Physiotherapist Warrington

This exciting role is based within the Urgent Community Response Team. The service provides urgent care to people in their homes which helps to avoid hospital admissions and enables people to live independently for longer. By referring to the Urgent Community Response team, older people and adults with complex health and social care needs who urgently need support can get fast access to a range of health and social care professionals within two hours.

Working as part of the integrated multi-disciplinary team, you will provide therapy assessments and urgent intervention, advice and support in the management of patients in the Warrington area. Urgent Community Response is a service delivered in collaboration with our local authority partner. The post holder will undertake comprehensive assessments of patients within their own homes with acute/unstable conditions who are referred to the Urgent Community Response Service as an alternative to hospital admission. Actively participate and contribute to multidisciplinary team working also liaising with other professional agencies for ongoing support and long-term review.

Main duties of the job:

• To undertake comprehensive and holistic therapy assessments of patients including those with diverse presentations, multiple pathologies and complex needs, in a variety of community settings.
• To utilise advanced analytical skills and clinical reasoning for people in a health or social crisis.
• Utilise assessment findings and treatment outcomes to develop and coordinate appropriate, timely discharge plans, ensuring safe transitions of care, admission avoidance and referral to relevant services to support ongoing needs.
• To assess and treat patients, in their own environment, without prejudice and in conditions hazardous to health with the potential to cause harm.
• Be able to work flexibly in accordance with the needs of the service.
• Work over a 7 day period.

About us:

Flexible working will be considered for all roles. North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region. Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services with inpatient and elective care, we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Job responsibilities:

• To undertake high level assessments of patients within their own homes with acute/unstable conditions who are referred to the Urgent Community Response Service as an alternative to hospital admission.
• To provide urgent therapeutic intervention for adults within their own home in the Warrington area.
• To actively participate and contribute to multidisciplinary team working, also liaising with other professional agencies to promote and plan personalised care.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

This job description outlines the current main responsibilities of the post. However, the duties of the post may change and develop over time and this job description may, therefore, be amended in consultation with the post holder.

• To undertake comprehensive and holistic physiotherapy assessments of patients including those with diverse presentations, multiple pathologies and complex needs, in a variety of community settings.
• Based on assessment to provide urgent therapeutic intervention and signpost as appropriate to services for long term review and intervention.
• To utilise advanced analytical and clinical reasoning skills.
• Based on the outcomes of comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement timely person centred discharge.
• To modify treatment skills as appropriate to the service users environment.
• To assess and treat patients in their own environment, without prejudice and in conditions hazardous to health with the potential to cause harm.
• To provide planned and spontaneous advice to patients, informal and formal carers, relatives, junior staff and fellow professionals promoting understanding of the aims of Physiotherapy and ensuring a consistent approach to patient care.
• To work autonomously within scope of practice and to consult more experienced team members as necessary.
• To communicate effectively with patients, carers, relatives, colleagues and junior staff, assistants etc.
• To deal with distressing and/or emotional situations with tact and sensitivity.
• To implement best practice based on evidence and clinical knowledge.
• To liaise with all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• To facilitate management of manual handling risks in accordance with the trusts policy.
• To be responsible for maintaining and managing accurate and comprehensive intervention records in line with professional and local standards.

Clinical Management:

• To accept clinical responsibility for the prioritisation of patients requiring urgent assessments.
• To communicate with a wide range of professionals both within the Trust, and in external agencies including primary care, the acute trust, social care, voluntary organisations etc.
• To engage patients in the consent process to facilitate informed compliance with physiotherapy interventions.
• To attend relevant clinical meetings as appropriate.
• To provide training to members of the team and students as required.
• To supervise less experienced staff, students and assistants and delegate specific responsibilities where applicable.
• To provide accurate statistical information in line with local standards and the professional body.
• To participate in clinical audit relevant to the post.
• To adhere to the Trust lone worker policy at all times.
• To comply with organisational and departmental policies and procedures and be involved in reviewing and updating as appropriate.

Professional Development:

• To work to the standards of professional practice as described by professional body and the HCPC.
• To be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through Continuing Professional Development activities as identified by the HCPC.
• To continually evaluate clinical practice and modify approach in line with team and organisational objectives.
• To prepare for and actively participate in the Performance Development process both of yourself and others.
• To update clinical knowledge and skills and evidence based practice as identified through the PDR process utilising appropriate learning opportunities.
• To be actively involved in improvements to service delivery and quality initiatives.

Person Specification:

• Relationships Essential: If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

• Job Specific Requirements Essential: The ability to travel independently across the Trust and work in a variety of community settings. The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.

• Skills and Knowledge Essential: Broad based clinical knowledge, skills and experience. Demonstrate clinical reasoning relevant to clinical area. Effective time management and organisational skills. Evidence of effective communication and interpersonal skills. Evidence of inter-agency work. Ability to work independently and request assistance as necessary. Computer literate. Evidence of compliance with clinical governance and ability to apply evidence base to practice.

• Desirable: Ability to make and maintain accurate clinical judgement under pressure. Experience of taking clinical observations and NEWS scores. Proactive in the development of services to meet changing needs of patients. Experience to pass on skills and/or knowledge to others in both formal and informal environments.

• Experience Essential: Demonstrable post-registration experience in a variety of settings. Demonstrable experience of work in a community setting and/or acute setting. Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Experience of organising and prioritising own workload and delegation of responsibilities.

• Desirable: Experience of working in an intermediate care service. Experience of working in an integrated service. Experience of supervising students and assistants.

• Qualifications Essential: Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy. Health and Care Professions Council registration. Member of Professional Body.

• Desirable: Post-graduate study in relevant speciality.

• Right to Work Essential: Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK? If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)? Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.

• 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

• UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.