- Based in our multi-disciplinary Therapy Team, you will work in the Hospice and in the community to support patients in a variety of settings; in-patient, outpatient, Day Centre or in their own homes.
- Using holistic approach, you will undertake assessments as well as plan and deliver high quality patient care.
- With your expertise and lived experience, you will be able to contribute to the evaluation and development of our services. With ongoing investment in your professional and personal development , we will help you to develop and enhance your existing skills, knowledge and experience. You will also have full access to in-service training and courses on and off site to support your CPD.
- Be qualified as a Physiotherapist
- Be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Have demonstrable experience in a variety of clinical settings and transferrable skills. Access to own transport is required to travel with equipment across the locality during a normal working day.
- 33 days holiday, including bank holidays, rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time)
- Recognise continuous service for clinical staff paid at band 5+ who join directly from the NHS or another hospice
- Ability to buy and sell annual leave
- NHS employees eligible to continue with their NHS pension scheme*
- Non-NHS employees will receive 5% employer and 5% employee contributions
- Vitality & wellbeing health portal for non-emergency care
- Unlimited access to 24/7 online GP Consultations as well as Expert Case Management
- Confidential and free 24-hour Employee Assistance
- Counselling and support
- Legal, financial, and medical information and advice
- Health Cash Plan
- Life assurance cover
- Blue Light Card
- Enhanced parental leave*
- Learning and development opportunities
- Free on-site parking
- Volunteering opportunities Job description
- The Specialist Physiotherapist at St. Margarets is a specialist practitioner with extensive knowledge, skills and competency to manage a complex caseload of patients with advanced, progressive life limiting disease.
- You will undertake the holistic assessment, planning and delivery of a consistently high standard of specialist palliative and supportive care in accordance with the hospice policy, procedures and standards.
- You will be based in the Therapy Team working as an integrated member of the multi-disciplinary team in the Hospice and in the community.
- You will establish effective working relationships with all internal referrers and referrers from Primary and Secondary Health Care teams, and act as a resource for professionals and non- professionals involved in palliative care within the community.
- You will take responsibility for your own clinical caseload of complex patients working as an autonomous practitioner, without direct supervision. Supervision will be in the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, and multi-disciplinary team meetings.
- You will be instrumental in the training and development of more junior and support staff. Person Specification
- BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy or equivalent qualification.
- HCPC registration.
- Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy or equivalent body.
- Access to a car in order to undertake community, outreach and domiciliary work.
- Recognised teaching qualification/ relevant teaching experience.
- Ability to adapt to changing or conflicting priorities.
- Can demonstrate a clear understanding of palliative care and the needs of patients and families.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the role.
- Can deal sensitively and compassionately with patients who are impacted by pain, dementia, limited mobility or life-limiting illness.
- Demonstrate a passion for Palliative Care, either through experience or a desire to learn.
- Able to communicate effectively with people about difficult or sensitive topics and/or in difficult situations.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to liaise effectively with patients, the multidisciplinary team and across organisations and individuals at a range of levels.
- Able to supervise junior staff and facilitate their development.
- Able to demonstrate sound clinical decision making in the assessment of patients and the implementation and evaluation of treatment plans plus patient centred short and long-term goals.
- To be computer literate.
- Ability to demonstrate effective caseload and workload management
- N/A
- In-depth postgraduate experience or study of a range of relevant topics at post-graduate diploma level or equivalent.
- Demonstrable rotational experience across a broad range of specialties.
- Significant experience of multidisciplinary/multi-agency working
- Experience of working with Palliative Care patients.
- Experience of additional techniques Acupuncture / TENS. Knowledge and/or experience of the principles of Rehabilitative Palliative Care
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Physiotherapist - Taunton, United Kingdom - St Margaret's Somerset Hospice
Description
Job summary
St Margaret's Hospice Care has a fantastic opportunity for a Physiotherapist or Developmental Physiotherapist to join our multi-disciplinary palliative care team. Based in Taunton, you will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £32,414 - £40,888 per annum , depending on experience.Although this is a full-time role, we understand that different ways of working suit different people which is why we are open to a part time working patterns.
Whether you have existing palliative care experience or are looking for a developmental role to progress within your physiotherapist career, we want to hear from you. What's key is that you have a real passion for palliative care and a willingness to learn. With ongoing investment in your professional development, we will support you to further your existing skills, knowledge and experience and take the next step in your career.
As part of the developmental role, there is the expectation that you will prove competence within 2 years to meet the full specialist physiotherapy job description with pay increasing within the given scale to reflect this.
This is a hugely rewarding role. As well as the opportunity to develop new skills, you will be working in stimulating and positive working environment, with the satisfaction of supporting the St. Margaret's team to help make each day count for individuals and families in Somerset.
Main duties of the job
We support palliative patients at all stages of their journey, from diagnosis to end stage disease, offering preventative, restorative, supportive and palliative rehabilitation and intervention -and you will be a key part of that.
Your day-to-day role will involve:
We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. You will:
About us
You wont just be joining a fantastic team you'll be part of a welcoming, community minded charity. Our mission is to provide excellent specialist palliative care for patients and support to their families. Everyone here contributes and has a part to play towards our goal. If you speak to any of our staff or volunteers, they will tell you how the patient is at the heart of everything they do. So, if you're looking for a role where you can really make a difference, we could be a perfect match.
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