Home First Physiotherapist Salford, North West England, England
Job description
Job overview
An exciting opportunity to join our newly formed Home First therapy team. We are a rehabilitation and reablement service covering the whole of Salford facilitating clients discharge back into their own home. Our vision for Home First is ‘People are in the right place, at the right time - meaning nobody spends more nights away from home than is absolutely necessary’
We are looking to expand our current team looking for experienced Band 6 Physiotherapists to join our service. You should have significant post registration experience including working in a community and / or rehabilitation setting, covering a wide variety of clinical areas. You will be a excellent team player and also possess excellent communication skills and must be able to work on your own initiative to organise and prioritise your own caseload and balance this with the demands of this diverse and varied role.
The Service operates over 7 days, currently covering the hours of 8am to 6pm. (weekends occurring 1:4)
Essential Criteria: MUST HOLD A FULL DRIVING LICENCE AND HAVE USE OF THEIR OWN VEHICLE
Main duties of the job
To assess and treat adults who who are experiencing reduced physical ability and require Rehabilitation and Reablement. The post holder will work as a member of the Home First Rehab & Reablement Team and will be responsible for providing a Community Rehabilitation Physiotherapy service to people in their own homes (including residential / nursing homes) across Salford. Their day-to-day workload will include:
- Be experienced and skilled in the holistic assessment of patient’s needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of individual treatment programmes.
- Support senior members of the team in delivering evidence-based patient care.
- Work across community settings with experience of wide knowledge base.
- Carry a caseload of patients that present with Acute or Chronic conditions.
- Work as an autonomous practitioner being professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your work, managing own caseload and maintaining patient and own records.
- Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, coordinating discharge and taking an active role in case conferences.
- Provide professional guidance and support for band 5 staff, Technicians / Therapy Assistants and students
- Participate in appropriate MDT meetings, IST and training.
- Assess, plan, prioritise and make recommendations with regards to equipment, adaptations etc., as appropriate to the client group. Assess for and advise on patient’s care needs and evaluate this.
Working for our organisation
Salford Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place with an outstanding reputation. Salford is the place which is taking bold, pioneering steps towards delivering a world class, fully integrated care system for adults. Twice rated Outstanding by the CQC, Salford Care Organisation is responsible for delivering a range of community and primary care services and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond.
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 working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
In line with the Trust’s Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social back ground or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
Person specification
Qualifications and registration
Essential criteria
- BSC Hons Physiotherapy
- HCPC registered
Desirable criteria
- fieldwork educator
skills, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- car user with business cover
- Significant post registration NHS experience including experience of working in all core clinical areas
- Experience of working as part of an integrated MDT
- Evidence of supervising other staff and students
- evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the community and/or rehabilitation unit
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/covid-19-vaccination-programme where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
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We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from everyone. We value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge, and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of our local community. If you are disabled and require reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team to discuss.
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
