Band 5 Physiotherapist

Job overview

Permanent Band 5 Physiotherapist

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust provide a full range of acute services at Kingston Hospital, and short-stay rehabilitation at Teddington Memorial Hospital. We also provide community care in the London borough of Richmond, and we work in partnership with Your Healthcare who provide community care in Kingston. We have a superb reputation for innovation in the field of healthcare and have been awarded an outstanding rating from CQC for caring and leadership.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Chartered Physiotherapist to join our dynamic team . The post holder will join the Band 5 rotations, between inpatients, outpatients and community.

We are a very friendly, supportive team who encourage newly qualified physios or band 5 applicants who are looking to further expand their knowledge and skills. We actively encourage in-service training and recognise the value of supervision and appraisal. This role includes weekend respiratory and on-call duties.

Please note: this advert may close early in the event of high level of applicants.

Main duties of the job

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/OUTCOMES:

Clinical

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care.
• To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients such as those with presentations of medical and respiratory pathologies, orthopaedic and musculoskeletal conditions, paediatric patients, amputees, head injuries and stroke patients.
• Formulate and deliver a Physiotherapy treatment programme based on sound knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options. Using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of treatment skills
• Assess patient understanding of treatment, gain valid consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment
• Evaluate patient progress, re-asses and alter treatment programmes as appropriate
• Represent Physiotherapy service and/or individual patients at the multi-disciplinary team meetings to ensure the delivery of a co-ordinated multi-disciplinary service and integrate Physiotherapy treatment in to the treatment programme. This will include discussion of patient care, patient progress and involvement of discharge planning.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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