Surrey Downs Health & Care
The Surrey Downs Health and Care Community Therapy Team works across organisational boundaries with the GP Primary Care Networks, and is responsible for providing rapid access therapeutic/MDT intervention for those who would otherwise need emergency hospital admission, as well for those medically stable to return home from an acute hospital but requiring enhanced short term support as one stage in their ongoing care pathway.
The Surrey Downs Health and Care Community Therapy Service provides rehabilitation and falls prevention to patients in their own home. Working closely with rapid response services under the Urgent Community Response initiative, the team ensures a joined up, coordinated care provision to local citizens with health and rehabilitation needs. The service aims to support people living as independently as possible by offering a multidisciplinary holistic assessment and further rehabilitation with the purpose of reducing admission to the acute system.
Responsibilities
* Perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of the patient with complex presentations using advanced clinical reasoning skills to create targeted treatment plans using SMART goals specific to the patient’s condition.
* Formulate and deliver an individual or group physiotherapy treatment programme in line with best practice guidelines.
* Coordinate and ensure effective delivery of therapy services liaising and cooperating with colleagues across other PCN’s/Adult social care teams to provide equitable services.
* Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required and advise and support more junior colleagues in this effect; hand over treatment plans to the rehabilitation assistant to support with patient-centred goals.
* Have an awareness of local community services and be able to refer appropriately and in a timely manner.
* Understand and manage clinical risk within own patient caseload and within the service and advise more junior staff, seeking guidance from Band 7s/Clinical Lead as required.
* Keep accurate and complete records of work undertaken in line with CSP, Community Therapy Team, Surrey Downs Health and Care standards; maintain confidentiality and information governance standards at all times.
* Teach, assess and contribute to the performance assessment of Band 5’s and Rehabilitation Assistants.
* Work as a key member of the multidisciplinary team in the assessment (including Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment) and management of a caseload of clients whose needs are best met in their own home or community setting.
* Plan, deliver and evaluate the treatment needs of clients with a variety of complex social and health care needs; support less experienced members of the team.
* Participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing and delivering high quality and innovative services to the local population.
* Promote effective teamwork delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery.
* Responsible for the provision of Physiotherapy service for Surrey Downs Health and Care.
* Relate closely with other health and social care professionals.
* Supervise and teach less experienced Physiotherapy staff, Rehabilitation Assistants and students within this speciality.
* Contribute to audit, implementation of best practice guidelines and participate in in-service training.
Please refer to the Job description and Person Specification for more details.
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