Community Physiotherapist - Rapid Response South Lakes

Job overview

We are seeking highly motivated, committed and experienced Senior Physiotherapist's to support the delivery of our service across South Cumbria.

The role will cover across South Cumbria, with bases available in Furness and Westmorland General Hospitals.

You will have the unique opportunity to influence change as we continue to develop our admission avoidance services inclusive of 2 hour urgent community response, virtual ward and rapid response.

Our speciality is admission avoidance of which therapy is a key component of the service delivery. Our aim is to support and treat acutely unwell patients in the community, with a range of escalated health and social care needs. Rapid Response's aims are preventing hospital admission and support early discharge from hospital through a Multi disciplinary approach.

The urgent community 2 hour response target and virtual wards are  very much part of our service specification and builds on the visions outlined in the NHS Long Term plan.  Our virtual ward beds are currently  made up  of Acute Medical, Respiratory and Frailty with our ultimate ambition being a generalist model.

Our team is a multidisciplinary team who provide who collectively integrate skills and share knowledge which includes performing non traditional roles and some cross boundary working.  In addition to this we work closely with Primary Care, Community Teams, the Urgent Community Response  Hub, District Nurses and many more.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Band 6 Therapist you will:

Deliver high-quality urgent care

Have strong clinical decision -making skills

With your expertise and skill, strengthen the care plans delivered from your senior triage and assessments

As part of a multidisciplinary team assess and treat conditions within the patient’s own home.

Plan and implement person centre care especially focussing on frailty syndromes and Respiratory conditions, including chest physio.

Help to improve outcomes for patients as well as the patient experience both within the service and wider organisation

Work collectively to improve system working across acute, community and social care settings

Share your knowledge and skill

Utilise best practice

be able to work autonomously

Delegate work

be open and engaging for some cross boundary working ( training and competency assessment will be offered)

Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation for your own role and the different roles within the team and how they work in collaboration.

Undertake timely assessments.

Ensure assessments are of a high standard, with planning, implementation and evaluation of care plans accordingly.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/