Job Title - Senior Physiotherapist Band 6
Duration - Ongoing Locum
Hours per week - 37.5 hours
Pay rate -
Day - £26 per hour
Sat/Night - £34 per hour
Sunday/Bank Holiday - £40 per hour
Job Purpose
· To work across Pathway 1 (care at home) and Pathway 2 (care home beds) for the Intermediate Care service. · To work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team. · To be responsible for patients on the shared caseloads of community and/or care home settings. · To 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 equipment and rehabilitation programmes. · To take a holistic approach to all therapeutic interventions, working across professional boundaries at times. · To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making. · To provide support, supervision and education to peers, junior staff, non-registered staff, and students. · To be accountable for delegated tasks and activities undertaken by Therapy Assistant Practitioners, and Integrated Care Workers. · To prioritise all patients’ according to clinical need and to allocate or signpost tasks appropriately. · To always provide a high standard of care. · To provide resilience and cover to other locality teams as required due to operational demands and system pressures.
Key Responsibilities
Clinical / Service Specific
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects for your own and delegated work. · To work within codes of practice and professional guidelines. · To undertake holistic assessment (including those with complex presentations and multi pathologies) making use of specialist clinical reasoning skills. · To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate. · To utilise the principles of the Home First model of care. Working collaboratively to promote independence, recovery, and rehabilitation, reduce inpatient length of stay, and ensure patients receive care in the most appropriate setting. · To organise and manage own time, delegating work appropriately. · To conduct risk assessments, immediately reporting/ documenting any changes/newly identified risks. · To gain patient and carer consent in all interventions, wherever possible. · To effectively communicate with patients, carers, and colleagues.
Pay: £25.00-£40.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
