Job overview
Surrey Downs Health & Care
The post-holder is an experienced Physiotherapist who, acting within their professional boundaries will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care including assessment and diagnostic skills, for patients within the PCN. The post-holder will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process. They will work collaboratively with the whole team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.
Main duties of the job
To work as a key member of the multidisciplinary team in the assessment and management of a caseload of clients whose needs are best met in their own home or community setting.
To plan, deliver and evaluate the treatment needs of clients with a variety of complex social and health care needs.
To participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing and delivering high quality and innovative services to the local population.
To promote effective teamwork within the wider Surrey Downs Health and Care delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery.
The expectations within this job description will be achieved through hands-on clinical practice, education and training and research.
Responsible for the provision of UCR Physiotherapy service for the PCN and to work within the wider therapy team within the PCN.
Working for our organisation
Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.
Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:
1. The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
2. Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
3. Surrey Council County
Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.
It’s on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed – we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.
In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be responsible for a clinical caseload working within multidisciplinary team (MDT), ensuring patients and carers receive optimum level of therapy and holistic care within available resources.
To undertake timely, holistic assessments of patients, involving functional and environmental factors.
To be able undertake assessments autonomously as well as working with other members of the MDT.
To be able to undertake assessment and interventions within a community unit as well as at home, either supporting people to remain in their own home safely or supporting discharge from the acute setting/hospital.
To be able to work with a person/friends and family to identify person centred SMART goals (care plan), using clinical reasoning and evidence based practise.
To be able to make rapid decisions where required, using clinical reasoning skills, knowledge and experience, with support as appropriate.
To be able to complete basic observations on a person, interpret these results and act on them appropriately, with support from other members of the MDT.
Willingness and enthusiasm to work toward cross-disciplinary capabilities.
To be able to monitor a person’s progress and adapt treatment plans and intervention/recommendations as appropriate, using outcome measures and reflective practice.
To have an awareness of local community services and be able to refer to these appropriately and in a timely manner.
To contribute to the development of information that enables a person to understand and self-manage their condition whenever possible.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
4. Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
5. Registered with the Health Care Professions Council
Desirable criteria
6. Membership of the CSP
Experience
Essential criteria
7. Relevant post qualification experience with a range of client groups
8. Appreciation of constraints to working in the community
9. Experience of MDT working
Desirable criteria
10. Post qualification experience working in the community
11. Experience in using an electronic notes recording system
12. Experience in working within UCR team
Skills/Abilities/knowledge
Essential criteria
13. Ability to prioritise and manage own caseload.
14. Ability to assess, set SMART goals and evaluate the progress of treatment plan
Other
Essential criteria
15. Car driver with access to car for work
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
NameNicole SmithJob titleOperational ManagerEmail addressTelephone number07387139290