Physiotherapist Learning Disability

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative Physiotherapist to work in our Buckinghamshire Community Learning Disability Health Team.

This is a full or part-time position for HCPC registered Physiotherapists with an interest in community LD services.  The successful candidate will work as an integral member of a diverse multi-disciplinary team and will join the growing Physiotherapy service.  This is a community role for a band 5 Physiotherapist and involves visiting service users at day centres, clinic spaces and their homes.

A passion for working with adults with learning disabilities in this varied and interesting role is essential.

The team has office bases in Aylesbury and High Wycombe.  The role is county wide and we can adapt work locations, workdays and hours to support your circumstances.

The role will involve managing your own caseload providing Physiotherapy assessment and treatment interventions for adults with a learning disability on our three main pathways, complex postural management, falls and mobility and community level respiratory care.

Interventions delivered will include a range of individual treatment and group sessions. You will have a role in health promotion and be a key player in helping continually improve and develop the service.  Our aim is to bring Physiotherapy to service users in a fun and engaging way and you will be able to use your creativity to do this.

Main duties of the job

This post will suit you if you have a passion for improving lives, advocating for people’s health and wellbeing, and want to work in a excellent multi-disciplinary team (MDT).  We are a supportive AHP team that work across the Trust with LD Physiotherapy colleagues in Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Norfolk and you would have many CPD opportunities and colleagues to work with.

As a Physiotherapist in the Mid West Essex Physiotherapy Team you would be:

Offered a structured induction program, giving you the confidence and skills to carry out the role

Part of a Physiotherapy team made up of Physiotherapy Team Leads (B7) and Physiotherapy Support Workers (B4)

Given regular clinical supervision and be actively encouraged to participate in CPD

Part of an MDT that values Physiotherapy

Part of a wider Physiotherapy network across of our Mental Health and LD services

Working autonomously and able to use your creative skills

An important part of an innovative, creative and developing service. We are committed to a future where we use continuous quality improvement to harness your ideas for service development and make them a reality

At HPFT we also offer:

Paid opportunities for Physiotherapists Returning to Practice after a break

Full time or part time working

Flexible working

Paid work opportunities for Physiotherapy students

Opportunities for Apprenticeships

Please see attached job description and person specification.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Summary:

To provide Physiotherapy assessment and treatment interventions for a specified service user group, to carry a caseload as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and to develop the Physiotherapy service provision within the setting.

All staff should comply with the Trust’s Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.

Key Relationships:

• To work with other team members of both the Physiotherapy team and wider MDT.
• To work with service users and carers within a variety of community-based settings across Buckinghamshire.
• To liaise with voluntary or other organisations as appropriate.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• To manage a caseload, using evidence based/client principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in a variety of community-based settings.
• To maintain clinical records.
• To develop skills and knowledge through participation in the Band 5 Physiotherapy Development Programme and competency framework.
• To gain experience through involvement in CPD activities and on the job learning opportunities.

Clinical Responsibility

• To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the service user, using appropriate interventions to achieve therapeutic goals.
• To undertake Physiotherapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing all areas of complex physical health as appropriate with support where necessary.
• To work with service users to identify Physiotherapy goals as part of the overall care plan.
• To be responsible for the use of appropriate outcome measures in your clinical work to effectively evaluate physical outcomes for the service user and the Physiotherapy service.
• To assess service users understanding of interventions, gain valid consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with service users who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
• To maintain accurate and timely record keeping in line with legal, professional and Trust requirements.
• To carry out assessments and manual treatments of service users with moderate physical effort and to comply with the Trusts Manual Handling Policy at all times.
• To work in a lone environment visiting service users at home, assessing and managing risk.

Please see Job Description for full details