Job summary
- Main area
- Care of Elderly
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Will include weekends working
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-7697MS
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital,
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £40,701 - £48,054 per annum inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Physiotherapist - Care of Elderly
Band 6
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced physiotherapist to join our therapy team on the Care of the Elderly wards at Northwick Park Hospital.
You will be required to complete assessments, implement treatment plans, execute tailored rehabilitation programs and coordination safe and effective discharge plans for elderly patients, with a range of conditions including cardio-respiratory (e.g. COPD, pneumonia, heart failure), orthopaedics, neuro (e.g.MS) and impaired mobility.
The post will provide the opportunity to further develop your clinical skills with a diverse caseload whilst contributing to development of the inpatient services and taking active part in service improvement projects.
A developmental position may be considered.
Main duties of the job
As an autonomous practitioner, to assess and treat own caseload and provide a specialist physiotherapy service within Care of the Elderly wards.
Complete comprehensive multisystem assessments (respiratory, neuro, MSK) to develop thorough problem lists and treatment plans to deliver a high standard of care including holistic care and prompt discharge planning.
To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), assessing and treating patients with potentially complex disability, working towards facilitating discharges where possible and maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records.
To support the line manager in the provision and management of physiotherapy services, including responsibility for managing students and junior staff.
To engage in own continued professional development (CPD) and service development, in conjunction with the Band 7s and 8s.
Please note that 7 day working is undertaken across therapies at the Trust. Days off are allocated in the week following weekend working (1 in 5 weekends).
To be part of the Physiotherapy on-call roster.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) is one of the integrated NHS Trusts in the country. Our team of more than 8,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of approximately one million people providing hospital services to the people of Brent, Harrow and beyond.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To find out more about our Trust, why not view our video we are London North West University Healthcare
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Having had experience within relevant clinical field, various specialist areas of work
- Respiratory competent
- Evidence of service development (audits, projects)
Desirable criteria
- Have had 2 years+ experience within the NHS
- Previously worked at band 6 level
- Has experience supervising junior staff
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good written and verbal skills
- Evidence of good team working, prioritisation and delegation
- Experience with discharge planning
Desirable criteria
- Relevant extra training completed recently
- Been involved with supervising students
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
- Agnieszka Jaworska
- Job title
- Lead Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07854222159
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