Physiotherapist | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 14 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2024 |
| Location: | Oldham, OL1 2JH |
| Company: | Pennine Care NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6308444/311-H561-23-E |
Summary
Following significant investment, we are expanding our Allied Health Profession provision across our inpatient mental health services. We have two band 6 physiotherapy posts, one for our North Division (Bury, Rochdale & Oldham) and one for our South Division (Tameside and Stockport) to join our expanding AHP inpatient team. This is an exciting opportunity to work with service users with a range of physiotherapy needs.
You will work closely with the physiotherapists, dietitians and speech and language therapists in the AHP Inpatient team, as well as the ward based multidisciplinary teams including nursing staff, occupational therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, pharmacists, advanced practitioners, and peer support workers. Candidates need to share our passion for delivering high quality interventions within a range of inpatient services, including working age adult mental health as well as our services providing inpatient rehabilitation and high support.
You will need to be an autonomous practitioner who is able to prioritise and manage their own physiotherapy caseload, using enhanced clinical reasoning to formulate treatment plans and interventions. You will be responsible for attending MDT meetings and will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to provide evidence-based treatment interventions and discharge plans. You will need to be an effective communicator, keen team member and embrace our Trust values of kindness, fairness, ingenuity and determination.
You will be supervised by one of our band 7 clinical lead physiotherapists and we will support you to develop your skills and creativity in this role through separate management and clinical supervision. You will link with our wider physiotherapy workforce through our trust wide physiotherapy forum. We expect candidates to network with other colleagues across the trust and beyond to develop practice and service provision including active membership of physiotherapy networks in mental health. In line with our flexible working policy candidates can be full time or part time and we offer a range of options to support flexibility. Applicants are encouraged to contact us for informal conversations about these roles.
Please see the job description and person specification for full information. The post includes:
To undertake physiotherapy assessments and treatments for patients with mental health needs on inpatient wards
To receive referrals from a range of inpatient services and prioritise physiotherapy actions and assessment as required
To work with patients to identify physiotherapy goals as part of the overall care plan
To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the patient, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals
To monitor and evaluate treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of the intervention
To gain consent or assess patients’ capacity and act in best interests under the Mental Capacity Act at all times
To communicate effectively with patients, family members, carers, team members and other agencies
To use enhanced communication skills in situations where there are barriers to understanding, effectiveness or compliance
To actively participate as a member of multidisciplinary team meetings and take an active role in decisions with regard to each patient’s assessment, treatment and onward planning
To review and reflect on your own practice and performance through effective use of clinical and managerial supervision and appraisal
To develop and work towards agreed objectives in order to develop physiotherapy and personal skills
To apply acquired skills and knowledge of professional practice in order to maintain fitness to practice as a physiotherapist
To maintain a professional portfolio for CPD, recording learning outcomes through participation in internal and external development opportunities
To contribute to the CPD of the physiotherapy team and the AHP inpatient team
This advert closes on Wednesday 29 May 2024