Band 6 Physiotherapist

Job Title:  Senior Community Physiotherapist – Band 6
Area: North West NHS
Salary: £negotiable
Job Type: Locum
Contract length: Ongoing
Job details:  Senior Community Physiotherapist required to work in Carlisle and district area. To start asap for 3 months. The service provides admission prevention, supported discharge, specialist assessment and rehabilitation for patients with a wide range of long and short-term conditions. They work closely with health and social care colleagues for care and advice, as well as working closely with Brampton Community Hospital to provide flow and discharge support. Main duties:
The team demonstrates fantastic multidisciplinary team working by providing rehabilitation alongside rapid response care.  The post holder will work particularly with frailty patients, those who are at risk of or who have fallen and for patients with long term conditions. 
The post holder will need to have excellent communication skills, be able to demonstrate the ability to work in challenging environments and be committed to working autonomously, providing evidence-based assessment, treatment and rehabilitation.
This post offers the chance to develop clinical, supervisory and managerial skills. The service supports the education of physiotherapy students from local Universities and the post holder should be able to demonstrate commitment to their own and other’s professional development. 
The team work closely with Commissioners, GPs, Acute Services, Community hospitals, CHOC, Cumbria County Council Adult Social Care and third sector organisations.  A key focus is to provide care in patient’s own homes to prevent hospital admissions, facilitate early discharge and where possible to enable patients to manage their own conditions and remain in their own homes, enhancing both their independence and quality of life. 
Patients can be seen as in-patients (in Community Hospital beds or Interim Community beds) or in patient’s own homes (including residential and nursing homes), the job will cover both areas.
JD available on request.

• As a Physiotherapist in a multi-disciplinary team, work with other health and social care professionals to develop the ethos of multi-disciplinary, integrated care and seamless services ensuring that patient care and rehabilitation is delivered to the highest possible standard.
• Working largely alone and unsupervised, to assess patients; plan and implement rehabilitation and care plans as appropriate, in the community and a range of other settings; provide advice and education to patients, carers and colleagues; and maintain associated records.
• Carry out delegated management tasks including line management and clinical supervision of other team members.
• Flexible working will be required to meet the needs of the patients’ group and will require 7 day working. The post holder will work shifts on a rota basis, covering the hours from 8am to 8pm

Working hours: Full time. Monday to Friday.
Code:  U.002008.B12551