Primary base - Sue Ryder Berkshire West, Merlin House, Brunel Road, Theale RG7 4AB
With travel to Duchess of Kent Hospice RG30 2DX & South Oxfordshire Palliative Care Hub OX10 6SL
19 hours per week
(Plus competitive benefits and enhancements)
About us
At the Sue Ryder Duchess of Kent Hospice and community nursing services across Berkshire West, we look after people living with life-limiting conditions and offer support for families too.
About the Role
To provide a physiotherapy service by assessing, implementing (by self or junior staff) and evaluating programmes of person-centred care as part of the multi-disciplinary team. To ensure continuity and consistency regarding service users physical management. To demonstrate clinical, technical and research skills through breadth and depth of knowledge.
-Responsible for assessment of service user needs in relation particularly to optimising independence and physical function, and symptom control
-Responsible to devise a formal plan for families and carers to provide physiotherapy interventions as part of overall care
-To promote choice in all aspects of clinical practice reviewing and making suggestions to enhance the service user experience and enabling concerns and complaints to be raised freely by service
user and their representatives
-To liaise and communicate with other health and social care professionals and volunteers in the planning and delivery of physiotherapy
Main duties of the job
About you:
The successful applicants will have experience of working within a variety of settings. Palliative care experience is desirable but not essential. The successful applicant will play an active role within our team. It's all about giving our patients the best possible quality of life. The support we offer is tailored to meet individuals' medical, social, spiritual, and emotional needs.
You will have:
-Diploma/BSc in Physiotherapy
-Current and valid Registration with Health & Care Professions Council
-Current registration with professional body (e.g. CSP)
-Evidence of Continued Professional Development
About us
Enhanced pay for unsociable hours
Company pension scheme
Continuation of NHS pension (T&Cs apply)
27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays
NHS annual leave honoured (T&Cs apply)
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Ethnic Diversity and Equality, People with Disabilities, and Women and Non Binary Individuals
For more of our employee benefits please visit our website.
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and continue to make Sue Ryder a great place to work, and attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible. We are particularly interested in increasing applications from the global majority, LGBTQIA+ and people with disabilities as they are currently underrepresented in our organisation.
Please let us know if you have any feedback to make our recruitment processes more accessible and inclusive or if you require any adjustments made to your application or interview process by emailing recruitment@sueryder.org
If you are having trouble completing this application, please email recruitment@sueryder.org, and a member of our team will assist you.
If you want more than just a job, we want you.
Join the team and be there when it matters.
Job responsibilities
Please see the supporting document for the full job description. If you have any further questions or enquiries then please do not hesitate to contact the Recruiter.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* -Diploma/BSc in Physiotherapy
* -Current and valid Registration with Health & Care Professions Council
* -Current registration with professional body (e.g. CSP)
* -Evidence of Continued Professional Development
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.
£36,525 to £40,867 a yearDOE (Plus competitive benefits and enhancements)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
B0475-25-0042
Job locations
Merlin House, Brunel Road
Theale
RG7 4AB
Sue Ryder, Duchess of Kent Hospice
Reading
RG30 2DX
Sue Ryder Palliative Care Hub South Oxfordshire
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