Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist

Location

Chichester, West Sussex | United Kingdom

Job description

Job Category : Social Care – Qualified
Location : Peelhouse Family Centre, Halton Borough Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £19.38

We are looking to recruit a locum qualified band 6 Physiotherapist to initially cover 6 month at 37 hrs per week. Based within the Halton Reablement Service and working with patients in their own homes, completing Therapy assessments and carry out rehabilitation interventions, assessment and to improve the outcome for service users and length of stay in the service.
To have a hands on approach with rehabilitation goals and treatments and be able to complete and update care plans for the Reablement staff to follow, Communicate closely and effectively in order to maximise rehab potential and complete paperwork efficiently and comprehensively.
To be able to work both independently and as an effective team member alongside the other health and social care services Reablement Service for initially 6 month.

Patient/Clinical Care

1. To manage your clinical caseload with autonomy, guided by policies, procedures, codes of practice and departmental working practices.
2. To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with a complex presentation, using investigative and advanced analytical skills and clinical reasoning.
3. Using developed knowledge and experience to make a therapeutic diagnosis of a patient’s condition and interpret clinical findings and documentation to formulate a comprehensive specialised programme of care, including decision making about the most appropriate treatment options. This may be for patients with a wide range of diagnoses and problems and will need regular updating to ensure to ensure optimum therapeutic outcome. For example where self-referral occurs, clinical diagnosis is made and a programme of care is developed.
4. To supervise less experienced staff and students in the provision of patient care.
5. To provide planned and spontaneous advise to patients/clients, junior staff, staff of other disciplines, formal and informal carers and relatives
6. To have highly developed physical skills for the treatment of patients. This may involve the use of specialist equipment, materials and tools, for example for splinting, computers, equipment for activities of daily living.
7. To be responsible for maintaining and managing accurate and comprehensive treatment records in line with professional and local standards.
8. To frequently exert physical effort in cramped conditions and sustained postures for periods of up to 40 minutes several times a day. This would include moving patients as part of their treatment or moving equipment
9. With every patient, concentration is required to listen, observe, evaluate, document, plan and act on information gathered.
10. To deal with distressing or emotional situations, such as dealing with patients and families who are distressed due to acute or a terminal illness, those who are elderly, those with special needs and those experiencing prolonged ongoing deterioration.
11. To have daily contact with patients bodily fluids, odours, dust, etc.
12. To participate in on-call rota and weekend working initiatives across the trust.
13. To fully implement the trust policies around infection control in order to protect patients.

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