Senior Physiotherpist

NHS; Ashford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

As a Band 6 Physiotherapist within the Community Rehabilitation Team you will be assessing and providing intervention for a wide range of conditions including falls, orthopaedics, neurology and Stroke.

Your caseload will include patients with complex health and social care issues. You will also be involved in supervision of junior staff, students and service improvement.

Main duties of the job

Band 6 Physiotherapists work closely with the people who use our services, families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services.

Band 6 Physiotherapists are expected to be kind, responsive and professional, contributing to the quality of the services we provide by:

• Keeping the people who use our services safe through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments.
• Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures.
• Ensuring the people that use our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with them.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Diploma/Degree in physiotherapy Appropriate State registration with the Health Professions Council.
• Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

Experience

• Minimum of 18 months recent experience within the past 2 years at band 5 level or above.
• Clinical experience within community, working with patients with neurological conditions.

Knowledge

• Understanding of clinical governance and its implication.
• Member of relevant clinical interest groups.

Skills and abilities

• Adaptable communication skills, demonstrating a wide range of skills used appropriately in complex situations.
• Able to train, appraise and supervise others.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.