Do you want to deliver rehab in the right dose to meet people's needs and really make a difference to their lives?

Would you like to work in a supportive and friendly team who are innovative and put person centred care at the heart of everything we do.

If yes, then this is the job for you. We are looking for B6 physiotherapists who believe in the value of rehabilitation to transform lives.These posts are to work within the Home Based Intermediate Care Team in the community in Sandwell, West Midlands.

We work as part of a wider integrated Directorate (iCares) working with people at home who have intermediate care needs. This includes intensive community rehab as well as admission avoidance. We work closely with our colleagues in Urgent Community Response, D2A and Virtual Wards.

You will work closely with the wider MDT including Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Consultants and GPs as well as be supported by Assistant Practitioners and Rehab Support Workers.

Your line manager will be one of the senior physios in the team and no one works in isolation.

Main duties of the job

The main duties for these band 6 roles are to:

- Provide the intensity of community rehabilitation for people in the community.

- To work closely and collaboratively with colleagues from the wider team, local authority and third sector.

- To support and train junior colleagues and support workers in what it takes to work in community.

- To bring value and compassion into everything you do.

About us

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately �600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three strategic objectives:

Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff

Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do

Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve liv

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what this role entails.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience must include working within a community service / rehab / neurology or long term conditions
• Experience of working as part of a Physiotherapy team and the wider MDT
• Supervision and delegation of work to Junior Therapists and support staff
• Contribution to the clinical education of less experienced staff or undergraduate Physiotherapy students
• Must have experience of working in the NHS
• Must be a car driver

Desirable

• Involvement in audit and research

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
• HCPC Registration
• Portfolio of evidenced CPD

Desirable

• Membership of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Leadership

Essential

• Able to fully complete tasks within agreed deadlines
• Able to use and demonstrate to staff, carers & patients the safe use of equipment and appliances
• Able to cope with daily exposure to unpleasant conditions including soiled linen, sputum and body odours
• Able to cope working in a stressful environment with patients and carers of patients presenting with disabilities, chronic or terminal conditions, including g those with limited recovery potential
• Able to deal sensitively with patients with high levels of anxiety/aggression caused by pain, dementia, sedation, limited mobility or who are unable to accept rehabilitation outcomes.
• Able to speak, receive and issue instructions in English concerning patients without risk of misunderstandings in group and individual settings

Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust

Lyng Centre For Health

Sandwell

B71 4HJ

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