Job summary
- Main area
- physiotherapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 201-24-317-A
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Various
- Town
- TBC
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per Annum/Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Physiotherapist - North & East Therapies Team
Band 6
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. 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 job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Physiotherapist to join the East Integrated Community Rehabilitation team. We are looking for a flexible, reliable person who enjoys working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, with leadership qualities.
The team provides high quality rehabilitation and reablement in the community provided alongside step-down intermediate care in the community bedded settings of Liskeard and Launceston hospitals to adults (aged 18 years or over) who need support after discharge from acute inpatient settings and virtual wards to help them rehabilitate, re-able and recover in East Cornwall. This post will rotate between Liskeard Community Hospital and Community Rehabilitation Team.
The post holder will treat patients with a complex and varied pathologies and presentations, including a wide variety of conditions. Every contact, treatment plan, and working environment are different bringing variety and challenge to each working day.
It is desired that staff work flexibly in line with a ‘one workforce’ culture across services, settings, and sectors, building relationships and increasing skills. The community rehabilitation model aims to increase capacity and access to high quality therapy-led rehabilitation assessments and interventions that are timely, safe, and person-centred, for people discharged on intermediate care pathways from acute settings and virtual wards.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of the post is:
- To provide a high standard physiotherapy service, performing advanced assessments of patients including those with highly complex presentations, and from this formulating a diagnosis and treatment.
- To provide leadership for support staff and junior staff through supervision and training.
- To participate in the planning and development of Physiotherapy Services.
- Model and deliver excellent evidence based clinical care, working as an autonomous physiotherapist.
- To support the community rehabilitation and reablement model in line with a ‘one workforce’ culture across services, settings, and sectors in the community and step-down intermediate care settings.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live her. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional Qualification - Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Current Professional registration - HCPC
- IELTS unless qualification taken in English
Desirable criteria
- Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Broad range of post graduate experience of medical, surgical, orthopaedic and neurological settings
- Extensive post-registration experience
Desirable criteria
- A broad range of clinical experience in a variety of community and inpatient settings.
- Experience of providing regular supervision for junior team members
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- High level of assessment and treatment skills
Desirable criteria
- Commitment to and understanding of teams and team working demonstrating awareness of resource management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Phillip Crisp
- Job title
- Physiotherapy Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01579 373 570
- Additional information
If part time hours or flexible working is required, please make contact to discuss.
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction
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