Bank Specialist physiotherapist Herts (Band 6) - Physiotherapy - Central London Community Healt[...]

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; Hatching Green; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

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Site: Harpenden Memorial Hospital
Town: Harpenden
Salary: £20.06
Weekly pay will include: Basic pay, HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
Salary period: Hourly
Closing: 23/04/2025 12:00

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

At Central London Community Healthcare, we promote equality and foster an inclusive environment where our diverse workforce feels they belong and are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

CLCH aims to create a culture where staff feel supported, valued and respected for what they do and where the values we seek to show to our patients are the same values we show to each other, in line with the NHS People Plan and Our NHS People Promise and our own strategic Equality values and objectives.

Job overview

1. To travel to patients’ homes using your own vehicle, taking necessary assessment and treatment equipment as required.
2. To work within professional standards and clinical guidelines, promoting best practice and undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, including assessing and treating own caseload of patients/clients and maintaining professional documentation.
3. To be responsible for the supervision of rehabilitation assistants and Physiotherapy students.
4. To work mainly in the patients’ homes but also in a variety of settings including clinics, residential care homes, continuing care homes and community centers.
5. To support personal and professional development through active participation in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and by participating in any audit or research being undertaken by the service.

Main duties of the job

1. To undertake multidisciplinary neurological assessments, to be able to identify the needs of the clients and to work closely with the MDT on joint goals. These clients will present with a variety of complex neurological conditions.
2. To undertake specialist physiotherapy assessments; within the ICSS/NETT service, including assessment, treatment, reviewing and discharging in line with evidenced based practice. All sessions will take place in patients' own home.
3. To communicate relevant medical information, assessment details, advice, and recommendations across agencies and with clients in compliance with trust guidelines for sharing of information and informed consent. These agencies include General Practitioners, Social Services, healthcare professionals, voluntary agencies, and residential homes.
4. To be responsible for gaining informed consent for assessment, treatment interventions and sharing of information in compliance with legal and professional guidelines. To be able to interpret and follow these guidelines in circumstances where clients do not have capacity to provide informed consent.

Working for our organisation

Are you looking to join London’s largest NHS Trust dedicated to community healthcare? We are looking for fantastic Physiotherapists to join our Bank. This will give you the ability to pick up new skills, work across different teams, pick up shifts whenever you want, and gain further experience in a large NHS Trust. You'll be able to work across the Trust as well.

In return for your skills and experience we can offer you:

• Flexible working hours to suit individual circumstances and arrangements.
• Competitive hourly rates.
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme (subject to status).
• Paid annual leave built into hourly rate.
• Access to statutory and mandatory training through Induction and e-Learning.
• Great opportunities to sample different areas of work across different services.

Our temporary staffing shifts are calculated hourly and paid weekly. You are paid only for the hours you actually work during any Assignment. Bank workers are paid on fixed third point based on the Agenda for Change (AFC) pay bands.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. To be responsible for maintaining detailed and accurate patient treatment records in line with CSP and legal standards.
2. To be responsible for complying with legal and professional confidentiality guidelines at all times.
3. To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work ensuring that the standard of professional work meets professional standards and clinical guidelines.
4. To actively participate in the CLCH Appraisal Scheme, both as an appraiser and appraise, by identifying key performance objectives and continuing education needs.
5. To actively participate in both clinical and operational supervision sessions with your supervisor and to identify and develop professional, clinical and service needs.
6. To display enthusiasm and interest in service development, and to demonstrate initiative and drive in providing services.
7. To comply with the Trust’s Moving and Handling, Infection Control, Lone Working and Risk Assessment Policies at all times.

Person specification

Education/Qualification

• Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy.
• Current HPC registration.
• Evidence of up to date CPD portfolio.
• Member of a Special Interest Group relevant to this post.
• Member of CSP.

Experience

• Experience working in a range of clinical areas such as neurology, general rehabilitation, falls, elderly medicine.
• Experience post registration as a Band 6 Physiotherapist in neurology (possibly as part of a rotation).
• Experience of wide range of specialist services eg. falls services, wheelchair services, and learning disabilities.
• Experience of community rehabilitation.
• Experience of working in the NHS.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

• Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
• Race Equality Network
• Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.