Job summary
An exciting opportunity on the Homerton Healthcare Band 6 General Physiotherapy rotation has arisen, working in the vibrant and diverse borough of City and Hackney. The rotation spans acute, community and outpatient services covering a wide range of conditions across the patient pathway. As a member of the Homerton Healthcare Therapy Department you will be given the opportunity and support to broaden your knowledge base, physiotherapy skills and professional development, as well as developing your supervision and leadership skills.

The post-holder will provide specialist physiotherapy for a wide range of patients requiring assessment and rehabilitation in inpatient, outpatient, and community environments and participate in ongoing service evaluation and development.

Teams which this rotation covers are:

• Elderly Care inpatient team
• Acute inpatients covering ITU
• Community respiratory team ACER's
• Intermediate Integrated Care Team (IIT) covering home treatment team and rapid response
• Graham Stroke unit
• Surgical Rehabilitation Team combination of acute and community
• Adult Community Rehabilitation Team
• Locomotor and Consultant outpatient MSK teams
• Bariatrics inpatient service
• Bryning Elderly MDT clinics

Main duties of the job
Main duties include:

• Perform specialist physiotherapy assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, providing a diagnosis and developing and delivering an individualised treatment programme.
• Set goals for patients and evaluate using appropriate outcome measures for service area.
• Communicate effectively with patients, who frequently present with sensory, cognitive and/or mental impairments, using a range of verbal and non-verbal communication strategies/tools, to gain informed consent to progress treatment and rehabilitation programmes.
• Manage and effectively prioritise allocated clinical caseload using criteria appropriate to team.
• Liaise with members of the multidisciplinary team and other agencies to ensure effective communication and planning of patient care.
• Liaise with families and formal and informal carers to effect safe and effective care.
• Supervise and assess the performance of staff

About us
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
• HCPC registration

Desirable

• Member of relevant special interest group
• Relevant post graduate courses

Skills / Abilities
Essential

• Able to demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills to optimise patient management
• Able to assess and implement appropriate treatment for a range of patients
• Able to manage caseload and to prioritise under pressure.
• Able to work within a MDT
• Sound IT skills including word processing and use of email

Desirable

• Supervision of juniors, students, and assistants
• Presentation skills

Experience
Essential

• Broad general clinical experience at a junior level within the NHS
• Experience of service delivery in different settings
• Maintaining relevant range of CPPD activities

Desirable

• Experience of working within a diverse socioeconomic/multicultural society.

Knowledge
Essential

• Awareness of clinical audit and evidence based practice
• Knowledge of current professional and NHS issues
• Knowledge of principles of Risk Management
• Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues

Desirable

• Understanding of health and wellbeing agendas

Trust Values
Essential

• Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).