Band 7 Lead Physiotherapist | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 17 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum, plus 5% HCA |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 16 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Harlow, CM18 7BL |
| Cwmni: | Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7353551/364-A-9184 |
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The community team of West Essex is part of the wider Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care System, supporting out of hospital care for West Essex residents.
To provide leadership to a multidisciplinary Integrated community care team to deliver patient centred care to peoplewith a focus on rehabilitation. This will involve helpingpatients to engage as independently as possible in activities which enhance their health & wellbeing. Interventions will be carried outwithin patients own homes, 24 hour care facilities and clinics. This role also includes a one day a week neuro clinic held at Dunmow clinic in the south if Uttlesford. There would also be an ask to offer at distant management support for other ICT’s on days of reduced management support.
To be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality person-centred services, day to day management and leadership of therapy and assistant practitioners. To provide senior clinical advice, leadership and support ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical risk assessment and advanced decision making skills. Flexible working is required, as at times you will be expected to work across sites in our other West Essex localities depending on service needs.
· To act as a senior decision maker to guide and support staff with complex patient cases.
· To assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist treatment and care and/or rehabilitation programs to people, promoting independence and autonomy; working within a multidisciplinary team.
· Provide expert clinical holistic assessment and evidence based pro-active and reactive health care interventions to support patients and their carers to achieve maximum health welling and independence
· To act at all times as an advocate for service users, carers and relatives.
· To be responsible for standards of care within the service area; to evaluate clinical care and develop actions with relevant line managers where required.
· To have overall responsibility for caseload management through continual monitoring and data collection..
· Day to day management and leadership of therapy and at time nursing practitioners and other staff in the multi-disciplinary team. To provide senior clinical advice, leadership and support ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical risk assessment and advanced decision making skills.
· To delegate day to day clinical duties appropriately to other team members.
· Actively participate in identifying training needs of self and others and participate in appropriate training programmes.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
• Using verbal, non-verbal and written communication tools ensure that patients and carers have an understanding of their condition and the role and aims of Therapy in relation to this.
• To be confident in their own diagnosis and be able to communicate that effectively to others (including medical doctors, other Allied Health Professionals etc).
• To share information in a timely manner with more senior staff if there are any concerns about a patients safety, condition or prognosis.
• To urgently report and take, appropriate action if there are any concerns about staff and/or patient safety..
• To represent the community service in meetings with other professionals with an aim of accurately contributing and reporting back relevant information to their line manager.
• Maintain confidentiality at all times, consistent with Trust policy.
• Maintain accurate clinical records in accordance with professional and trust standards.
• Use IT skills accurately in patient notes and report writing.
Professional Skills:
• The staff member must be able to adapt their communication, treatment, information and advice to meet the needs of individual patients. Patients seen will range from the vulnerable to those who are extremely well informed about their condition.
• The staff member must be sensitive to patients’ own cultures, beliefs and emotions, especially when asking them to undress for treatment n during assessments or treatments.
• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients in your care.
• To take a lead for specific projects within your area of work to enhance patient care and service delivery.
• To train, supervise and performance manage junior staff, technical instructors, assistants and students.
• To effectively manage and prioritise your own workload within the time available including the prioritisation of patients to be treated along with other commitments in the day.
• Actively participate in Continuous Professional Development and maintain a portfolio recording learning outcomes.
• Undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practices and participate in research and development through the use of Evidence Based Practice projects, audit and outcome measures. To make recommendations for change as a result of this process.
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and apply this understanding to work situations.
This advert closes on Thursday 31 Jul 2025