Specialist Community Physiotherapist

Job overview

This is an exciting time to join our integrated team of Social Workers, District Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Community Mental Health Nurses , speech and language therapists, dieticians, experienced technicians and dementia support workers.

We are seeking to appoint an energetic, enthusiastic full time, permanent  specialist physiotherapist to this team.

The team works with adults from the age of 18, into older age, affected by frailty and/or complex long term health conditions and/or disabilities; often compounded by their mental health or emotional well-being needs.

The post holder will need to work closely with all the multi-professionals as well as GPs and Primary care and cluster staff, and the Third sector, to support individuals to have good quality emotional and physical well-being.

They will be a key practitioner within the team; developing and providing an effective, holistic and targeted support around the person.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

Main duties of the job

The post holder is identified as a skilled and creative practitioner with knowledge of working with and supporting people living within their own communities and will be an integral member of the Integrated Community Network Teams.

The post holder although based as part of the Integrated Network Team will also work with the GP Practices, residential care homes and into the community to respond in a timely way to patients needs in the community and within residential care homes.

The post holder will need to work with the Band 7 Physiotherapist to develop the Physiotherapy service in Primary Care within their cluster, working closely with GP staff, and the wider multidisciplinary staff within the practices as well as the Integrated Community Network Teams and the Community Resource Team.  The Integrated Community Network Teams work to develop seamless pathways of care and support.

This role will be key to be responsive to people’s needs within their localities by working in collaboration with the GP practices and professionals with the Integrated Community Network Team in getting involved at the very earliest point to try to keep people in their homes.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Establish rapport and gain consent from the person before applying other professional skills.

Communicate complex sensitive information in an understandable form to patients and carers where the skills of motivation, persuasion, empathy and re-assurance are required.

Share acquired knowledge and skills with members of the multi-disciplinary team, peers, students and others using a variety of teaching methods and presentation skills.

Be clinically competent to provide advice and treatment to individuals with diverse healthcare needs.

Undertake comprehensive physiotherapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing physical deficit.

Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care.

Work with clients to identify physiotherapy goals as part of the overall care plan.

Plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the client, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.

Develop specialised programmes of care using specialised approaches and models of practice.

Monitor and evaluate treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of the intervention and record outcomes for all clients on caseload, audit outcomes and share with peers and members of MDT.