Job summary
The Community Rehabilitation and Falls Service (CRAFS) is looking for a highly motivated Band 7 Physiotherapist to cover maternity leave for a fixed term 12 months.
The service covers Lambeth and Southwark. It is an excellent opportunity for a Band 7 physiotherapist with an interest in community work or an experienced Band 6 physiotherapist looking for a more senior role within a supportive team.
Applicants should have experience of delivering evidence-based rehab to people with a variety of complex co-morbidities and falls.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership, supervision and support to junior staff and be a source of clinical expertise to the MDT. The post offers opportunities to develop leadership skills by enabling you to take a key role in a number of exciting service development initiatives.
Excellent communication skills and an ability to prioritise a caseload of complex patients are essential. The successful candidate will demonstrate flexibility, creativity and the ability to support change. The post holder will be required to contribute to the 7-day intermediate care therapy service on the Pulross Centre inpatient ward in Brixton.
For further information, please contact: Judith Hall, Clinical Lead on 07919 004 707, judith.hall@gstt.nhs.uk or Kate Bradfield, Clinical Specialist on 07795 151 454 kate.bradfield@gstt.nhs.uk
Interviews are scheduled for 27th November. If you will be away on this date, please indicate this on your application form.
Main duties of the job
- To perform highly specialised and advanced assessments and treatments as part of the Community Rehab and Falls Service, providing home-based, outpatient and ward based therapy to adults living in Southwark and Lambeth. The caseload consists of adults and older people with a wide range of complex pathologies, functional difficulties and disabilities.
- To act as team leader, manage designated staff performance and be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of the specialist falls prevention interventions as part of the service. The post holder will provide clinical leadership to facilitate seamless rehabilitation of clients.
- Provide supervision and facilitate professional development with Physiotherapy staff, Therapy Assistants and Physiotherapy students as required.
- To work autonomously, frequently as a lone practitioner, across a variety of locations within the community including client's homes and residential care settings to meet the individual needs of the multi-cultural population in an inner city area.
- It is essential the post holder be able to work their hours flexibly and contribute fully to both existing and new rotas. This includes 7 day working and non- traditional shift patterns.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
The Integrated Local Services directorate provides a range of community and inpatient health services for adults within the communities of Lambeth and Southwark, with some services also provided in Lewisham. Our hospital- based inpatient and outpatient services provide care for adults from across the region.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- Professional / Clinical responsibilities
- To work as an autonomous practitioner
- To ensure that care delivered to the client is of a high standard, and support less senior staff to do likewise.
- To work as a lone practitioner in the community.
- To identify clinical situations requiring emergency medical intervention and take appropriate action,
- To respect an individuals ethnicity and cultural and religious beliefs and adapt the physiotherapy assessment and treatment accordingly.
- To demonstrate an advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of assessing, treatment and management of patients presenting with long covid which may include but not exclusive to fatigue management, pain and breathlessness.
- To use advanced clinical reasoning skills in order to formulate individual and agreed care / treatment plans for a range of symptoms.
- To be able to analyse and interpret complex clinical and social information from a range of sources e.g. medical reports and social services reports, and integrate it appropriately into physiotherapy assessment and development of care / treatment plans.
- Be able to identify significant health changes that would warrant medical intervention and liaise with the relevant practitioner.
- To evaluate client intervention and rehabilitation progress using appropriate outcome measures and evaluation tools. To adapt physiotherapy programmes as needed.
- To demonstrate highly developed therapeutic handling skills
- To offer advice and support and to teach and demonstrate specific physiotherapy techniques to carers and families
- To educate client, carers and family members on the clients medical condition, prognosis and physical management and to actively promote a healthy lifestyle.
- Be able to assess and manage clinical, physical and/or environmental risk to the client, which may lead to adaptation of the treatment plan, involvement of carers, and/or referral to other health professionals. To adhere to the Trusts incident reporting procedures and to support less senior staff to do likewise.
- To act as lead health professional for clients when required. This may include initiating and co-ordinating multi-disciplinary/ multi- agency meetings; liaising with clients/ families around a variety of issues; initiating joint therapy targets and onward referrals to other professionals / agencies
- To continually update clinical practice in accordance with current research, evidence based guidelines, audit results and government legislation.
- Assess clients needs for any rehabilitative equipment and aids to improve safety and functioning within the home and recommend its purchase from health, or social services. To set up and adjust rehabilitative equipment specifically for individual client. To train carers, family members and other agencies in the use of the equipment.
- To be responsible for maintaining accurate and up to date individual client records.
- To provide moving and handling risk assessments relating to the clients physiotherapy programme in accordance with professional guidelines and government legislation in order to make recommendations on the safe handling of clients with physical disabilities to all those involved in the clients care.
- Must use lone worker device and other personal protective equipment and adhere to local lone working procedures
- Communication
- To be highly skilled in communicating, using both verbal and non- verbal means, with clients, carers and families who may have a range of physical disabilities and associated barriers to understanding
- To maximise client understanding and co-operation with physiotherapy assessments/treatments and ongoing physiotherapy management programmes by exchanging information, motivating and negotiating with families, carers and clients on issues including appointments, levels of physiotherapy input and realistic goal setting for the client
- To communicate highly complex, sensitive and sometimes unwelcome information to clients, carers, families and other professionals.
- To develop and maintain effective communication links and working relationships with all members of the multidisciplinary team within the Trust and external agencies
- To be able to respond calmly and patiently to clients, carers and family members who may be distressed and sometimes aggressive. To adhere to the Trusts Complaints procedure and to support less senior staff to do likewise.
- To deal with and attempt to resolve verbal complaints, taking unresolved complaints to supervisors and managers as appropriate and to be well versed with the Trusts formal complaints procedure
- To offer specialist advice and communicate detailed, timely and accurate written reports, physiotherapy programmes and verbal information to clients/ carers and agencies regarding a clients physiotherapy management and individual needs.
- To work in a client-centred manner with mutually agreed goals and rehabilitation programmes
- Education and Training
- To plan, organise and deliver training to all grades of physiotherapy staff and physiotherapy students
- As a Clinical Educator, to provide a high standard of physiotherapy training for students on placement. T
- To give formal and informal training and presentations regarding Physiotherapy practice, to Physiotherapy colleagues and other Healthcare professionals both within and external to the Trust
- To lead in ensuring that skills are maintained and developed within the team, identifying gaps, then developing and implementing a plan to address these.
- To undertake all mandatory and statutory training in line with the Trust policy.
- Management/ Professional Responsibility
- To manage designated staff performance, through the supervision, appraisal and development .
- To manage and participate in the duty therapy rota for triaging of referrals
- Plan and implement induction programmes
- To participate in the interviewing and selection of physiotherapy staff.
- To be responsible for ensuring the maintenance reporting of all equipment in service area
- To be responsible for identifying, monitoring and ordering stock items and equipment appropriate for clients needs
- To ensure that all complaints and incidents are reported and managed in line with the Trust complaints procedure policies
- To work collaboratively with colleagues in Integrated Local Services and Kings Health Partners to ensure equal access and quality of service.
- To plan, organise and prioritise own client caseload. To delegate appropriate clinical and non- clinical work to the relevant team member
- To have monthly meetings with and be responsible for the appraisal of less senior physiotherapy staff. This includes setting objectives, problem solving, personal development plans and identifying training needs.
- To actively participate in monthly professional and operational supervision with the Deputy Clinical Lead, using critical thinking, reflection and analysis. To participate in Trusts Performance Appraisal Scheme.
- To be responsible for own professional growth and development. To attend relevant post-graduate training courses. To maintain a CPD portfolio reflecting personal professional development.
- To actively support the Clinical lead and Head of Community Rehabilitation and Falls Service to develop a clinically effective physiotherapy service
- To develop and maintain clinical standards using outcome measures and audit. To be actively involved in the departmental audit cycle i
- To contribute to and take the lead where appropriate with the development / review of clinical policies and guidelines relevant to the department.
- To assist in the local integration and implementation of government legislative policies into physiotherapy practice e.g. National Service Frameworks.
- To record and return timely and accurate performance and activity data as required by the department and the Trust.
- To work collaboratively with services within the community to support service delivery e
- To keep up- to-date with current issues within the profession and National Health Service particularly those that impact on services to adults and older people
- To represent the service at professional, Trust or external agency meetings as requested.
- To adhere to national and locally set Health and Safety requirements. To report issues regarding Health and Safety as they arise and ensure safe working practices are adhered to.
- To deputise for the Deputy Clinical Leads as required.
- To adhere to Professional, Departmental and Trust standards of practice, policies and procedures e.g. complaints, incident reporting.
- Information management
Complete required activity and performance data regarding all clinical and professional activities and support other staff to complete their statistics to required timescales.
- Update all information on written and electronic records as per local and Trust requirements
- Ensure confidentiality and information governance policies are adhered to for all data gathered and recorded.
The post holder may be required to work at any of the Trusts sites in line with the service needs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- Professional / Clinical responsibilities
- To work as an autonomous practitioner
- To ensure that care delivered to the client is of a high standard, and support less senior staff to do likewise.
- To work as a lone practitioner in the community.
- To identify clinical situations requiring emergency medical intervention and take appropriate action,
- To respect an individuals ethnicity and cultural and religious beliefs and adapt the physiotherapy assessment and treatment accordingly.
- To demonstrate an advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of assessing, treatment and management of patients presenting with long covid which may include but not exclusive to fatigue management, pain and breathlessness.
- To use advanced clinical reasoning skills in order to formulate individual and agreed care / treatment plans for a range of symptoms.
- To be able to analyse and interpret complex clinical and social information from a range of sources e.g. medical reports and social services reports, and integrate it appropriately into physiotherapy assessment and development of care / treatment plans.
- Be able to identify significant health changes that would warrant medical intervention and liaise with the relevant practitioner.
- To evaluate client intervention and rehabilitation progress using appropriate outcome measures and evaluation tools. To adapt physiotherapy programmes as needed.
- To demonstrate highly developed therapeutic handling skills
- To offer advice and support and to teach and demonstrate specific physiotherapy techniques to carers and families
- To educate client, carers and family members on the clients medical condition, prognosis and physical management and to actively promote a healthy lifestyle.
- Be able to assess and manage clinical, physical and/or environmental risk to the client, which may lead to adaptation of the treatment plan, involvement of carers, and/or referral to other health professionals. To adhere to the Trusts incident reporting procedures and to support less senior staff to do likewise.
- To act as lead health professional for clients when required. This may include initiating and co-ordinating multi-disciplinary/ multi- agency meetings; liaising with clients/ families around a variety of issues; initiating joint therapy targets and onward referrals to other professionals / agencies
- To continually update clinical practice in accordance with current research, evidence based guidelines, audit results and government legislation.
- Assess clients needs for any rehabilitative equipment and aids to improve safety and functioning within the home and recommend its purchase from health, or social services. To set up and adjust rehabilitative equipment specifically for individual client. To train carers, family members and other agencies in the use of the equipment.
- To be responsible for maintaining accurate and up to date individual client records.
- To provide moving and handling risk assessments relating to the clients physiotherapy programme in accordance with professional guidelines and government legislation in order to make recommendations on the safe handling of clients with physical disabilities to all those involved in the clients care.
- Must use lone worker device and other personal protective equipment and adhere to local lone working procedures
- Communication
- To be highly skilled in communicating, using both verbal and non- verbal means, with clients, carers and families who may have a range of physical disabilities and associated barriers to understanding
- To maximise client understanding and co-operation with physiotherapy assessments/treatments and ongoing physiotherapy management programmes by exchanging information, motivating and negotiating with families, carers and clients on issues including appointments, levels of physiotherapy input and realistic goal setting for the client
- To communicate highly complex, sensitive and sometimes unwelcome information to clients, carers, families and other professionals.
- To develop and maintain effective communication links and working relationships with all members of the multidisciplinary team within the Trust and external agencies
- To be able to respond calmly and patiently to clients, carers and family members who may be distressed and sometimes aggressive. To adhere to the Trusts Complaints procedure and to support less senior staff to do likewise.
- To deal with and attempt to resolve verbal complaints, taking unresolved complaints to supervisors and managers as appropriate and to be well versed with the Trusts formal complaints procedure
- To offer specialist advice and communicate detailed, timely and accurate written reports, physiotherapy programmes and verbal information to clients/ carers and agencies regarding a clients physiotherapy management and individual needs.
- To work in a client-centred manner with mutually agreed goals and rehabilitation programmes
- Education and Training
- To plan, organise and deliver training to all grades of physiotherapy staff and physiotherapy students
- As a Clinical Educator, to provide a high standard of physiotherapy training for students on placement. T
- To give formal and informal training and presentations regarding Physiotherapy practice, to Physiotherapy colleagues and other Healthcare professionals both within and external to the Trust
- To lead in ensuring that skills are maintained and developed within the team, identifying gaps, then developing and implementing a plan to address these.
- To undertake all mandatory and statutory training in line with the Trust policy.
- Management/ Professional Responsibility
- To manage designated staff performance, through the supervision, appraisal and development .
- To manage and participate in the duty therapy rota for triaging of referrals
- Plan and implement induction programmes
- To participate in the interviewing and selection of physiotherapy staff.
- To be responsible for ensuring the maintenance reporting of all equipment in service area
- To be responsible for identifying, monitoring and ordering stock items and equipment appropriate for clients needs
- To ensure that all complaints and incidents are reported and managed in line with the Trust complaints procedure policies
- To work collaboratively with colleagues in Integrated Local Services and Kings Health Partners to ensure equal access and quality of service.
- To plan, organise and prioritise own client caseload. To delegate appropriate clinical and non- clinical work to the relevant team member
- To have monthly meetings with and be responsible for the appraisal of less senior physiotherapy staff. This includes setting objectives, problem solving, personal development plans and identifying training needs.
- To actively participate in monthly professional and operational supervision with the Deputy Clinical Lead, using critical thinking, reflection and analysis. To participate in Trusts Performance Appraisal Scheme.
- To be responsible for own professional growth and development. To attend relevant post-graduate training courses. To maintain a CPD portfolio reflecting personal professional development.
- To actively support the Clinical lead and Head of Community Rehabilitation and Falls Service to develop a clinically effective physiotherapy service
- To develop and maintain clinical standards using outcome measures and audit. To be actively involved in the departmental audit cycle i
- To contribute to and take the lead where appropriate with the development / review of clinical policies and guidelines relevant to the department.
- To assist in the local integration and implementation of government legislative policies into physiotherapy practice e.g. National Service Frameworks.
- To record and return timely and accurate performance and activity data as required by the department and the Trust.
- To work collaboratively with services within the community to support service delivery e
- To keep up- to-date with current issues within the profession and National Health Service particularly those that impact on services to adults and older people
- To represent the service at professional, Trust or external agency meetings as requested.
- To adhere to national and locally set Health and Safety requirements. To report issues regarding Health and Safety as they arise and ensure safe working practices are adhered to.
- To deputise for the Deputy Clinical Leads as required.
- To adhere to Professional, Departmental and Trust standards of practice, policies and procedures e.g. complaints, incident reporting.
- Information management
Complete required activity and performance data regarding all clinical and professional activities and support other staff to complete their statistics to required timescales.
- Update all information on written and electronic records as per local and Trust requirements
- Ensure confidentiality and information governance policies are adhered to for all data gathered and recorded.
The post holder may be required to work at any of the Trusts sites in line with the service needs.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRecognised Physiotherapy degree qualification or equivalent.
- oHealth Professions Council- State registration
Desirable
- oMember of relevant Clinical Interest Group e.g.
Skills
Essential
- oAbility/ experience of managing less senior staff and students including providing supervision and appraisal
- oAbility to carry out risk assessments, including those for moving and handling, in a variety of community settings
- oAbility to evaluate quality and use evidence-based practice.
- oAbility to analyse assessment findings in order to formulate individual physiotherapy management plans and treatment goals for each client and progress treatment appropriately.
- oAbility to carry out the physiotherapy assessment and support a client with an individualised care plan, also taking into account their ethnicity and cultural and religious beliefs
- oAbility to manage a complex and constantly changing workload of clinical and non- clinical duties demonstrating excellent time management, prioritisation and organisational skills.
- oTo have basic IT skills. e.g. Word processing, e-mail, PowerPoint, Excel
- oDemonstrate highly developed verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills in English.
- oThe ability to devise, deliver and evaluate training both within the service and to other agencies.
Desirable
- oExperience of working in a community setting
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant rehabilitation experience at specialist level across relevant clinical areas,
- experience of managing less senior staff and students including providing supervision and appraisal.
Desirable
- oExperience of working in a community setting.
Knowledge
Essential
- oEvidence of a specialist knowledge base relevant to service area gained through work experience and formal post-graduate training
- oKnowledge of the rehabilitation process
- oHighly specialist knowledge of a range of assessment and treatments relevant to the client group.
- oKnowledge and understanding of the impacts of chronic illness
- oKnowledge of current policy and procedures relevant to service area
- oUnderstanding of how clinical Governance relates to physiotherapy practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRecognised Physiotherapy degree qualification or equivalent.
- oHealth Professions Council- State registration
Desirable
- oMember of relevant Clinical Interest Group e.g.
Skills
Essential
- oAbility/ experience of managing less senior staff and students including providing supervision and appraisal
- oAbility to carry out risk assessments, including those for moving and handling, in a variety of community settings
- oAbility to evaluate quality and use evidence-based practice.
- oAbility to analyse assessment findings in order to formulate individual physiotherapy management plans and treatment goals for each client and progress treatment appropriately.
- oAbility to carry out the physiotherapy assessment and support a client with an individualised care plan, also taking into account their ethnicity and cultural and religious beliefs
- oAbility to manage a complex and constantly changing workload of clinical and non- clinical duties demonstrating excellent time management, prioritisation and organisational skills.
- oTo have basic IT skills. e.g. Word processing, e-mail, PowerPoint, Excel
- oDemonstrate highly developed verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills in English.
- oThe ability to devise, deliver and evaluate training both within the service and to other agencies.
Desirable
- oExperience of working in a community setting
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant rehabilitation experience at specialist level across relevant clinical areas,
- experience of managing less senior staff and students including providing supervision and appraisal.
Desirable
- oExperience of working in a community setting.
Knowledge
Essential
- oEvidence of a specialist knowledge base relevant to service area gained through work experience and formal post-graduate training
- oKnowledge of the rehabilitation process
- oHighly specialist knowledge of a range of assessment and treatments relevant to the client group.
- oKnowledge and understanding of the impacts of chronic illness
- oKnowledge of current policy and procedures relevant to service area
- oUnderstanding of how clinical Governance relates to physiotherapy practice.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
