Highly Specialist Physio/Occupational Therapist

1 week ago

Wigan, Wigan, United Kingdom Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Therapist to join our Frailty SDEC team at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. As a Senior Therapist, you will be responsible for leading the therapy team and providing high-quality care to patients with complex needs.

Main Duties and Responsibilities
  • Act as a highly specialist therapist to support individuals who are medically well enough to be discharged from hospital, but need an holistic approach for a safe MDT led discharge.
  • Be a source of expertise and undertake a significant clinical caseload to a high professional standard using specialist knowledge from theoretical and practical experience.
  • Further use this highly specialist skill level to monitor and improve standards of care and practise by efficient use of resources and utilising clinical audit within intermediate care.
  • Proactively and positively contribute to the achievement of patient care through individual and interdisciplinary team effort. To monitor and improve standards in the delivery of evidence based and client centred care within the Unit.
  • Provide leadership as a senior therapist in assessing and treating a caseload of complex patients in a variety of settings including patients own homes, wide variety of community settings including residential and nursing homes.
  • Take the lead in teaching, training and supervision of clinicians within their IDT working.
  • Be confident in co coordinating the unit as a shift lead of all staff members.
  • Lead an MDT team.
Working for Our Organisation

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values 'the WWL Way'.

Person Specification

Essential criteria:

  • Registered Therapist with an active HCPC registration.
  • Evidence of CPD in the form of a detailed portfolio.

Desirable criteria:

  • Leadership training.
  • Relevant post registration training/ Qualification in intermediate care.
  • Student mentorship.
Key Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria:

  • Ability to manage highly complex caseload.
  • Must demonstrate excellent verbal and non-verbal communication with the ability to motivate people and empathise with the challenges of long-term condition management.
  • Able to communicate effectively with people of all ages and abilities.
  • Excellent communication skills, verbal, written and listening.
  • Ability to present information in a clear logical manner.
  • Proven organisational skills including time management, effective delegation and prioritisation and task completion.
  • Presenting skills.

Desirable criteria:

  • Knowledge of implementing new policies and procedures.
  • Experience of data collection / audit to support an improved practice.
Additional Requirements

Essential criteria:

  • Engagement with patients, families and carers who maybe distressed, depressed, aggressive. Ability to handle / de-escalate difficult situations.
  • Ability to manage caseload including clients with complex physical and psychological needs eg multiple pathologies, cognitive limitations.
  • Advise on educational opportunities that will facilitate the development and support of specialist knowledge and skills in relation to the development of practice.
  • Ability to work in an environment where there are frequent interruptions.
  • Practise and promote safe moving, handling, and positioning skills.
  • Ability to use VDU for several short bursts throughout the day.
  • Speak English to an appropriate standard.
  • Able to travel independently across Trust.
  • Able to work flexibly in line with service demand.

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