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Physiotherapist (6 month fixed term)

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Location
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Profession
Physiotherapist
Grade
Band 5
Deadline
03 Jan 2025
Contract Type
6 months (fixed term maternity cover)
Posted Date
20 Dec 2024

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Allied Health Professional  team in Older Adult Urgent Care Mental Health within the Black Country.  The role will allow the successful applicant to develop clinical and leadership skills in a fast paced hospital environments, whilst working as part of a multi professional team on the Older Adult Urgent Care Wards. This is an opportunity to establish your skills and knowledge in a specialist Physiotherapy service and be part of striving for excellence for our patient population.  The Trust is dedicated to the development of its staff and there are a wide range of learning and training opportunities available.

The multi-disciplinary team provides both specialist assessments to service users experiencing acute mental health crisis and offers a needs led, recovery focused, individual and group based activity and therapy programme, supporting individuals recovering from mental health crisis and additional physical health conditions.

We are looking for somebody who is ambitious, enthusiastic, has a desire to learn, with a genuine interest in working with this patient group.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will plan and provide high standard Physiotherapy assessment and treatment interventions to older adults with mental health needs, including dementia and mental health diagnosis’, within specified inpatient and/or community settings. The post holder will develop their evidence based knowledge and client centred practice in this field to assess, plan, implement and evaluate one to one and group based interventions within the setting.  The post holder will be expected to allocate work to Physiotherapy Assistants and provide ongoing support on a daily basis, as well as supervision. To work across the Black Country area within the Physiotherapy teams to cover and support in times of high clinical demand. The hospital locations include Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton. The post holder will be required to work primarily within Busheyfields Hospital however may be required to cover clinical need at another site.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To provide a high standard of physiotherapy to older adults experiencing an acute mental health crisis within the inpatient setting as part of Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
  • To have responsibility for an allocated caseload of patients within the service.
  • Carry out duties autonomously but with the ability to seek support and informal and formal supervision from senior clinicians.
  • To educate and advise service-users/carers and the wider MDT, to equip them with the necessary skills to promote independence.
  • To provide support and guidance for physiotherapy assistants and students.