Physiotherapist
Livewell Southwest
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Job summary
37.5 hours per week. We have an exciting opportunity for a Physiotherapist at the Short-Term Care Centre (STCC). The STCC is a newly refurbished recovery and reablement centre to support people following discharge from hospital, or to prevent them being admitted to hospital. The STCC has already been successfully supporting people to gain and regain skills of independence and to return to their own home following a health crisis or hospital stay.
The purpose of this new STCC is to:
To assist with recovery from illness and/or rehabilitation through person centred goal plans.
To encourage and assist Guests to achieve independence
To support people to evaluate and manage their own risks and to establish their additional support requirements for returning home
To reduce need for on-going care
To support the Guest to achieve their desired outcomes
The post holder will be clinically responsible for the provision of a quality recovery and reablement service whilst working as a member of the MDT in the STCC and with community colleagues, ensuring high standards of clinical practice are set, monitored, and reviewed. You will be required to deputise for Unit Manager when required.
You will need to be committed to supporting person led goals, be resilient, have excellent communication skills and a passion to develop a new and exciting service.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high-quality Physiotherapy therapy service as part of the assessment and discharge process for older adults with physical and mental health issues who are admitted to WPVC.
To support staff to plan, develop and provide both 1:1 and group activities (as the support staff are expected to take the lead on facilitating all activities with the band 6 PT Providing oversight/supervision of these).
To manage a caseload of patients with complex needs, using evidence based / patient-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions
To develop, facilitate and evaluate PT services within the designated area, holding responsibility for defined projects
To maintain and develop the organisational PT service
To regularly supervise PT students on practice placement
To provide leadership for junior staff through supervision and appraisal and facilitate them to develop their knowledge and experience and achieve required competencies.
To develop own skills and knowledge as defined by identified competencies.
To deputise for Registered Manager when required
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.
We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.
Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:
Protected CPD time for registered staff
Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
Leadership & mentoring programmes
Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training
A Robust Preceptorship
A bespoke induction programme
Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.
Date posted
13 September 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year pa, pro-rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number
B9832-2023-NM-8664
Job locations
2 Astor Drive
Plymouth
PL4 9RD
Employer details
Employer name
Livewell Southwest
Address
2 Astor Drive
Plymouth
PL4 9RD
Employer's website
https://www.livewellsouthwest.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


