TITLE: Neurological Physiotherapist
SALARY: Dependent upon Experience
LOCATION: Based in and around the North West working within Rehabilitation Centres, from home and office based (office in Wigan)
HOURS: Negotiable minimum of 25 per week over 5 days (Monday to Friday) will consider full time working
ACCOUNTABLE TO: Operational Manager
CONTACT INFORMATION: Cate Benfold 07745 396591 or [email protected]
JOB SUMMARY
- To work as an autonomous practitioner in providing neurological physiotherapy assessments and treatments and goal setting to a designated caseload of clients.
- To be HCPC registered.
- To provide specialist neurological rehabilitation to clients within specialist brain injury rehabilitation centres who may present with complex and challenging behaviour.
- To work jointly and inter disciplinary with Neurological Occupational Therapists to provide bespoke functional neurological rehabilitation
- To liaise with other health care professionals, carers, support staff and relatives.
- To provide education and training as required.
- To participate in CPD and other developmental activities.
- UK driving License required alongside business insurance.
- To be a safety conscious driver and will use their own reliable vehicle in order to access the units across the North West and to transport equipment, clients and other colleagues as and when necessary.
- To put clients first in everything you do and put each client’s needs at the centre of all decisions.
- To accept that some people need more help, and that not all goals will be realised, however, to strive to achieve the best possible results for each of your clients in all circumstances.
- To value each person as an individual, respect their aspirations, beliefs, commitments, and seek to understand their priorities, needs, abilities and limitations.
- To take what others have to say seriously.
- To be honest about your point of view and what you can and cannot do.
- To strive to improve health and well-being and people’s experiences of physiotherapy.
- To value excellence and professionalism wherever you find it – in the everyday things that make people’s lives better as much as in clinical practice, service improvements and innovation.
- To earn the trust placed in you by insisting on quality and striving to get the basics right every time: safety, confidentiality, good communication, professionalism and dependable service.
- To welcome feedback, learn from your mistakes and build on your successes.
- To respond with kindness and empathy to each person’s needs, anxieties, pain, and desires.
- To search for the things you can do, however small, to increase each person’s quality of life.
- To treat Total Therapy’s customers with respect and dignity at all times and to represent Total Therapy with the same values.
- Actively participate in the Physiotherapy input for all clients regardless of the setting
- Complete all new client assessments in line with codes of professional conduct.
- Attend review meetings and delegate appropriately to junior staff as and when applicable.
- Attend review meetings as required.
- Attend MDT meetings and feedback to team.
- Provide custom made Smart goals for each client.
- SMART assessment and to provide treatment for appropriate clients.
- Assessment of clients with Neurological and other long term enduring conditions.
- To provide specialist Neurological Physiotherapy input to people with a variety of neurological and other complex conditions.
- To provide Physiotherapy input into management of clients with highly complex needs.
- To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.
- To provide Physiotherapy input into comprehensive interdisciplinary assessment / treatment / discharge.
- To discuss services and treatment options to potential clients and / or their relatives / carers.
- To provide comprehensive assessment / costing / rehabilitation potential reports including
recommendations for case managers, insurers, Primary Care Trusts, private organisations and local authorities.
- To ensure that clients are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their rehabilitation plans wherever possible.
- To provide support, consultation and advice on relevant therapy issues to clients, support staff and carers.
- To contribute to the management of complex cases, ensuring co-ordination of services involved such as health, social, statutory and voluntary services.
- To adapt practice to meet individual clients’ circumstances, including due regard for cultural, social, and linguistic differences in addition to their cognitive and physical disabilities.
- To demonstrate a high level of clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice.
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- To use appropriate methods of communication with clients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential and their understanding of the condition.
- Communication skills of persuasion, motivation, explanation and gaining informed consent will be used with a wide variety of clients.
- Barriers to effective communication will regularly be evident, e.g. expressive and receptive dysphasia, loss of hearing, pain and fear, etc.
- To be able to manage through communication to de-escalate situations in which clients present with complex and challenging behaviour.
- To provide specialist spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote understanding of the aims of Physiotherapy and to ensure a consistent approach to client care.
- To communicate effectively and collaboratively with all health and social care sectors to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated service. This will include case conferences, joint sessions and documentation.
- To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with clients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.
- To act as a specialist Neurological Physiotherapist providing consultation and advice to peers in own profession and colleagues and other professionals in the wider health and social care settings.
- To work in collaboration with/refer to NHS colleagues in hospital and community settings in response to identified client need.
- To contribute to regular goal planning and ensure that information is shared/ communicated on a frequent basis.
- To deliver complex, sometimes unwelcome, concepts and ideas, to clients and carers. This requires using high levels of communication skills with clients who may have severe cognitive and physical impairment or may be in a highly emotional state.
- To key work a number of complex cases by acting as the lead clinician and ensuring a seamless service for the client by responding in a timely manner and liaising with other services when a client’s condition or situation changes.
- To have an active role in the planning, development, coordination and delivery and evaluation of the Physiotherapy service to clients in line with national guidelines, National Service Frameworks and NICE guidelines.
- To advise directors on issues of service delivery
- To be responsible for the implementation of clinical policies and protocols.
- To make recommendations for, and lead service development and improvements.
- To be responsible for ensuring a high level of quality assurance over all clinical services.
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- To contribute to the day-to-day co-ordination of the Interdisciplinary Therapy service and have
responsibility for the management and delivery of Physiotherapy to a neurological caseload.
- To lead, influence and motivate support and junior staff.
- Supervise junior member of staff, oversee their development including; training, appraisals, and joint working if applicable.
- To provide supervision, advice and support to junior staff, therapy assistants, students and colleagues as and when appropriate
- Where appropriate to be responsible for planning and organising associate and junior staff workload effectively with regards to client management and use of therapist’s time.
- Where appropriate to contribute to performance management and the appraisal process of junior staff.
- Oversee report writing of junior and other non-clinical roles as appropriate if applicable
- Supervise junior staff at inpatient rehabilitation units and in community settings acting as senior support to deal with clinical issues if applicable.
- Delegate appropriate clients to junior staff and monitor progress if applicable
- Assist in the recruitment of junior staff as appropriate
- Induction of new therapists as appropriate
- Provide supervision and participate in the formal appraisal process for junior Physiotherapists.
- Deliver junior therapist training programme.
- Independently prepare reports for clients, case managers or solicitors in a timely manner.
- Oversee checking of reports for other therapists
- To assess and identify new equipment as appropriate to a client’s clinical need.
- If appropriate be aware of the limits/restrictions on funding from third parties.
- Where appropriate liaise with third parties in order to secure funding for equipment
- To utilise equipment provided by Total Therapy and their customers with care and attention reporting any faults or concerns to the operations manager.
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- To participate in the teaching and training of staff and other professionals as agreed.
- To develop a Clinical Professional Development Portfolio and a Personal Development Plan, according to professional standards, that documents the progress of gaining knowledge in areas of clinical expertise required for improving standards for self and service.
- To be able to demonstrate own clinical skills to a range of personnel including clients, carers, professional colleagues and other agencies.
- To comply with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy codes of professional conduct at all times.
- To be responsible for personal continuous professional development by the use of self education, reflective practise, active participation in the in-service training program and attendance at post graduate courses as agreed in your personal development plan and to maintain a CPD portfolio.
- To further develop the integration of evidence based practise, specialist neurological treatment techniques, therapeutic handling skills and specialist knowledge of particular conditions.
- To participate in the appraisal system as appraisee, and intermittently an appraiser and be responsible for fulfilling your agreed objectives and personal development plan.
- To demonstrate effective time management and organisational skills during management of own workload and to be able to adapt to an unpredictable work pattern on a daily basis. This includes making client’s appointments, co-ordinating with colleagues and customers and liaising with other professionals for joint assessments and treatments.
- To ensure timely communication of assessment findings, treatment, outcomes.
- To keep accurate and up-to-date client records, reports and statistics at all times in line with departmental, professional and legal standards.
- To be responsible for complying with all mandatory training requirements.
This job description is not meant to be exhaustive and reflects only the current and anticipated responsibilities of the post. The successful applicant will be expected to work flexibly in order to meet the overall needs of the position.
If you have any questions regarding the job description please contact us directly on the number or email given above
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Pay: £21.00-£27.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
