Senior Physiotherapist - Falls Prevention / Inpatient Frailty
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity is available following the development of 2 new rotational B6 physiotherapist posts between the Falls Prevention Service and Inpatient Frailty Service.
The Falls Prevention Service provides multifactorial falls risk assessment and interventions for people at risk of falls and injuries, with the ultimate aim of reducing falls and injury risks, enhancing independent living, and promoting healthy and active lifestyles. As part of a therapy-led team, the post-holder will work between both an outpatient clinic setting and the community.
Within the Inpatient Frailty Service, the post holder will provide specialist assessment and treatment as part of a multi-disciplinary team, with the primary aim of assisting with patient discharge, and being able to sign-post to appropriate services and community teams. The successful candidate will play an active part in reducing Hospital Acquired Functional Decline.
The post holder will maintain their own clinical caseload, and have the opportunity to play an active part in the development and daily running of the services, including in-service training, student education, clinical supervision, and health and service promotion.
Experience in falls prevention and frailty, or a breadth of experience in a range of clinical areas is essential, alongside a high standard of clinical and communication skills, and the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team. There may be some flexibility for full-time hours.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of the therapy and wider multidisciplinary team, Band 6 senior therapists use specialist skills in a variety of areas to provide direct high quality and effective therapeutic care and support to patients. Based on the role, the post holder will be based either in the Acute and/or Community Hospitals, outpatient departments or the community.
Within the scope of the role, the post holder will independently plan, complete specialist assessment and deliver interventions. They will be responsible for independently managing their own patient caseload, demonstrating clinical autonomy, specialist clinical reasoning, prioritisation and manage competing demands. Supervision is clear and direct from senior therapy staff and includes formal training, supervised sessions, advice and support.
The post holder will initiate and contribute to service development, demonstrate self-development and will be responsible for supervision of others and delegate appropriate tasks to registered and non-registered staff. The band 6 senior therapist will be required to participate in 7 day working and for physiotherapists to join the on call rota once competencies have been achieved. This post may include working with adults and/or children.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Details
Date posted
31 March 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£33,706 to £40,588 a year pa, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
229-IC-5175244
Job locations
Hereford County Hospital
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Hereford County Hospital
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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