Speech and Language Therapist

3 weeks ago

Wickford, United Kingdom NELFT NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

IRS Senior Physiotherapist - Part Time 30 hours a week position.

Please note that this application will close early once we have received 30 applicants.

Kindly review the Job Description and ensure you meet the requirements for this community role.

Band 5 looking to progress your career? Are you a Band 6 looking for a new exciting opportunity? We are seeking a motivated and dynamic Band 6 Physiotherapist with a passion for general physical rehabilitation to work within NELFT’s London based Intensive Rehabilitation Service (IRS).

The IRS is a large multidisciplinary community team which offers an alternative to hospital bed-based rehabilitation, supporting patients to recover at home within their own environment. The IRS work closely with the Inpatient rehabilitation services and acute partners to enable early facilitated discharges whilst supporting patients through an intensive rehabilitation programme. As part of the Band 6 team within IRS, you will manage your own caseload of community patients as well as help support the other therapists in IRS, providing training, supervision and joint sessions.

There is an expectation to join the weekend rota and late shifts (12-8pm).

Main duties of the job

The main responsibilities of the post holder are: 

1. To work flexibly and assist in effective and efficient delivery of the service.

2. To prioritise workload, delegate and to supervise more junior staff including support staff and students, to aid provision of high standards of patient care.

3. To assess the Physiotherapy needs of a defined patient group and establish and evaluate appropriate treatment plans. This includes chronic, acute and palliative care within own competencies, recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary.

4. To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for patients with multiple pathologies in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of treatment.

5. To select and apply Physiotherapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing any skill deficits, enabling patients in the areas of productivity, self and leisure.

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement - London

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We can offer excellent work - life balance and benefits including:

· Protected CPD time with a diverse In Service Training Programme

· Regular supervision

· NHS pension

· Close transport links into London

Opportunity for service development and audit Flexibility within our 7 day working services Agile working devices to support community based working

If you are interested in coming to work for NELFT and meet our criteria we would we would welcome your application.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

If you are an overseas qualified nurse and wanting to start your journey to becoming a UK based registered nurse with the NMC, you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through our Capital Nurse consortium. Please visit; . Whilst NELFT is happy to welcome overseas nurses we are unable to consider your application directly. You should submit your interest and apply through the Capital Nurse London group.

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

BSc Physio HCPC registration

Experience

Essential criteria

NHS experience as B5/6 Physiotherapist Previous experience in clinical governance and clinical audit and the implications to the service

Desirable criteria

Previous experience with community based rehabilitation

Skills

Essential criteria

Basic awareness of IT and IT skills Demonstrate ability to work as an effective team member with excellent interpersonal skills Demonstrates ability to work in partnership with patients, families and other health care providers.

Other

Essential criteria

Ability to carry out moderate physical manual handling throughout the day as part of clinical duties. To be aware of and demonstrate the Trust Values Ability to travel efficiently and effectively across all sites within NELFT

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

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