Senior Physiotherapist

Oxford Health Community Hospitals are delighted to offer the opportunity for a secondment or fixed term contract to cover maternity leave for our Band 6 physiotherapist within our award winning team.

If you are passionate about working in an adult inpatient physical rehabilitation setting, where our goal is to enhance our patient's quality of life and health and facilitate their safe discharge from hospital, then we are the team for you.

We would love to hear from any experienced Physiotherapists who have the compassion, skills and knowledge to help us assess ourpatient's and deliver person centred interventions which impact daily activities and functioning and improve health and well being and return toindependence.

We're a supportive, well-established, and knowledgeable community hospital multi-disciplinary team. You will receive quality individual,safeguarding and reflective practice supervision.We are a progressive service keen to look forward and find ways to develop and improve the service. This role is based at our Didcot CommunityHospital Site but there is also potential to be work in Wallingford Hospital Team to aid cross site cover.

This role includes providing specialist rehabilitation to patients with a varied range of health conditions including frailty, MSK, neuro, amputees and orthopaedics.

Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act2010 where required.

Main duties of the job

Band 6 physiotherapist providing inpatient rehabilitation to 15 bedded unit for patients who have a range of physical disabilities. Caseload comprises of mainly frail elderly with some neuro rehabilitation and mental health issues.

Member of small therapy team and responsible for supervision of junior staff and overseeing team in managers absence and cross site cover if required. Many duties include:

• Assessment and treatment of complex admission to inpatient rehab ward.
• Moving and handling assessments of patients.
• Physical hands-on facilitation of patients to mobilize and engage in exercises.
• Office based documentation of electronic notes, care plans, referrals, discharge meeting minutes.
• enhanced communication skills involving liaising with family members, service providers, support wider team members Mandatory training and personal development trainingSupport of unqualified staff, delegation of tasks, supervisionSupport of students on placements.

About us

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

o Excellent opportunities for career progressiono Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and developmento 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous serviceo NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailerso Competitive pension schemeo Lease car schemeo Cycle to work schemeo Employee Assistance Programmeo Mental Health First Aiderso Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)o Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job responsibilities

Clinical Care Responsibilities may include: Delivery of a safe and effective rehabilitative patient care and discharge, working in partnership with colleagues in themultidisciplinary team within the community and acute sectors, supporting the efficient use of resources across the whole systemdelegating duties as appropriate. Participate in the hands on delivery of patient care. Work flexibly across localities and occasional weekends to ensure the requirements of the service contract are met. Be visible and accessible to patients, relatives and colleagues in order to work effectively within the team. Work independently as part of an interdisciplinary team to prioritise, assess, plan and implement patient specific Physiotherapy programmesof care/rehabilitation, analysing patient needs and making judgements about best practice contributing to the continuousassessment of patients. Undertake assessment of patients as an autonomous practitioner using clinical reasoning skills, knowledge of evidence basedpractice and professional expertise.

Person SpecificationExperience

• Previous broad experience as a Band 5 or equivalent
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team
• Experience working in NHS / Community /rehabilitation setting
• Experience supervising physiotherapy students and/or junior members of staff
• NHS experience
• Goal planning and case conference/meeting experience
• Experience presenting as part of in-service training programme

Qualifications

• Professional Qualification (Degree or equivalent)
• Professional Registration
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) portfolio
• CSP member
• Supervision training

Skills

• -Knowledge of relevant outcome measures
• -Ability to devise and implement appropriate treatment plans for routine and complex patient presentations
• -Knowledge of goal setting process and ability to complete independently
• -Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
• -Experience in falls management
• -Skills in balance rehabilitation
• -Postural assessment and management skills

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.

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