Job summary
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.
About us
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.
Job description
Job 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 GPs, 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.
Job description
Job 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 GPs, 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
- Holds a recognized degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
- Current HCPC registration
Skills
Essential
- 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.
- Demonstrable skill in clinical reasoning and problem solving for complex case management.
Desirable
- Presentation and teaching skills to support in-service training for junior grade staff and rotation training requirements.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable previous clinical and work experience at Band 6 or a minimum of Band 5 level in settings relevant to the post.
- Demonstrable clinical knowledge of a broad range of diagnoses and conditions in line with the rotational areas of the post.
Desirable
- Evidence of supervision/appraisal of less experienced staff, students, and assistants.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Holds a recognized degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
- Current HCPC registration
Skills
Essential
- 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.
- Demonstrable skill in clinical reasoning and problem solving for complex case management.
Desirable
- Presentation and teaching skills to support in-service training for junior grade staff and rotation training requirements.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable previous clinical and work experience at Band 6 or a minimum of Band 5 level in settings relevant to the post.
- Demonstrable clinical knowledge of a broad range of diagnoses and conditions in line with the rotational areas of the post.
Desirable
- Evidence of supervision/appraisal of less experienced staff, students, and assistants.
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).
