Detailed job description and main responsibilities Key Responsibilities Manage own caseload using client-centred principles, ensuring all interventions are tailored to individual needs. Carry out physiotherapy screening and assessment for adults with learning disabilities, and provide appropriate management within this clinical specialty. Deliver personalised treatment programmes for clients with learning disabilities, including the provision of mobility aids and other necessary equipment. Determine physiotherapy needs in collaboration with a senior physiotherapist, seeking guidance and support to ensure clinical work is regularly reviewed. Represent the Physiotherapy Service at multidisciplinary team meetings, ensuring physiotherapy input is fully integrated into each patient's wider care plan. Assess patient understanding and obtain consent, working within legal frameworks when patients lack capacity. Support training and development by contributing to the supervision and education of colleagues, students, and other healthcare professionals, and responding to queries within your scope of practice. Develop clinical competence through CPD activities, acquiring new skills and applying them to practice. Contribute to discharge planning and provide signposting to other services where appropriate. Please refer to the attached JD for more details. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Practical and teaching knowledge to NVQ level 3 Completed Therapy competency training for non-qualified staff; e.g. Progression of mobility, Individual exercise programmes etc. Experience Essential criteria Experience of working practically with Adults with Learning Disabilities Experience of community working eg schools, social care Four years as a Band 3 Personal skills Essential criteria Empathy, able to communicate with children, relatives, carers and external agencies It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post. Employer certification / accreditation badges