If you are a Physiotherapist who strives for excellent care, good outcomes for patients, job satisfaction and is keen to develop yourself and others to full potential, then we would like to welcome your application to join us at CNWL. Interested, but currently in a Band 6 role? We recognise that there can be a hesitant step from Band 6 to 7, so we can support your development through robust supervision and access to training. Interested, but currently in a Band 7 role elsewhere? We can provide great leadership, service development and clinical experiences working with a wonderful team of Rehabilitation assistants, Occupational Therapists, Nurses and Pharmacy Technicians

This post will provide great opportunities for varied working across the Home 1st Therapy pathways. We provide therapy assessments and interventions for community admission avoidance, virtual wards and intermediate care needs, discharge support to the local acute hospital, inpatient rehabilitation to the Seacole Virtual Community Hospital and Pulmonary rehabilitation.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Main duties of the job

Home 1st is a multi-disciplinary integrated service encompassing health and social care the focus of which is to work collaboratively with other local providers for the purpose of admission avoidance and supported discharge pathways for the residents of Milton Keynes

This role will provide leadership within the Home 1st Therapy team and will:

o Provide professional leadership and clinical supervision to the Home 1st Therapists.

o Coordinate interdisciplinary assessments to prevent avoidable Hospital admission and re admission, in a variety of settings.

o Work collaboratively with MKUHFT and MKCC and the 3rd sector to ensure the right pathway for the patients

o Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with the other leads within Home 1st regarding patients to ensure their needs are met.

o Provide advanced Therapy assessments and treatment for people using the service.

o Contribute to service development

o Work with the Professional leads for Practice Development and therapies in CNWL (Physio and OT) to ensure professional development of therapy staff.

About us

Home1st is based in Bletchley and the modern office is a central hub for multi-disciplinary working. You will be provided with ICT laptop, mobile phone, uniform and have mileage expenses paid for.

And if you thought there was something more you were looking for, then CNWL can offer:

• Flexible working
• Buying and selling annual leave
• An attractive pension scheme
• Employee assistance programme: a free and confidential service to help with personal life
• Staying well at work service for tailored employment related support to staff
• Physio Med: an education zone, advice line and treatment service for staff
• Staff wellbeing zone for free and confidential online health and wellbeing programmes
• The Recovery College offers a range of health and wellbeing courses for staff
• A range of staff networks: The PRIDE@CNWL Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+) network
• Disabled employee's network
• Lived Experience of Mental Health staff network
• Carers at Work network
• Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Network (BAME)
• Discounts and savings at hundreds of retailers nationwide with My Trust benefits: you can save money on your weekly food shops, household bills, toiletries and cosmetics, cinema tickets, meals out and holidays or weekend breaks.
• Childcare vouchers
• Salary sacrifice
• Travel discounts
• Interest free season ticket loans

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide expert clinical advice and support with complex hospital discharges.

Responsible for the provision of leadership and clinical supervision of Therapists within the service.

Work across health and social care to prevent avoidable, unplanned hospital admission and prevent re admission.

Manage a patient caseload advocating good outcmes in a timely manner.

Provide professional and personal support for other Home 1st staff and colleagues to work to build and maintain a cohesive team focus.

Assess and implement specialist Therapy treatments and programmes.

To use analytical and judgment skills on a variety of Therapy related problems.

To gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with people who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

Encourage participation of peoples families and carers in decision making and planning mutually agreed objectives.

Work in collaboration with other Home 1st Leads to ensure the delivery of a coordinated multidisciplinary activity, and organize changes to working practice.

Propose and implement team polices/amends team policies, which may impact on other members of the Multidisciplinary team.

Provide day to day Management support of the Therapy team, including participation in recruitment, appraisal and performance management.

To be responsible for the safe and competent use of all appropriate equipment, to initiate regular audits, including training and competencies for unqualified staff.

Updates clients records using an electronic database.

Have responsibility for the monitoring and prioritization and allocation of work across the Therapy team.

Establish and maintain a high profile and proactive partnership with Milton Keynes University Hospital Foundation Trust (MKUHFT) and Milton Keynes Council (MKC) to support and contribute to the development of improved services for the people of Milton Keynes along with the achievement of organisational strategic objectives.

To lead on CQC activity in partnership with the team including NICE guidance.

Be responsible to ensure that appropriate systems are in place to ensure that there is effective assessment, care planning and review of people referred to intermediate care services. This will include supporting and implementing the principles of interdisciplinary working and person centred care planning.

Acquire an understanding of clinical and HR policy and procedures within CNWL.

Ensure Therapists working in the service have personal development plans and annual appraisals.

Co-ordinate duty rotas, annual leave and training, in accordance with the relevant leave policy to ensure adequate staffing for the continued effective functioning of the service.

To ensure all agreed policies and procedures are met, including Health and Safety

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• HCPC registration
• BSc Hons degree in Physiotherapy
• Evidence of recent relevant continuing professional development
• Experience of working in NHS community / intermediate care / A& E / admission avoidance / rehabilitation settings
• Car driver with access to a car for work
• Experience of triage / prioritising and managing referrals / waiting lists
• Experience of leading teams / supervising staff
• Experience of service development / project work

Desirable

• Evidence of post graduate education

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Home 1st Therapy, Bletchley Community Health Services

Whalley Drive

Bletchley, Milton Keynes

MK3 6EN

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