Specialist Physiotherapist

Job overview

Are you passionate about supporting patients in their own homes, and committed to improving their quality of life? Do you feel ready for a new challenge and to make a difference to others alongside a fun, supportive and friendly team?

We are seeking a Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist to join the Selby Community Response Team – to deliver high standards of Holistic and Physiotherapy interventions to patients within their own place of residence to prevent avoidable admissions to acute care and to support discharges.

Our well-established team covers the town of Selby as well as the surrounding villages/ countryside within the southern area of North Yorkshire. The team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses and Support Workers and works alongside Primary Care and Partners to provide Urgent Care Response, as well as short term reablement/rehabilitation programmes with effective short term goal setting.

This role will involve using health coaching skills to effectively engage with the patient and their family to ensure expectations are appropriately managed.

If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post.

The post may become Permanent at the end of this Fixed Term/Secondment.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake specialist physiotherapy assessment and management of patients referred to the Selby Community Response Service.
• To determine clinical diagnosis/need and deliver physiotherapy intervention as indicated.
• To provide support, specialist advice and training to more junior members of staff and students.
• To act as a resource within the department and Trust, providing specialist information and advice regarding patients.
• To maintain records as an autonomous practitioner in accordance with legislation, professional and service policy.
• Provide support to other colleagues when dealing with this group of patients.
• To be responsible for a defined area of service working without direct supervision. Clinical work is not routinely evaluated, however clinical work will be evaluated in line with Trust and service objectives. Access and advice is available from senior professional colleagues if required.
• Initiate evidence-based audit and projects to evaluate and improve clinical practice.  Initiate and evaluate user involvement and where appropriate make local service changes

The ability to transport yourself and equipment across the locality during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy. Access to a vehicle that can be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence (role will involve travel to numerous addresses that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means) is required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities.  We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.  If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.[email protected].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.  It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.  We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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