotherapist.
18. Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
Experience
Essential criteria
19. Student or junior placement in learning disabilities
20. Experience of continued professional development
21. Student or junior placement in community
22. Student or junior placement in neurology
23. Student or junior placement in paediatrics
24. Student or junior placement in mental health).
Desirable criteria
25. Experience in Learning disabilities
Skills
Essential criteria
26. Willingness to develop specialist physiotherapy skills and an understanding in relation to learning disabilities
Desirable criteria
27. Specialist physiotherapy skills in hydrotherapy
28. Specialist physiotherapy skills in rebound therapy
29. Specialist physiotherapy skills in neuro-muscular facilitation.
Further details / informal visits contact
NameCollette WongJob titleClinical Operational Manager for PhysiotherapyEmail numberAdditional information
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