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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
About
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex and Kent.
We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Senior Community Physiotherapist
Closed for applications on: 11-Jul-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 11-Jul-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Redbridge Community Learning Disability Service, NHS NELFT Redbridge Community Health & Social Care: Fairlop Cluster
- Address
- 852 Cranbrook Road
- Town
- Barkingside
- Postcode
- IG6 1HZ
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum plus HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Interview date
- 07/08/2024
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Physiotherapist who is looking to build upon their existing skills to Band 6 competency.
The post holder will provide high standard physiotherapy service to adults with learning disabilities including complex health needs in the community for London Borough of Redbridge.
The successful candidate will be part of an integrated community team made up of health and social care professionals within LD and other health disciplines such as district nursing, community rehabilitation and strong joint working partnership with other mainstream health and social care settings both in primary and secondary care levels.
The successful candidate will be offered the best support within MDT and directly from the Clinical Lead for their supervisions and appraisals.
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The post holder will be a physiotherapist responsible for patients allocated to them, manage and deliver care through specialist assessments, analysis, risk assessments, physiotherapy care plans (diversified person-centred treatment approaches), demonstration of therapy to clients, families, carers, conducting physiotherapy reviews, supporting LeDER case studies, equipment management and care co-ordination thus being professionally and legally accountable.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Working for our organisation
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High-Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436) pro rata for part time staff.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To provide a range of specialised physiotherapy interventions for learning disability service users (18 years of age and above) with complex needs within London Borough of Redbridge.
2. To work as part of the Community Learning Disability Team delivering high quality physiotherapy care as part of a multi professional service/team within the community.
3. To work with service users, carers, family members, health professionals and other stake holders to maintain best possible care for improving quality of life for individual clients with very complex needs.
4. To provide intensive intervention where appropriate to prevent hospital admissions and maintain service users within their home/community settings.
5. To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.
6. To deputise when required in the line manager’s absence and delegate work appropriately to other colleagues.
7. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly moving and handling.
8. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.
Please refer to Job desciption & Person Specifications for full details.
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
- A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
- A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
- Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
- Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
Supporting our Armed Forces
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [email protected].
Correspondence with us
You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.
In the event of a high number of responses to any advert, NELFT reserves the right to close the vacancy early. If you do not hear from us within three weeks of the closing date then please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications & Professional Registrations
Essential criteria
- Bachelor’s Degree and or Master’s Degree in Physiotherapy
- Professional Registration with UK Health and Care Professions Council
- Post-graduate training/experience in wheelchair referrals, orthotics, postural management, innovative care, gait analysis, various Orthopaedic, Neurological & Respiratory Conditions, hydrotherapy, communication, working with older people and those having mental health and Learning disability
- Evidence of on-going CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendance at recent postgraduate courses relevant to learning disability physiotherapy, leadership and management
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 3 years post-qualifying experience as a physiotherapist including experience of working with adults with learning disabilities
- Application of Standardised/Evidence Based Assessments & Outcome Measures
- Experience completing Physiotherapy Care Plans & Reviews
- Working as a MDT team member
Desirable criteria
- Experience of training & delivering presentations internally and externally to staff groups including students on educational placements
- Experience & knowledge of Safeguarding adults and/or children
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- To comply with the Trust Manual Handling policy and local therapeutic handling guidance at all times. This includes highly developed therapeutic handling skills, manual techniques and facilitation of movement. To provide expert advice on continuing management to client and members of the multidisciplinary team/ family/ carers
Skills
Essential criteria
- Conduct assessments of intense concentration to analyse and interpret complex information such as physiotherapy assessments up to 90 minutes duration taking in depth patient history and movement analysis, teaching clinical skills
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Able to produce well written reports
Analytical & Judgemental Skills
Essential criteria
- Identify own problems and get involved in the solutions through supervisional support from the line manager
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Huma Akhtar
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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