Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapist Amputee Rehabilitation
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 820-6383016-ASR
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 6 Physiotherapist Amputee Rehabilitation
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified, HCPC registered Physiotherapist with Amputee Rehabilitation experience or who would like to gain experience within this specialist field, to work within the multidisciplinary team to provide high quality assessments and interventions.
Main duties of the job
The job role is to provide physiotherapy input to the Regional Prosthetic Service, alongside Band 7 Physiotherapists. To participate in the inter-disciplinary assessment process, negotiated client-centred goal settings and completion of outcome measurements for amputees. To be responsible for managing a caseload of amputee patients, both non-limb wearers and prosthetic users and to provide physiotherapy treatments, including early walking aids and gait training techniques. To communicate with physiotherapy departments locally and regionally to relay patient-related information concerning their physiotherapy requirements.
Working for our organisation
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will need to have a minimum of 3 years clinical experience with some experience within amputee rehabilitation (Adults and preferred experience with Paediatrics) and some experience of assessing complex disability.
To enable continuity of service provision, we are looking for someone to work five days a week to provide input to Prosthetic and Amputee Rehabilitation within our Tertiary Centre at West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre in Birmingham.
The West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre in Birmingham provides a specialist prosthetic regional service across the whole West Midlands Region. The prosthetic clinics are supported by a wide range of specialist rehabilitation services based within the Centre, including: Access to Communication and Technology, Posture and Mobility, Wheelchair Services, Clinical Measurements Laboratory, Orthotic Services, Counselling and Psychology.
The job role is to provide physiotherapy input to the Regional Prosthetic Service, alongside Band 7 Physiotherapists. To participate in the inter-disciplinary assessment process, negotiated client-centred goal settings and completion of outcome measurements for amputees. To be responsible for managing a caseload of amputee patients, both non-limb wearers and prosthetic users and to provide physiotherapy treatments, including early walking aids and gait training techniques. To communicate with physiotherapy departments locally and regionally to relay patient-related information concerning their physiotherapy requirements.
You must have good organisational skills including prioritisation of workload and time management skills and be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date clinical trends and practices including evidence based ones
You must be able to communicate effectively with patients /carers /colleagues and other agencies and be able to generate written communication, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy / Diploma in Physiotherapy / Physiotherapy Degree
- • Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
- • Evidence of relevant CPD
Desirable criteria
- • Active Member of clinical interest group
- • Significant clinical experience
- • Audit participation
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Proven ability to assess and treat patients with physical conditions, using clinical reasoning skills
- • Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date clinical trends and practices including evidence based ones in the assessment and treatment of amputee patients
- • Knowledge and understanding of the rehabilitation process
Desirable criteria
- • Supervisory experience/staff students
- • Basic skills in digital photography and use of associated computer software
- Understanding of community support agencies and other professions, and ability to work and liaise with them.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- • Ability to demonstrate initiative and motivation when working in a variety of situations
- • Ability to demonstrate flexibility within the changing NHS environment
- • Independently mobile as travel across the region is required to various work locations e.g. for meetings, home visits
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to work under pressure.
- • Willing to develop new skills as required by relevant service
- • Commitment to interdisciplinary team working
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jos van Mulken
- Job title
- Service Clinical Manager Prosthetics & Orthotics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 466 3166
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