Job summary
Join us and be part of a committed and caring team on the next part of our journey to make
Hammersmith & Fulham a great place to grow old. The Community Independence Service (CIS) has an opportunity for a Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our rehabilitation team.
The Community Independence Service (CIS) provides planned and unplanned nursing and therapy interventions for older residents who have had a recent deterioration in their physical health and is run jointly between West London NHS Trust and CNWL Foundation Trust across the three inner London Boroughs.
We are achieving excellent results in community rehabilitation and admission avoidance for the people of Hammersmith and Fulham and are part of a wider community independence service offered in Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 Physiotherapist, you will provide an integrated Health & Social Care service for people at home who are at risk of being admitted to hospital unnecessarily, providing Community Rehabilitation, Rapid Response, Reablement and Supported discharge. You will be working closely with our acute partners, such as Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
We will connect you with peers across the tri borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea to support you and to work on service improvement partnerships.
We will ensure you are able to follow the clinical and leadership development priorities identified in your personal development and appraisal plan.
We will equip you for mobile working and actively support flexible working practice when required and appropriate for the service.
You will enjoy the rewards of working with a client group for whom you can make a significant difference every day, and you will experience the strong motivation of being part of a supportive multi-agency effort which focuses on training and supporting each other.
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree / Diploma Physiotherapy
- Registration with HCPC as a Physiotherapist
Desirable
- Member of CSP and or involvement in professional network
- Post Graduate MSc Degree
- Post-registration courses e.g.: .Manual handling .Goal setting .Frailty and older people's rehabilitation .Student placement facilitator
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in the UK or a similar health economy (acute or community) as a physiotherapist.
- Previous general experience to include the following: .Older people/frailty assessment and rehabilitation .Medicine and general surgery .Orthopaedics .Falls .Dementia .Long-term conditions
- Experience teaching juniors and assistants
Desirable
- Experience working as an autonomous practitioner in a community setting
- Previous general experience to include the following: .Community working .Neurology .Pain management
- Experience teaching students
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and fluency in written and oral communication
- Ability to maintain accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the Trust policies
- Ability to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary
Skills
Essential
- Understanding and ability to apply relevant knowledge and skills required to act as an effective professional clinician and adhere to your relevant code of conduct/practice
- Ability to plan and use assessment methods that are appropriate for complex needs, and use processes of reasoning that are based on available evidence including national guidelines such as NICE and other local and professional policies
- Ability to follow processes of reasoning which balance additional information against the overall picture of the individual's needs to confirm or deny developing hypotheses.
- Knowledge and understanding of the role of intermediate care in supporting a timely discharge
- Knowledge and ability to use Microsoft Office suite for various administration tasks, including
- Working with spreadsheets document writing and email
Desirable
- Knowledge and ability to use patient record systems such as SystmOne or similar.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Understanding and ability to apply relevant knowledge and skills required to act as an effective professional clinician and adhere to your relevant code of conduct/practice
Desirable
- Demonstrates flexibility, problem-solving, initiative and leadership skills.
- Able to demonstrate clinical and professional development
- Understanding the principles of multi-disciplinary teamwork
- Awareness of developments in NHS and service delivery and improvement
- Evidence of maintenance of a CPD portfolio
- Demonstration of knowledge of standards of practice, evidence and best practice guidelines
- Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the role of an physiotherapist in rehabilitation as well as the role of other professionals in the MDT
- Demonstrate a commitment to working with older people
- Able to demonstrate insight into the problems of disability and its effects
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the application of health and safety
- Acting in a personally and professionally responsible manner
- To be flexible and to be able to motivate self and others
- The ability to work under pressure and set priorities, delegate and manage own time
- The ability to work in a team
- Have insight into your own strengths and development areas with respect to the trust's values and behaviours
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
West London NHS Trust
Address
Community Indepence Service
145 King Street Hammersmith and Fulham
London
W6 9XY
United Kingdom
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