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The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
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Job overview
Are you a registered Physiotherapist looking for a new challenge in a highly diverse community?
Come and join our friendly and well established multi-disciplinary Therapy team, who work together to help people in the borough of Waltham Forest regain their independence and live the best life possible.
It is an exciting time to join Waltham Forest as we are moving towards health and social care integrated teams and you will have the opportunity to be part of this new way of working.
Main duties of the job
You will be part of an established and very cohesive and supportive Therapy team and will be given opportunities to further develop your knowledge and skills.
We have an established band 6 development programme and will be supported to teach and develop junior members of staff and students.
If you are a band 5 PT looking for your first band 6 post or an established band 6 PT with background of working in a community /Urgent setting, we would love to hear from you.
Working for our organisation
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details on this vacancy.
We are seeking a Band 6 Physiotherapist to join the Waltham Forest Rapid Response : The team provides urgent multidisciplinary assessments and interventions to avoid unnecessary admissions to hospital.
you will be working alongside:
Integrated Supported Home Discharge team. - The team operate a discharge to assess model from Whipps Cross Hospital and work closely with colleagues from social care to facilitate timely discharges from the acute wards. This role allows the therapist to follow the patient journey from hospital to home and offer rehabilitation in patient's own home to assist them in regaining their independence following an admission.
Community Rehabilitation Team- This team offers 6 weeks of rehabilitation for patients referred from acute hospitals, GPs and other community services and work closely with rehabilitation assistants to provide intensive rehabilitation.
Ainslie Rehabilitation Unit - The team offers inpatient rehabilitation for patient requiring ongoing inpatient rehabilitation post-acute hospital admission. The therapists work closely with nursing and medical colleagues to plan the rehabilitation and discharge arrangements.
Falls Prevention Service- offers falls prevention service, including balance classes and home visits to patients over 65, who are deemed at risk of falls or who have a history of falls.
Integrated Discharge Hub- the discharge hub is a joint health and social care service, aimed at facilitating discharges from the acute setting, based on the home first principle. The therapists in the team act as discharge planning experts and support the transition from hospital to home.
High Cost Area Supplement - London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £3,898 and a maximum payment of £4,967).
COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
2. Current HCPC Registration
3. Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
Experience
Essential criteria
4. Two years post graduate experience an NHS setting
5. working as part of MDT
6. experience of working in a falls setting
7. experience of working in a community setting
Desirable criteria
8. Facilitate Physiotherapy interventions within a range of different environments
Knowledge
Essential criteria
9. Understanding of Physiotherapy process, models and evidence based practice
10. Understanding of risk assessment and management
11. Knowledge of basic equipment and adaptations
12. Understanding of principles of empowerment and patient centred practice
Skills
Essential criteria
13. Able to devise clear care plan based on client centred goals
14. Work under pressure to tight deadlines with unpredictable workloads
15. Supervise Band 5 and support staff
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
16. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
17. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
18. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
19. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.