Job overview
To provide high quality effective physiotherapy assessment and short-term treatment/management programs for adults presenting a range of conditions in Haringey who require a community based rehabilitation service.
To use specialist physiotherapy knowledge and skills to manage own complex caseload, as an autonomous practitioner.
To act as a source of expertise on Falls, orthopaedic and community rehabilitation liaising closely with specialist services; providing advice to patients, carers, all grades of physiotherapists, other health care professionals, consultants, general practitioners and social services.
To support the use of evidence-based practice within the service, incorporating national guidelines e.g. falls guidelines intopractice.
To assist with the running of strength and balance classes in the community.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to Job description PDF to see full main duties of the job
To deliver patient care based on principles of best practice, achievable through direct patient contact or viasupervision.To carry out specialist, comprehensive assessments of patients with acomplex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills formulating individualized management and treatmentplans.
To provide specialized physiotherapy interventions at home or in acommunity setting as required, collaborating with colleagues in the community and secondary care health professionals to promote continuity ofcare.
To ensure a timely response to hospital discharges in line with Haringey’sTrust policies.
To provide specialist assessment for and provision of multi-disciplinary equipment in line with national and localguidelines.
To undertake joint visits with all multi-disciplinary team members where appropriate and provide specialist advice on treatment/ managementregimes.
To keep accurate electronic treatment records, which fulfil legal andstatistical requirements, and which are in accordance with HPC, CSP, Trust and ICTT documentationstandards.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work with patients and their carers when appropriate in such a way as to promote their self-management strategies.
To represent the service at the multi-disciplinary team meetings. This will include discussion of patient care, progress and involvement in discharge planning and continued rehabilitation needs.
To keep accurate treatment records, which fulfil legal and statistical requirements, and which are in accordance with HPC/CSP/Trust/departmental standards.
To provide comprehensive progress and discharge reports to GP’s, consultants, patients, members of the multi-disciplinary team and other patient services.
To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload at all times.
To work flexibly to provide cover in other clinical areas when required due to staff shortages.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Holds a recognized degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
2. Registration with the Health Professions Council
Desirable criteria
3. Attendance on courses related to Physiotherapy e.g. Falls prevention
4. Member of the CSP and relevant Clinical Interest group e.g. AGILE
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
5. Essential IT skills, including Word and PowerPoint.
6. Able to communicate complex and sensitive information in written, verbal and presentational form to patients, carers and staff within the Trust and across other organisations.
7. Able to apply problem-solving skills to complex situations, which may include clinical or organisational issues.
Experience
Essential criteria
8. At least 2 years post-registration experience, including rotational
9. experience and evidence of dedicated clinical practice and post-graduate
10. professional development in relevant areas of physiotherapy
11. Experience of working in the NHS
Knowledge
Essential criteria
12. Knowledge of current NHS priorities and policy
13. Understanding of clinical governance activity and its application to physiotherapyy services and practice.
14. Knowledge of Physiotherapy professional issues.
15. Knowledge of other medical conditions which you may encounter including, but not exclusively, respiratory, orthopaedics and conditions of old age.
Desirable criteria
16. Evidence of attendance of post-graduate training related to the post
17. knowledge of the audit cycle and its uses.
Experience
Essential criteria
18. Experience of running Falls/Balance/other groups
19. Experience of organising, writing and delivering in-service training programmes.
20. Experience of involvement in clinical governance/service improvement initiatives
Desirable criteria
21. Experience of taking physiotherapy students on clinical practice placements.
22. Experience of working with the voluntary sector
23. Experience of supervising junior and non-qualified staff, including participation in personal development reviews.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
24. Able to communicate complex and sensitive information in written, verbal and presentational form to patients, carers and staff within the Trust and across other organisations.
25. Able to apply problem-solving skills to complex situations, which may include clinical or organisational issues.
26. Well-developed planning skills.
27. Ability and competency in using a range of therapeutic skills including but not exclusively, various assessment techniques, handling skills, manual handling techniques, exercise therapy, and splinting.
Other Qualities
Essential criteria
28. Commitment to holistic patient management and the promotion and progression of physiotherapy in the community.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
29. Up to date and advanced knowledge of a variety of physiotherapy concepts and approaches, and of current best practice within stroke rehabilitation.
30. Knowledge of Neurological condition pathologies including stroke and their management.
31. Knowledge of the falls strategy, and the NSF for long term conditions and related frameworks.
32. Knowledge of outcome measure tools relevant to community Physiotherapy and rehabilitation, and ability to select and justify their use.
33. Demonstrate an understanding of responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act and of assessing risk within clinical work.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
34. Developed clinical reasoning skills with an ability to develop client centred, realistic and achievable goals.
35. Able to assimilate and analyse complex clinical information.
36. Understanding of issues involved in offering a service to a diverse community, and of practical ways to ensure that the service is culturally appropriate and accessible.
37. Able to identify your own development needs.
38. Well-developed and effective communication, motivational and persuasive skills.
39. Well developed counselling and advocacy skills to support staff, patients and carers.
40. High level of organisation skills and ability to prioritise own caseload
Other Qualities
Essential criteria
41. Ability to work in the community in patient’s homes and to travel around the borough.
42. Willingness to work on any site as service requirements dictate, and as appropriate.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
43. Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
44. Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
45. Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
46. Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
47. Participate in required training and supervision.
48. Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.