Hospiscare Specialist Physiotherapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Description

1. JOB DETAILS

Job Title: Specialist Physiotherapist

Band: 6

Location: Searle House, Exeter and throughout Mid and East Devon

Hours: 30/week over 4 days, mainly Monday to Friday

Team/Directorate: Supportive Care

Responsible To: Supportive Care Team Leader (SCTL)

Responsible For: N/A

Accountable to: Chief Nurse and Deputy Director of Nursing & Care

2. JOB PURPOSE

To work as part of the multidisciplinary specialist team delivering an excellent standard of evidenced based palliative care.

To promote dignity, encompassing a person centred approach, to positively enhance the lives of patients with complex life limiting illnesses.

3. KEY RESULT AREAS/PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

3.1 Main Responsibilities

Provide advanced specialist palliative care, using experienced clinical knowledge and judgement in complex palliative and end of life care, to promote best practice for adults with life limiting illnesses.

Assess and review patients, prioritising needs and working as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, to ensure effective communication is in place to support patient care.

Undertake specialist physiotherapy assessment and treatment skills in all aspects of community and hospice based palliative rehabilitation, working as an autonomous practitioner in order to support the work of the multi-disciplinary team.

Assist with the development of a holistic needs assessment clinic, symptom management groups, exercise sessions and other initiatives including virtual clinics/groups in order to provide early access to therapy assessment in the day centre setting.

Demonstrate advanced communication skills and professionalism in all interactions with patients and those close to them, carers and other professionals in order to promote and maintain Hospiscare values.

Attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary team meetings to promote best practice, representing the Supportive Care service and/or individual patients to ensure the delivery of a coordinated multi-professional service and fully integrated therapy treatment plans.

Demonstrate knowledge and skills in contributing to the delivery of education and learning for all those involved in palliative/end of life care in order to act as a resource to wider professional and care teams both internally and externally.

Contribute to Hospiscares clinical governance and audit process in order to support continuing quality improvement and learning.

Supervise junior colleagues, contributing to daily clinical leadership and taking responsibility for the team in the absence of the SCTL, to ensure team effectiveness, cover and cohesion, continuity of service and the welfare of patients.

Assist the multi-disciplinary team in planning discharges to help patients achieve their preferred place of care.

Infection Prevention and Control

Maintaining a safe environment for patients, visitors and employees is everyones responsibility. All staff are required to adhere to Hospiscares Infection Prevention and Control Policy and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection prevention and control at all times. This includes ensuring personal and team compliance with all relevant policies and procedures, and acting upon or reporting any identified risks.

3.2 Key Contacts

Internal:

SCTL and Supportive Care team Ward Managers and IPU team Community Cluster Team Leaders and Community teams Medical team

Clinical Quality Team

Clinical Administration

Learning and Development team

Volunteering team

Volunteers

Students and Trainees

External:

Patients and those close to them

Royal Devon & Exeter Foundation Trust

NHS Community Services

General Practitioners

Residential and Nursing Homes

Social and Domiciliary Care Workers

Providers of out-of-hours services

3.3 Health & Safety

Ensure that Health and Safety guidelines and fire regulations are strictly adhered to

Comply with safe working practices as defined by Hospiscare

Complete online training as and when required

Take reasonable care for your own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by acts or omissions at work

Report any accidents, incidents or near misses as soon as reasonably practicable

Manage own work life balance and general wellbeing, including any relevant pressures in respect of lone working, travel, difficult environments and challenging situations

3.4 General

Be aware of and adhere to Hospiscare policies and procedures at all times

Take part in progress/performance reviews throughout the year

Cooperate with other Hospiscare departments

Attend training courses and complete online training modules as required to meet the requirements of the post

Take responsibility for own personal development, seeking out opportunities to learn new skills

Undertake any other duties as requested by management which are reasonably deemed to be within the scope of the role

3.5 Other

Apply the Hospiscare values and behaviours to every aspect of the role at all times

Promote and maintain the brand standards of Hospiscare

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Physiotherapist with Health and Care Professions Council
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Desirable

• Advanced Communication Skills training
• Teaching and mentorship/supervision qualification

Experience

Essential

• Substantial experience of working with palliative care patients
• Significant experience of assessing, planning and evaluating treatment and care plans

Desirable

• Experience of working with learners e.g. students
• Experience of working with volunteers
• Experience of coaching/mentoring and of facilitating clinical supervision

Knowledge

Essential

• Detailed understanding of the complexities of working with individuals at times of distress and conflict
• Detailed understanding of theoretical nursing models and of their impact on delivery of care
• Understanding of management of staffing resource

Desirable

• Understanding of key issues relating to End of Life care including policy developments

Skills

Essential

• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
• Developed ability to demonstrate knowledge and expertise through formal/informal teaching and educational programmes
• Developed ability to manage challenging circumstances effectively, to understand and disseminate multifaceted information
• Developed IT skills

Personal attributes

Essential

• Ability to lead and work as part of a team, prioritise workload and manage time effectively
• Ability to work autonomously, problem solve and act on own initiative
• Flexible and adaptable with the ability to respond positively in a rapidly changing environment
• Commitment to continuing professional development
• Awareness of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in all aspects of work

Additional requirements

Essential

• Occasional evening/weekend working may be required.
• Able to travel and work throughout the area covered by Hospiscare as required by the post
• Able to fulfil the physical and manual handling requirements of the role

Desirable

• Car owner and driver

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Hospiscare

Address

Searle House

Dryden Road

Exeter

Devon

EX2 5JJ

Employer's website

https://www.hospiscare.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)