Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR1506-24
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester/Clacton
- Town
- Colchester/Clacton
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
To work as part of the integrated team to deliver therapeutic input to patients with the aim of returning them to maximum independent living, within a stimulating environment actively promoting self-management on all activities of daily living.
Working as a specialist practitioner, the post holder will provide advanced and broad ranging diagnostics and case management of complex patients.
Work with colleagues across health, social care, mental health and voluntary sector to ensure holistic and joined up delivery of care.
Empower patients to make decisions about their own care and encourage them to exercise their rights and choices, signposting them to relevant community and voluntary services and supporting patients carers and members of the integrated team with management of complex presentations and risk.
Working as an autonomous practitioner you will undertake a differential diagnosis procedure i.e. you will distinguish a particular disease or condition from others that present similar clinical features and determine a specific diagnosis and subsequent treatment options
As this is a job share the current post holder works Monday, Tuesday and part of Wednesday, operationally we do require a candidate who can work Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. 8.30-4.30 or 9-5.
It is essential that you are a car driver with access to a vehicle for work as you will be expected to travel across the North East Essex area
Main duties of the job
To utilise advanced clinical expertise, function as an experienced clinician managing a specialised and/or complex clinical caseload within an integrated team
Act as a resource for the integrated team, carrying out single assessments, contributing to the development and delivery of the integrated care plan with a focus on patients with complex and specialist presentations
Develop programmes of specialist nursing/therapeutic activities, weighing options and delegating aspects of care across the integrated team as appropriate
Implement specialist aspects of the care plan, potentially acting as care coordinator and reviewing the plan on behalf of the integrated team.
To have clinical autonomy regarding the clinical diagnosis and future clinical management of presenting patients through clinical assessment and the requesting and interpretation of the results of specific medical investigations
Support patients with advice, information, persuasion and direction to community resources to encourage self-management and ongoing independence.
Provide support, training and advice to patients, parents and carers.
Direct the work of more junior staff, students, assistants and volunteers
Manage the work of the team, deputising for more senior managers as required
Working for our organisation
One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Proven post registration experience
- • Significant experience at Band 6 level - working in community settings.
- • Evidence of continued professional development
- • Experience of supervising the work of others
Desirable criteria
- • Previous experience of formal presentations to multi professional groups
- • Experience of research
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
- • HCPC Registration
- • Professional knowledge and skills underpinned by theory and experience, acquired through degree supplemented by specialist training, experience in specialist field, to masters level or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- • Recognised post graduate qualification in related area e.g. MSc, PGCert
- • Recognised member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Awareness of national guidance relevant to own specialities, including, consent issues, and other legal frameworks relating to care group
- • Competent IT skills
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
- Anbu Jayakumaran
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07866 049049
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