We are recruiting for a Senior Physiotherapist to join our team.

These roles require flexible and innovative Physiotherapists to work within a Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Team rotating between three Localities. You will be asked to support the development of staff and support a step by step implementation of 7 day a week working. These and other transformations will promote greater accessibility to rehabilitation for the population of the Isle of Wight.

You will help increase function and promote independence through a range of therapeutic interventions in a variety of settings including in a person's home. With opportunity to share your previous knowledge and partake in the sharing of up-to-date evidence-based practice research and guidance through peer support, local training and through national conference and training attendance.

It is the opportunity to be part of an integrated service that actively encourages Quality Improvement and offers career development pathways.

Our aim is that our culture holds learning and development at the heart, where career growth can be achieved, through structured education and clinical supervision. With well-defined pathways, both clinically and educationally we can promote a wider skillset and breadth of knowledge developing careers towards advancing practice.

Main duties of the job

Being part of a positive high performing culture that acknowledges people as individuals underpins the spirt of community working, where diversity and inclusion are valued, and success is celebrated. We want you to shine.

To independently perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.

To independently hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, working without direct supervision. Supervision taking the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences. Access to advice and support from a senior physiotherapist will be available if required, clinical work is not routinely evaluated.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

To undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and team's clinical practice within each rotation. Make recommendations to Team Lead/ Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist for changes to practice by the team.

To independently perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to combine all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services, with the plan to create a new larger, more integrated and accessible organisation.

The transformation will happen in stages Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning across in May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent NHS Trust services is expected in late 2024, when our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree / Diploma in Physiotherapy.
• HCPC Registration.
• Continued Professional Development Diary including evidence or reflective practice, in service training any courses attended and clinical experience gained.

Desirable

• Membership of special interest group.
• Relevant post graduate accredited training e.g., Normal Movement.

Experience

Essential

• Broad range of experience at junior level including ICU, medical, surgery, neurology, musculoskeletal outpatients, and elderly care.
• Demonstrate up to date knowledge of best clinical practice in relevant specialty.
• Participation in 7-day service weekend rota.
• Experience of working as part of a physiotherapy team and multidisciplinary team.
• Remains up to date with professional practice and new research.
• Understands the legal responsibilities of the profession.
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for physiotherapy services including experience of quality issues and audit.
• Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the differing needs of the patient.

Desirable

• In depth knowledge of national and local clinical guidelines in relevant area.
• Previous experience at senior level.
• Student supervision / clinical education.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate.
• Willingness to participate in staff training.
• Ability to work within multi / interdisciplinary teams and set team goals, including discharge planning.
• Willing to work flexible hours, if necessary, to meet the needs of the service.

Desirable

• Refer to Person Specification:

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Marys Hospital

Parkhurst Road

Newport

Isle of Wight

PO30 5TG

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348-IOW-5329