Senior Physiotherapist

Job overview

Are you passionate about working in the complex area of frailty?

Are you a confident decision maker, who can think on their feet and embrace positive risk taking?

Would you like to work in a dynamic, ground-breaking, and fully integrated intermediate care team, in a brand new, purpose-built intermediate care hub?

If the answer to the above is yes, then we would like to hear from you!

Due to re-organisation and restructure in the integrated service, we have Band 6 opportunities for  Physiotherapists

Working to a home first agenda, the role is to support service delivery across inpatient, emergency department and community settings.

Our service consists of Health and Social Care colleagues.

Consultants, GPs, Advanced Care Practitioners, Social Workers, Nursing, OT, Physiotherapists, Discharge Team and Multi-Disciplinary Assistants all work together to support patient flow. We operate 7 days, 365 days a year to support some of our most vulnerable, frail patients.

You will be based across our 4 community bases in addition to our new purpose-built Hub at Harrogate Hospital, working with, colleagues from social care and our Acute Therapy Team.

Main duties of the job

• To carry a variable clinical caseload of patients within the Acute Response and Rehabilitation in the Community and Hospital Service (ARCH) providing complex physiotherapy assessments addressing physiotherapy performance, skills deficits, self-maintenance and cognitive function.
• To provide assessments and interventions which support an ‘admission avoidance’ or ‘home first’ approach enabling patients to receive care in their usual place of residence wherever possible
• To provide rehabilitation and advice to patients either at home or in hospital/rehabilitation bed to enable them to achieve their optimum level of independence and quality of life
• To work with patients, carers, relatives and colleagues to identify, plan, develop and implement Physiotherapy patient goals as part of an overall care plan.
• To plan and implement individual interventions, in collaboration with the patient, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
• To work independently under the guidance of the senior staff within the team and actively participate in the professional development of self and others.
• To seek and get support from the Physiotherapy Professional Lead
• To advise on, and prescribe, specialist, assistive equipment and adaptations for the home.
• To take a responsible place in the multi-disciplinary team promoting the role of Physiotherapy and taking an active part in team projects.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached the job description document for a full list of duties and responsibilities of this post.  If you have any questions, please contact Paul Pinder on [email protected]