Senior Physiotherapist Intermediate Care Service, 37.5 hours per week

The role of the Intermediate Care Service is to provide efficient and effective patient focused care to all service users within primary and secondary care settings. This seamless provision ensures equity of service, patient choice and high standards of personalized care.

The role of the Intermediate Care Service is to provide specialised rehabilitation to patients within interim 24hr bedded settings, facilitating smooth transfer from Acute and Community Hospital settings. To assist patients to achieve their optimal level of independence and integrate back into their communities with the appropriate level of support for them and their carers. To prevent inappropriate hospital admissions and promote a supported discharge from hospital as early as is appropriate and safe. To provide high quality multi-disciplinary (MDT) assessment and treatment, advice/support and / or referral onto other agencies.

The referrals will predominantly be from both the Acute and Community Hospitals, but where appropriate from community settings where is has been recognised that a patient needs to step up into a service such as the Intermediate Care Service to prevent an admission to the Acute Trust.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to work as part of the Intermediate Care Service providing the ethos of integrated care and seamless services ensuring that patient care is delivered to the highest possible standard.

To practice in accordance with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Rules of Professional Conduct and The Health & Care Professions Council Regulations.

As a Physiotherapist in a multi-disciplinary team, work with other health and social care and 3rd Sector 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 intermediate care beds provide advice and education to patients, carers and colleagues and maintain associated records.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

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Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

• Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
• If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Important Information

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Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

• youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
• the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk

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The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: �18 + Administration cost of �3.85 = �21.85. Deducted at �6.85 from 1st month salary and �5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check: �38 + administration cost of �3.90 = �41.90. Deducted at �11.90 from 1st month salary and �10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• CSP recognised Degree/Diploma or equivalent in Physiotherapy
• HCPC registered

Desirable

• Evidence of attendance at relevant post graduate courses
• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Experience

Essential

• Completion of core junior rotations (Respiratory/neurological/musculo-skeletal/elderly care)
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Experience of working within the NHS

Desirable

• Previous experience of working at a Band 6 level
• Experience of working within a community setting.
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Teaching / Mentoring of healthcare professionals

Knowledge

Essential

• Good Knowledge of Evidence Based Clinical Practice within Rehabilitation
• Good Knowledge of Continuing Professional Development/Lifelong Learning
• Knowledge and understanding of Clinical Governance including Risk Management
• Understanding of Professional Code of Conduct and confidentiality
• Knowledge of key NHS drivers for change and implications for Physiotherapy services

Desirable

• Knowledge of management of patients with long-term conditions and falls
• Knowledge of clinical audit and outcome measures, and their use in service improvement

Skills & Aptitudes

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Ability to organise workload of self and others
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Relevant practical physiotherapy skills
• The post holder needs good IT skills, the ability to input data, communicate via email and search for evidence based practice

Personal Circumstances

Essential

• Patient focused
• Flexible
• Reliable
• Friendly and approachable
• Able to travel independently, (and at times) transport patients and /or equipment across the locality
• Able to work 7 days per week

Other Requirements

Essential

• Take an active part in training for personal and professional development
• Willing to actively take part in training of others

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wigton Hospital

Wigton

CA7 9DD

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