Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Community Physiotherapist to join our friendly and supportive community team.
This is an exciting opportunity to work across a varied caseload including neurological rehabilitation, falls prevention and frailty, supporting patients within their own homes and community settings. The role offers the chance to work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver patient-centred rehabilitation and help individuals maximise their independence, mobility, and quality of life.
You will assess, treat, and manage patients with a wide range of conditions including but not limited to stroke, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, balance disorders, recurrent falls, and complex frailty. The successful candidate will be supported through regular supervision, peer support, and opportunities for continuing professional development.
Main duties of the job
Main ResponsibilitiesUndertake comprehensive physiotherapy assessments and develop person-centred treatment plans.Manage a diverse caseload of neurological, falls, and frailty patients within community settings.Deliver rehabilitation programmes aimed at improving mobility, balance, strength, function, and independence.Complete falls risk assessments and implement evidence-based falls prevention strategies.Provide education, advice, and support to patients, families, and carers.Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to service development initiatives.Participate in service improvement, audit, and quality assurance activities.
About us
Across the Jersey Public Service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wide range of opportunitiesworking with recognised experts across teams, learning new skills, and developing their careers. We actively seek to recruit people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives, creating a richer, more varied environment where youre exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new opportunities to build an exciting and rewarding career.
To maintain the highest standards of public service, we have a rigorous screening process, to ensure candidates align with our values, skills, and professional requirements. This helps us create a trusted, capable workforce that can deliver excellence and safeguard our community.
For regulated activity roles (working with children and adults at risk of harm), an enhanced level of screening will be conducted to include enhanced DBS checks.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work as a specialist AHP assessing, formulating, diagnosing and treating a mixed complexity including high complexity clinical caseload of adult neurological patients as an autonomous physiotherapy practitioner. This can include more widely those with Orthopaedic, Musculoskeletal, Rheumatology, Respiratory and Cardiology conditions as well as those with complex/life limiting and Palliative care needs. To provide specialist information and advice to clients, their families and Healthcare Professionals in relation to neurological rehabilitation and its up to date and evidence based management, supporting integration of specialist physiotherapy across care pathways. To work across a variety of settings including acute, rehabilitation and community settings. To support senior staff with the daily running of the neurological physiotherapy service, including the overall management of the daily caseload and the supervision of junior staff. Required to manage the service in seniors absence. To support senior staff with facilitation and provision of learning opportunities and education to HCS professionals and the wider community on neurological rehabilitation in order to improve knowledge & understanding about the scope of conditions, which may benefit, as well as reduce the burden of functional disability on our community. To contribute to audit activity and service evaluation within own area to support senior staff and the Physiotherapy Department Senior Management Team with strategy and policy development work regarding neurological physiotherapy supporting the integration of research evidence into clinical practice. To act as line manager/supervisor for, and support the development of a Rotational Physiotherapist and Rehabilitation Assistants within the team in order to deliver a high quality physiotherapy service. To work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure effective treatment planning and patient management.
Professionally responsible and accountable for planning, implementing and evaluating patient-centred, goal-orientated treatment and management. This includes creating Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation programmes for a mixed caseload of complex and non complex patients moving through the neuroscience pathway, utilising specialist clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of relevant outcome measures. Co-ordinates provision of holistic, seamless rehabilitation and care. Participate in on call by local agreement. To maintain and oversee maintenance of accurate clinical records and statistical data in accordance with professional standards, providing written clinical reports to external agencies to optimise multi-disciplinary, and holistic patient care. Responsible for following the HCS safeguarding policy to ensure that all vulnerable adults are protected. To have delegated responsibility for the physiotherapy triage, assessment, formulation, treatment and management of a mixed caseload of complex and non-complex patients (including those who are diagnostically challenging with co-morbidities, complex psychosocial, cognitive and physical issues, associated mental health challenges and life limiting prognoses) moving through the neurosciences pathway. Supports the wider team with the daily running of the neuroscience service, including organisation and patient allocation to reflect service demands and priorities, readjusting plans as necessary to support other teams. Capable of leading the team in the seniors absence on a regular basis. To work closely and communicate clearly with other varied members of the multi disciplinary team to ensure effective treatment planning and patient management. To support senior staff with supervision and development of junior staff including Rotational Physiotherapists, Therapy Assistants and Physiotherapy Students, in accordance with organisational policies and professional standards to ensure that all are motivated, focused and able to deliver their individual responsibilities to the best of their abilities. Supports Senior Staff by actively contributing to business planning for the neuroscience service; ensuring this aligns with the Physiotherapy Business Plan, Therapies Strategy, HCS objectives and Gov.je strategy where appropriate. To support senior staff by contributing to clinical audits within own specialist service area, critically appraising quality, safety, efficiency and evidence base. Uses relevant outcome measures and associated evidence base. Contributes to the Physiotherapy department governance and quality improvement agenda. Supports changes and where appropriate supports implementation by the wider team, taking into consideration the impact on other professions and departments. As part of the remit of the Physiotherapy service, to support senior staff with the provision of specialist Neuroscience related advice, consultation and training to HCS & community professionals including the third sector. Actively participating in and regularly leading in service training sessions with the Neuroscience physiotherapy team. Contributes to and challenges best practice for physiotherapy management of adults with neurological conditions, in line with discipline specific guidelines, clinical standards & relevant evidence base.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- 2 years clinical
- experience with proven
- clinical experience in
- neurological
- physiotherapy.
- Experience of working
- effectively with a multi
- disciplinary and multi
- agency team.
- Experience of
- reviewing, reflecting
- and critically appraising
- own practice and
- performance through
- CPD and professional
- supervision and
- appraisal that is in line
- with national and local
- guidelines.
- Experience in teaching
- and training for other
- professions.
- Experience of
- supervising, managing
- and developing junior
- physiotherapists,
- rehabilitation assistants
- and students through
- PRA where
- appropriate and
- teaching.
- Experience in
- analysing and
- providing comment on
- professional and
- ethical issues.
Desirable
- Experience and
- knowledge of project
- based service
- delivery,
- incorporating
- planning, evaluation,
- reporting methods
- and appropriate user
- involvement
- processes e.g. co
- design.
- Experience in
- supporting healthcare
- quality improvement
- initiatives.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree of
- Physiotherapy or
- Chartered Society of
- Physiotherapy
- accredited Masters.
- Qualified member of
- the Chartered Society
- of Physiotherapy.
- Be registered as a
- Physiotherapist with
- the Health Professions
- Council and the Jersey
- Care Commission
- Minimum of 2 years
- clinical experience,
- within the specialist
- area.
Desirable
- Membership of
- specialist interest
- group ACPIN or
- equivalent)
- Additional specialist
- post-graduate
- knowledge and skills
- training related to
- clinical area.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Health and Community Services
Address
Government Of Jersey
Union Street
St. Helier
Jersey
Channel Islands
JE38DN
Jersey
Employer's website
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