Palliative Care Physiotherapist
4 weeks ago
Position Overview
We are seeking a dedicated Palliative Care Physiotherapist to join our Independent Living Team. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life for our beneficiaries, and this role is crucial in advancing our commitment to exceptional end-of-life care. Collaborating with our Occupational Therapist and Therapy Assistant, you will contribute to a model of rehabilitative care that positively impacts the lives of those we serve, both within our facility and in their residences.
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you will provide support to patients, their families, and caregivers who are facing complex physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges associated with their palliative conditions. You will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team, including our Alliance partners, to ensure that specialized therapy resources are utilized effectively. This will involve both individual and group interventions aimed at delivering community-based services.
About Our Organization
St Nicholas Hospice Care is a charitable organization dedicated to offering assistance, guidance, and support to individuals in our community who are dealing with long-term and life-limiting illnesses. Our services extend beyond patients to include their families and friends, encompassing a wide range of support from specialized medical care to bereavement assistance and practical help. We are committed to ensuring that everyone in our community receives the support, dignity, and choices they deserve when confronting dying, death, and grief.
As a member of St Nicholas Hospice Care, you will enjoy a variety of benefits, including:
- 25 days of annual leave, increasing to 29 with length of service (pro-rata for part-time employees)
- Enhanced occupational sick pay scheme
- Company pension scheme or continuation of the current NHS pension plan (subject to criteria)
- Life assurance coverage
- Access to the Blue Light Card scheme, offering various discounts
- Guaranteed free onsite parking
- Excellent training and professional development opportunities
- Health Cash Plan and Wellbeing program (including dental, optical, and emotional support)
- Opportunities to participate in staff social events organized by our social committee
Job Duties
- Conduct comprehensive physiotherapy assessments and rehabilitation for patients with diverse and complex needs, utilizing advanced clinical reasoning to identify therapeutic and clinical requirements.
- Manage a clinical caseload of palliative patients with varying complexities, prioritizing, reviewing, and discharging as necessary.
- Serve as a resource for specialized physiotherapy knowledge, offering guidance and support to hospice staff, volunteers, and the broader community.
- Develop and facilitate empowering, patient-centered self-management therapeutic groups, collecting outcome measures and feedback as appropriate, and adjusting group objectives as needed.
- Influence palliative rehabilitation practices across various care settings as part of the broader patient and caregiver support team, promoting the model of Rehabilitative Palliative Care within the hospice and the community.
- Contribute to the service model that addresses the rehabilitation needs of patients and caregivers as they navigate dying, death, and grief.
- Actively embody and promote the values of St Nicholas Hospice Care: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Equity.
For a comprehensive overview of the responsibilities associated with this role, please refer to the linked job description.
Required Skills and Qualifications
Essential Skills
- Strong core rehabilitation assessment and treatment capabilities
- Excellent communication and caseload management skills
- Ability to educate and mentor patients, caregivers, and colleagues
- Capacity to reflect on and adapt practices to meet individual needs
- Ability to work independently
- Skill in motivating and supporting others
- Willingness to work flexibly to accommodate patient needs
- Proficiency in various IT systems and software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Office 365, and electronic patient record systems (such as SystmOne), as well as virtual platforms like Zoom and MS Teams
Required Qualifications
Essential Qualifications
- Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
- HPC Registration
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Strong understanding of palliative care theory and practice
Desirable Qualifications
- Advanced Communications Skills Training
- Leadership training or qualification
- Evidence of Master's degree or equivalent level study
- Additional qualifications in therapeutic interventions such as acupuncture or core counseling
Experience Requirements
Essential Experience
- Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience supervising and appraising rehabilitation support staff and volunteers
- Experience in advanced care planning
- Proven track record in developing and delivering therapeutic groups
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