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Bank B6 Specialist MSK Physiotherapist NC
Band 6
Main area Physiotherapy Grade Band 6 Contract Bank Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
* Other
Bank Job ref 824-BANK-LIT0916
Site Edgware Community Hospital & Finchley Memorial Hospital Town London Salary £21.88 Weekly pay will include: Basic pay, HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay Salary period Hourly Closing 14/05/2025 23:59
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
At Central London Community Healthcare, we promote equality and foster an inclusive environment where our diverse workforce feels they belong and are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.
CLCH aims to create a culture where staff feel supported, valued and respected for what they do and where the values we seek to show to our patients are the same values we show to each other, in line with the NHS People Plan and Our NHS People Promise and our own strategic Equality values and objectives.
Job overview
Job Purpose - Monday - Fri
The post holder will be responsible for:
Be responsible for the delivery and development of the Musculoskeletal Outpatient Physiotherapy Services within Central London Community Health Care Trust (CLCH).
Key Working Relationships
Internal
· To consistently communicate effectively with patients and carers/ family via clear verbal non-verbal and written means to maximise rehabilitation potential. Use communication skills of negotiation, motivation explanation and reassurance and working with interpreters when required.
· Demonstrate compassion, empathy and sensitivity whilst providing an appropriate level of care according to the needs of the patient.
· Working with other members of the team including junior and senior members of staff.
External (if applicable)
· Regularly liaise with local GPs and other Health Professionals in relation to patient care and/or health promotion. To provide comprehensive discharge reports and clinical reports in a timely manner to referrers (such as GP) and patients and other relevant multi-disciplinary team members.
Main duties of the job
· To actively demonstrate leadership qualities in the support of peers and guidance of less experienced staff within clinical requirements.
· To prioritise work; balancing patient related and professional demands and ensuring that they remain in accordance with the guidelines of the section as a whole.
· Attend appropriate meetings as required.
· To be responsible for ensuring effective and efficient use of time with patients and for administrative duties.
· To attend monthly Physiotherapy In-service Training and to participate in offering specialised training to the Physiotherapy Service when required.
· To attend Statutory and Mandatory Training as required by the Trust.
Working for our organisation
Are you looking to join London’s largest NHS Trust dedicated to community healthcare? We are looking for fantastic Physiotherapists to join our Bank. This will give you the ability to pick up new skills, work across different teams, pick up shifts whenever you want, and gain further experience in a large NHS Trust. You'll be able to work across the Trust as well.
In return for your skills and experience we can offer you:
* Flexible working hours to suit individual circumstances and arrangements
* Competitive hourly rates
* Access to the NHS Pension Scheme (subject to status)
* Paid annual leave built into hourly rate
* Access to statutory and mandatory training through Induction and e-Learning
* Great opportunities to sample different areas of work across different services
Our temporary staffing shifts are calculated hourly and paid weekly. You are paid only for the hours you actually work during any Assignment. Bank workers are paid on fixed third point based on the Agenda for Change (AFC) pay bands. Weekly pay will include: Basic pay, Unsocial hours (if applicable).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care. Ensure a consistently high level of clinical care for the patients under your management and support your peers to do likewise.
· Provide an equal and equitable service for all patients, including the harder to reach population groups.
· Undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients, using investigative and analytical skills. Be aware of your professional limitations, seeking support as necessary through supervision, discussion with peers/more senior colleagues and team case discussions.
· Use a variety of assessment and treatment techniques appropriate to the patient, in accordance with evidence-based practice, national guidelines and trust and departmental policy (including manual handling and confidentiality).
· Demonstrate compassion, empathy and sensitivity whilst providing an appropriate level of care for patients with acute and chronic, complex presentations (which may include victims of torture, mental health patients, etc.).
· Triage referrals to ensure every patient is appropriate to the Musculoskeletal Outpatient Service in accordance with the triage guidelines.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
* BSc Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy
* Evidence of continuous professional and personal development
* Registration with the Health Professions Council
* Member of a specialist group
* CSP membership
Experience
* Experience of working in an outpatient department
* Experience of working within NHS environment
* Experience of planning and delivering clinical supervision / mentoring to peers and less experienced physiotherapists
* Experience of assisting in projects within team
* Experience at Band 6 level
Skills & Knowledge
* Knowledge of Clinical Governance and its influence on Service Development
* Knowledge of recent research supporting or negating physiotherapy management of neuromusculoskeletal conditions
* Knowledge of equal opportunities
* Effective oral, listening and written communication skills in order to successfully assess and treat patients and manage their outcomes
* Knowledge of NICE guidelines and the NSF’s
* Presentation skills to lead and teach in-service training sessions
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks: Disabilty and Wellbeing Network (DAWN), Race Equality Network, Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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