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Job summary

Main area
Physiotherapy
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref
351-SPS1157-CLK
Employer
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
LD Adults Team The Bay
Town
Kendal
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/08/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Physiotherapist

Band 7

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

•    Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
•    Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
•    Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.

For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job overview

Band 7 Physiotherapist – The Bay area.

30hrs per week

If you are keen to combine an excellent forward thinking and dynamic working environment with fantastic lifestyle opportunities in South Cumbria or North Lancashire, this community learning disability physiotherapy post is for you!

LSCFT learning disability care group has a small, but growing Physiotherapy workforce with big visions for improving our service, delivering high quality assessment and intervention for adults with learning disabilities in the community. Based in Lancaster, Kendal or Barrow you will work in an experienced multi-disciplinary team, with overarching regular supervision and support from Principal learning disability physiotherapist. We are committed to ongoing professional development of our workforce and driving service development initiatives.

In this role you will work with clinical colleagues from a range of professions to deliver person centred, evidence based physiotherapy. We provide a wide range of Physiotherapy assessment and interventions for people with learning disabilities who cannot successfully access mainstream Physiotherapy services. This results in a varied and interesting caseload, where no two days are the same. We are fortunate to be able to offer a truly person centred approach, using creative approaches to achieve the best outcome to meet each individual’s needs. We also provide lifelong postural management for people with complex physical disabilities across The Bay area.

Main duties of the job

This includes offering high quality assessment, analysis and providing individual 24 hour management plans to families/carers. To achieve this we work closely with professionals from partner agencies such as wheelchair services, local authority occupational therapy and orthotics. As Band 7 you will lead a small team of B6/B5 physiotherapists, allocating cases appropriately and offering quality regular supervision and skills development. 

The Community learning disability team in the Bay is a friendly supportive multi-disciplinary team based across 3 sites. We pride ourselves in our holistic approach to supporting the health needs of adults with learning disabilities and our drive for continuous service development across all professions. We meet monthly as a whole team alternating virtual and face to face meetings. This post would suit an experienced learning disability physiotherapist who is ready to progress in a highly specialist clinical role and contribute to improving our service at an exciting time.

We will support you to achieve your potential as both a clinician and a leader. If you would like to join us on our improvement journey and take the next exciting steps in your career, we’d love to hear from you.

 

Working for our organisation

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area. 

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

 

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria
  • HCPC Registration
  • Degree / Diploma in Physiotherapy
  • Evidence of CPD in relevant areas

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Experience and ability to work effectively within an MDT
  • Evidence of clinical topic training / staff presentations
  • Evidence of supervision of assistant staff / students

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Treatment of a broad range of conditions.
  • Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service /practice
  • Evidence of leading and implementing clinical change

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantStep into healthDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lisa Inman
Job title
Principal Physiotherapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07790579345
Additional information

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