We currently have an opportunity to recruit either an enthusiastic and motivated experienced Band 5 (as a developmental role) or Band 6 Physiotherapist to join the Peterborough Community Rehab Service. The Physiotherapist role is based in the area surrounding Peterborough.
This post is available as a development post for candidates who already have some relevant post graduate experience. If you are appointed as a Band 5, you will be supported to achieve competencies specific to the role, to be completed within an agreed timescale, up to a maximum of 24mths. Progress will be reviewed regularly in your supervisions and appraisals. Only on successful completion of these competencies, you will progress to a Band 6.
You would be working as part of a community-based therapy team providing high quality rehabilitation to patients with physical disabilities in their home environment. This post will allow the successful candidate the opportunity to consolidate their community, clinical and managerial skills. You will be working within a team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Assistants and alongside Nursing and Mental Health colleagues.
The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, sense of accountability, accompanied by an ability to work under considerable pressure at times. This post is open to professionals with the right attributes to enhance a team.
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county. You will need a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not reliable and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
We are looking for a self-motivated individual who is able to work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional Community Rehabilitation Service to provide a high standard of care to our patients.
Your role will include assessing, planning and developing specialist physiotherapist programmes for patients with a wide variety of complex needs. You will be responsible for your own caseload, prioritising referrals according to clinical need, signposting appropriately and undertaking assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using advanced, specialist clinical reasoning skills.
Your role also includes supervision of junior staff and students, overseeing patient intervention and ensuring that Therapy Assistants deliver high quality patient care.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
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- Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
To work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team.
To be responsible for own caseload and undertake assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using specialist clinical reasoning skills.
To identify patient needs, agree goals and provide appropriate therapy interventions, provide adaptive equipment, rehabilitation programmes, and make recommendations for minor adaptations in line with current legislation.
To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making
To provide support and education to peers, new staff, non-registered staff and students.
To supervise junior staff and students, overseeing patient intervention and ensure that Therapy Assistants deliver high quality patient care.
To be actively involved in teaching and supporting Therapy Assistants to achieve competencies.
To be accountable for a delegated caseload held by Therapy Assistants.
To prioritise all referrals according to clinical need and to allocate or signpost appropriately.
To provide a high standard of care.
To work in various community settings, this includes lone working, with access to Clinical Leads when required.
