Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Whittington Health for an experienced band 5 or existing band 6 physiotherapist to provide 9 months maternity cover within our community band 6 physiotherapy rotation.
Whittington Health is situated in North London and delivers health care to the residence of Haringey and Islington; both in the community and through the Whittington Hospital. We have an excellent reputation for being innovative, responsive and flexible to the changing clinical needs of the local population. Adult Community Services were awarded Outstanding in the last CQC inspection.
As an autonomous practitioner to provide a high standard physiotherapy service to patients as part of a six-monthly rotation through Whittington’s Adult Community Services in Islington and Haringey and as part of 7 day working services with extended working hours in some teams
To supervise and teach Band 5 Physiotherapists, Therapy Assistants, Technicians, and students and be involved in teaching colleagues from other disciplines
Main duties of the job
As an autonomous practitioner, to assess and treat own caseload of patients, including those with complex presentations. In each rotation treatment decisions will be underpinned by specialist knowledge gained from post graduate study of evidence-based treatments and from previous experience.
To carry out assessment of patients, including those with complex presentations, drawing on a wide range of information sources and using clinical reasoning skills to determine an accurate diagnosis and to identify an appropriate physiotherapy care plan from the many treatment options available.
To utilising a wide range of treatment skills in delivery of treatment plans having the highly developed physical skills necessary for provision of effective physiotherapy treatment
To formulate and deliver physiotherapy treatment programmes in a variety of settings and as part of 7 day working service including extended hours. Settings include community, patients’ home, home visits, as part of a team, as a sole practitioner.
To work collaboratively to prevent inappropriate hospital admissions and to facilitate hospital discharge to minimize hospital stays.
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 fulfill 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. Current HCPC registration
Skills
Essential criteria
3. Ability to communicate complex information clearly to a variety of professionals and to patients and their families, overcoming barriers to communication including language, confusion, and anxiety.
4. Demonstrable skill in clinical reasoning and problem solving for complex case management.
Desirable criteria
5. Presentation and teaching skills to support in-service training for junior grade staff and rotation training requirements.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
6. Demonstrable previous clinical and work experience at Band 6 or a minimum of Band 5 level in settings relevant to the post.
7. Demonstrable clinical knowledge of a broad range of diagnoses and conditions in line with the rotational areas of the post.
Desirable criteria
8. Evidence of supervision/appraisal of less experienced staff, students, and assistants.
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:
9. 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.
10. Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
11. Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
12. Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
13. Participate in required training and supervision.
14. 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.