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Rotational Physiotherapist

Posting date:	01 May 2024
Salary:	£35,392.00 to £42,618.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£35392.00 - £42618.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	08 May 2024
Location:	Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2QZ
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	C9179-24-0354

Summary

Please see the full job description for more information Job summary: To provide a high standard of physiotherapy assessment and treatment of patients in a variety of inpatient, outpatient and community settings. To autonomously manage a sometimes complex clinical case load and undertake professional duties as a qualified senior physiotherapist, seeking advice where appropriate To maintain an active professional development portfolio and to continue with on-going post-graduate learning. To effectively communicate complex information in both clinical and non-clinical settings To assist in the development of junior staff Key working relationships: Patients and carers Multidisciplinary team members Colleagues and other professionals within acute, primary and tertiary healthcare Voluntary groups and organisations Clinical To work as an autonomous clinical practitioner in both inpatient and outpatient settings, seeking advice and support from senior colleagues where necessary, i.e. with complex clinical issues and management/legal issues. To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for the management of patients in your care To apply comprehensive assessment skills and knowledge to diagnose and treat a variety of presentations, ranging in complexity, incorporating both analytical reasoning and manual assessment skills. To ensure safe and effective treatment by choosing appropriate therapies To communicate effectively with patients, carers and relatives to maximise rehabilitation potential and to ensure understanding of conditions. This requires a variety of communication skills including education, motivation and empathy. To adapt your approach in order to overcome barriers to effective communication, i.e. dysphasia, dementia, deafness, pain and fear To employ professional judgement to establish a level of consent or work with in departmental policy to treat patients lacking the capacity to provide consent. To liaise with the multidisciplinary team (doctors, allied health professionals and nursing staff, both internally and externally) regarding patient prognosis, treatment progression and discharge planning therefore ensuring a co-ordinated and holistic approach to patient care To apply clinical reasoning skills to make daily decisions regarding the appropriateness of diagnostic and therapeutic management and prioritisation of caseload within the scope of practice and to effectively communicate complex clinical information with the multidisciplinary team, healthcare professionals and physiotherapy colleagues. To formulate treatment programmes and rehabilitation goals in conjunction with patients from the initial assessment, using established knowledge, clinical reasoning and health coaching skills. To be competent and confident in demonstrating and employing manual treatment techniques in a safe and reasoned manner such as when working in specialist areas such as ITU with acutely ill patients requiring invasive and accurate treatment. To maintain accurate and comprehensive electronic patient records in accordance with professional guidelines, Trust and departmental standards. To communicate assessment and treatment results to appropriate disciplines whilst abiding by the protocol on confidentiality. To be responsible for organising and planning daily caseloads for yourself and others to maximise service provision; this includes overseeing junior physiotherapists, delegating tasks to assistant practitioners and rehabilitation assistants and supervising this delegated work, either directly or indirectly. To be an active participant in the physiotherapy out of hours on call rota. This will involve being the sole practitioner to treat patients requiring emergency respiratory physiotherapy. To be confident and competent in treating critically ill patients (for example, those on ITU, HDU etc). To participate in 7 day working, rotations within the community, extended weekday working hours, on-call duties and weekend working rotas depending upon the allocated rotation. To assume responsibility suitable to experience in the absence of your direct Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist and liaise appropriately with other senior team members Professional To observe and adhere to departmental, Trust and professional standards, guidelines and policies. To supervise and appraise undergraduate physiotherapy students on clinical placement. This should include objective setting, appraisals, supervision, teaching, grading of work and assessment of competency and professionalism. To supervise junior staff on rotation via the departmental appraisal scheme. This might include teaching within designated tutorial programmes, assisting with clinical queries and caseload management. To participate in regular appraisals and objective setting with senior members of staff to ensure competency and professional development. To be able to recognise limitations and refer to senior staff for guidance. To maintain an active continuing professional development (CPD) portfolio. To partake in ongoing learning through attending and occasionally presenting at departmental in-service training and tutorials. To be responsible for own CPD to keep up to date with recent clinical trends through self study and attending external courses. To feedback to the Department as appropriate. To initiate and participate as required in departmental audit. Organisational To ensure that all equipment that may be provided for patient use or in the therapeutic setting meets appropriate levels of safety. To report any faulty, damaged or unsafe equipment promptly by following guidelines. Unsafe equipment must also be reported to the Lead Physiotherapist of that area. To adhere to the Trust procedure on incident reporting. To comment on proposed changes to departmental policies. To assist specialist and lead Physiotherapists in implementation of these policies and encourage other staff to do likewise. To assist with development of departmental protocols To assist in the recruitment of physiotherapy staff To develop projects and audits in response to service needs or as highlighted by personal development plans. To assess outcomes alongside senior staff and implement any changes deemed necessary. To develop and promote the role of physiotherapist within the work place and in the wider public domain Any other duties as specified by the Integrated Therapies Manager