Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Physiotherapist with proven clinical and leadership skills to join the Physiotherapy Team at South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust. You will be joining a friendly and growing team that will allow you to explore your full potential.
If successful, you will be recruited to work across sites include Springfield University Hospital and Tolworth Hospital. You will encounter patients with a variety of physical health complaints from various specialities including but not limited to; musculoskeletal, neurology and older people. You will also have opportunities to work within the National Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Service alongside a well-established multidisciplinary team, learning disabilities, forensics and deaf services to name just some.
You will be supported by the Band 8a Head of Physiotherapy in yearly appraisals, monthly supervisions, dedicated CPD time and the option to attend Inservice training sessions with our musculoskeletal colleagues at St Georges Hospital. You will be involved in the organising of in-service training and supervision of junior members of staff as well as carrying a clinical caseload. You will also contribute to the development of the future NHS workforce by hosting physiotherapy student placements from a variety of Higher Education Institutions. You will be actively supported in your professional and clinical development.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will support the Head of Physiotherapy providing professional leadership for physiotherapy within the Trust.
You will undertake advanced, holistic physiotherapy assessments and formulate comprehensive treatment plans for service users with complex mental health and physical health problems across several specialities and settings. You will need to be confident in your ability to complete musculoskeletal and neurological assessments while clinically reasoning your decisions.
In addition to carrying a clinical caseload, you will also take on a leadership role within the team. You will assist with organising and delivering in-service training sessions, supervision and service development projects with the support of the Head of Physiotherapy. The successful candidate will be able to Lead by example, setting and maintaining a high standard of clinical practice and professionalism.
It is essential that the successful candidate have a high level of physiotherapy experience and knowledge gained through rotations at band 5 and 6 level in a variety of physiotherapy specialities. You will work in a setting where the demand can fluctuate and so will need to be highly organised and self-motivated to manage during these times. A high level of resilience will be required to handle some of the social and emotional components the role can entail. You will be supported during these times by the Head of Physiotherapy and the Wider Trust.
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
About our locations:
Springfield University Hospital, Tooting
Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are coming soon. Close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To undertake advanced, holistic physiotherapy assessments and formulate comprehensive treatment plans for service users with complex mental health and physical health problems.
- Be aware of individual service user history, background & culture, and to take this into account in order to formulate and implement treatment plans collaboratively with the service user.
- Lead by example, setting and maintaining a high standard of clinical practice.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of Physiotherapy interventions and quality of clinical decision making in conjunction with service users/carers and other professionals.
- Identify any significant clinical risk factors in line with local policies, with support from senior managers.
- Be responsible for equipment used, ensuring that all departmental policies are adhered to, ensuring safe use by other staff and service users.
- Act as a resource for any individual, professional body or outside agency that may seek specialist clinical knowledge or information about Physiotherapy in Mental Health.
- Adhere to any clinical standards and guidelines produced by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy or other relevant Special Interest Groups (e.g. CPMH / AGILE).
- Plan and prioritise the caseload of more junior staff and students where necessary.
Communication
- To demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills in a wide range of situations to enable and encourage service users to access physiotherapy interventions, especially when there are barriers to engagement requiring an empathetic, reassuring and sometimes persuasive approach.
- Work as a member of the inter-professional team, attending meetings and contributing to decisions regarding the care and treatment of service users; being actively involved in wards rounds, care plan reviews, and discharge planning meetings as required.
- Communicate effectively and sensitively with carers.
- Liaise promptly and appropriately with outside agencies (e.g. liaison psychiatry, social services, acute sector colleagues) as required.
Documentation
- To maintain accurate, comprehensive and timely treatment records in line with CSP standards of practice and Trust policies, and to supervise junior and student physiotherapists record keeping to the same standards.
- Ensure own & supervisees electronic documentation and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional (CSP) and Trust documentation standards.
- Actively engage in the Trusts incident reporting system.
Professional Ethics
- To determine each service-users understanding of the proposed intervention to ensure valid consent is gained, and to understand and work within a legal framework with those who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.
- Adhere to the CSP code of conduct, HCPC requirements for registration, the Trusts Code of Conduct and all other relevant policies and procedures related to professional behaviour.
- Adhere to NICE guidelines or SIG recommendations for good practice where available.
- Demonstrate appropriate professional behaviours at all times.
Equality and Diversity
- To promote a culture which respects and values diversity.
- Recognise and report behaviours which undermine equality and diversity in accordance with organisation policy and current legislation.
Leadership, learning and development
- To provide professional leadership for the physiotherapy team.
- Display self-belief (confidence to achieve the best outcomes) and self-awareness (knowing own strengths, weaknesses & the impact of behaviour on others).
- Demonstrate self-management, managing own emotions and displaying resilience in complex/demanding situations.
- Display motivation/drive for performance improvement & be able to make a real difference to others.
- Demonstrate a high level of personal integrity with a commitment to openness, honesty, inclusive behaviour, loyalty & high standards in the leadership role.
- Demonstrate ability to lead change through people (communicating the vision & rationale for change).
- Facilitate others to manage a busy caseload, including effective clinical cover across hospital sites and the response to urgent referrals.
- Review and reflect on your own practice and performance through effective use of professional supervision and PADR process.
- This will include holding others to account for agreed targets and empowering others to contribute to service improvement.
- Supervise physiotherapy students, including evaluation of competency and placement performance.
- Participate in the induction, training and clinical education of other students and Trust staff as required.
- Participate in the departments in-service training programme.
- Be responsible for maintaining all mandatory Trust training up to date.
- Delegate and execute general administrative and co-ordination tasks as required for the smooth running of the service.
Service development and delivery
- To co-chair / lead Physiotherapy team meetings.
- Co-lead on the development of local standards, guidelines and protocols.
- Take an active role in audit and physiotherapy service evaluation.
- Work with clinical improvement groups on the development of care pathways relevant to physiotherapy, and national service delivery frameworks. e.g. Falls prevention strategy
- To contribute to relevant professional and service development meetings and represent the physiotherapy service at wider forums as required.
- Actively encourage user involvement in service development.
- Contribute to the Trust wide quality/governance agenda for inpatient areas e.g. KIP, CQUIN (falls reduction)
- Demonstrate an ability to manage ambiguity & complexity in order to achieve service development.
- Demonstrate the ability to gather information from a wide range of resources to inform service development, e.g. actively engaging with iCSP managers network and iCSP clinical interest networks.
- Keep up to date with clinical developments and suggest the introduction of new practice, as appropriate, in discussion with co-team leader.
Professional development
- To undertake learning activities identified at PADR, including acquiring leadership skills necessary for the competent fulfilment of the shared team leadership role.
- Organise & participate in regular in-service training for self & others.
- Be responsible for maintaining your own competency to practise through CPD activities identified during professional supervision and at annual appraisal.
- Maintain a portfolio, which reflects competencies for the post and records personal development in line with the Health and Care Profession Council guidelines.
Clinical governance, quality, standards
- To comply with all Trust policies related to clinical governance.
- Ensure adherence to all Health & Safety policies, helping physiotherapy staff to assess & manage risk, and taking responsibility for monitoring safety of working practice.
- Continually strive to improve the quality of own & others work.
- Ensure quality systems are in place to evaluate / monitor others & take action if there are persistent quality problems.
- Ensure that medical devices are managed according to Trust policy.
- To comply with all Trust policies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To undertake advanced, holistic physiotherapy assessments and formulate comprehensive treatment plans for service users with complex mental health and physical health problems.
- Be aware of individual service user history, background & culture, and to take this into account in order to formulate and implement treatment plans collaboratively with the service user.
- Lead by example, setting and maintaining a high standard of clinical practice.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of Physiotherapy interventions and quality of clinical decision making in conjunction with service users/carers and other professionals.
- Identify any significant clinical risk factors in line with local policies, with support from senior managers.
- Be responsible for equipment used, ensuring that all departmental policies are adhered to, ensuring safe use by other staff and service users.
- Act as a resource for any individual, professional body or outside agency that may seek specialist clinical knowledge or information about Physiotherapy in Mental Health.
- Adhere to any clinical standards and guidelines produced by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy or other relevant Special Interest Groups (e.g. CPMH / AGILE).
- Plan and prioritise the caseload of more junior staff and students where necessary.
Communication
- To demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills in a wide range of situations to enable and encourage service users to access physiotherapy interventions, especially when there are barriers to engagement requiring an empathetic, reassuring and sometimes persuasive approach.
- Work as a member of the inter-professional team, attending meetings and contributing to decisions regarding the care and treatment of service users; being actively involved in wards rounds, care plan reviews, and discharge planning meetings as required.
- Communicate effectively and sensitively with carers.
- Liaise promptly and appropriately with outside agencies (e.g. liaison psychiatry, social services, acute sector colleagues) as required.
Documentation
- To maintain accurate, comprehensive and timely treatment records in line with CSP standards of practice and Trust policies, and to supervise junior and student physiotherapists record keeping to the same standards.
- Ensure own & supervisees electronic documentation and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional (CSP) and Trust documentation standards.
- Actively engage in the Trusts incident reporting system.
Professional Ethics
- To determine each service-users understanding of the proposed intervention to ensure valid consent is gained, and to understand and work within a legal framework with those who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.
- Adhere to the CSP code of conduct, HCPC requirements for registration, the Trusts Code of Conduct and all other relevant policies and procedures related to professional behaviour.
- Adhere to NICE guidelines or SIG recommendations for good practice where available.
- Demonstrate appropriate professional behaviours at all times.
Equality and Diversity
- To promote a culture which respects and values diversity.
- Recognise and report behaviours which undermine equality and diversity in accordance with organisation policy and current legislation.
Leadership, learning and development
- To provide professional leadership for the physiotherapy team.
- Display self-belief (confidence to achieve the best outcomes) and self-awareness (knowing own strengths, weaknesses & the impact of behaviour on others).
- Demonstrate self-management, managing own emotions and displaying resilience in complex/demanding situations.
- Display motivation/drive for performance improvement & be able to make a real difference to others.
- Demonstrate a high level of personal integrity with a commitment to openness, honesty, inclusive behaviour, loyalty & high standards in the leadership role.
- Demonstrate ability to lead change through people (communicating the vision & rationale for change).
- Facilitate others to manage a busy caseload, including effective clinical cover across hospital sites and the response to urgent referrals.
- Review and reflect on your own practice and performance through effective use of professional supervision and PADR process.
- This will include holding others to account for agreed targets and empowering others to contribute to service improvement.
- Supervise physiotherapy students, including evaluation of competency and placement performance.
- Participate in the induction, training and clinical education of other students and Trust staff as required.
- Participate in the departments in-service training programme.
- Be responsible for maintaining all mandatory Trust training up to date.
- Delegate and execute general administrative and co-ordination tasks as required for the smooth running of the service.
Service development and delivery
- To co-chair / lead Physiotherapy team meetings.
- Co-lead on the development of local standards, guidelines and protocols.
- Take an active role in audit and physiotherapy service evaluation.
- Work with clinical improvement groups on the development of care pathways relevant to physiotherapy, and national service delivery frameworks. e.g. Falls prevention strategy
- To contribute to relevant professional and service development meetings and represent the physiotherapy service at wider forums as required.
- Actively encourage user involvement in service development.
- Contribute to the Trust wide quality/governance agenda for inpatient areas e.g. KIP, CQUIN (falls reduction)
- Demonstrate an ability to manage ambiguity & complexity in order to achieve service development.
- Demonstrate the ability to gather information from a wide range of resources to inform service development, e.g. actively engaging with iCSP managers network and iCSP clinical interest networks.
- Keep up to date with clinical developments and suggest the introduction of new practice, as appropriate, in discussion with co-team leader.
Professional development
- To undertake learning activities identified at PADR, including acquiring leadership skills necessary for the competent fulfilment of the shared team leadership role.
- Organise & participate in regular in-service training for self & others.
- Be responsible for maintaining your own competency to practise through CPD activities identified during professional supervision and at annual appraisal.
- Maintain a portfolio, which reflects competencies for the post and records personal development in line with the Health and Care Profession Council guidelines.
Clinical governance, quality, standards
- To comply with all Trust policies related to clinical governance.
- Ensure adherence to all Health & Safety policies, helping physiotherapy staff to assess & manage risk, and taking responsibility for monitoring safety of working practice.
- Continually strive to improve the quality of own & others work.
- Ensure quality systems are in place to evaluate / monitor others & take action if there are persistent quality problems.
- Ensure that medical devices are managed according to Trust policy.
- To comply with all Trust policies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oMember Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- oCurrent HCPC registration
- oPhysiotherapy Degree (or Diploma + significant clinical experience).
- oEvidence of post registration training relevant to mental health
- oLeadership and /or Management training
Desirable
- oPost graduate qualification, MSc, MA.
- oRecognised post-graduate Physiotherapy qualification
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of carrying a caseload of service users with complex and diverse needs in a mental health setting
- oExperience of individual & group work
- oExperience of supervising / managing / developing junior and assistants through clinical supervisions, mentoring and teaching
- oEvidence of specific service development work.
- oExperience of maintaining a written record of CPD
- oEvidence of working in a multi-agency environment
- oEvidence of working in a multi-cultural context
Desirable
- oBroad based clinical experience at a senior level within other Physiotherapy specialities.
- oExperience of project management.
- oPrevious experience at band 7 level.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oMember Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- oCurrent HCPC registration
- oPhysiotherapy Degree (or Diploma + significant clinical experience).
- oEvidence of post registration training relevant to mental health
- oLeadership and /or Management training
Desirable
- oPost graduate qualification, MSc, MA.
- oRecognised post-graduate Physiotherapy qualification
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of carrying a caseload of service users with complex and diverse needs in a mental health setting
- oExperience of individual & group work
- oExperience of supervising / managing / developing junior and assistants through clinical supervisions, mentoring and teaching
- oEvidence of specific service development work.
- oExperience of maintaining a written record of CPD
- oEvidence of working in a multi-agency environment
- oEvidence of working in a multi-cultural context
Desirable
- oBroad based clinical experience at a senior level within other Physiotherapy specialities.
- oExperience of project management.
- oPrevious experience at band 7 level.
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).
