Senior Physiotherapist - Southampton, United Kingdom - Mountbatten Hampshire

Description

Job summary

Ifyou have a passion for palliative rehabilitation, and a bold, innovative,creative approach to clinical and service delivery then this is the perfectopportunity to join our Rehabilitation team. At Mountbatten we arelooking for an individual who will provide advanced Physiotherapy input andpromote a philosophy of empowerment and enablement via collaborative workingand motivating others.

Main duties of the job

Thesuccessful Physiotherapist candidate will provide a specialist and skilledPhysiotherapy service to patients under the care of Mountbatten Hospice acrossthe Inpatient Unit and Outpatients department, focusing on what matters to theindividual and using innovation and experience to achieve a person-centredapproach.

This role will be key inpromoting a philosophy of empowerment and enablement across Hospiceservices, supporting and encouraging apositive attitude towards risk taking, and recognising the cultural andspiritual needs of the individual and family.The Senior Physiotherapist will play a leading role in identifyingopportunities for service development to further Mountbatten's reach andincrease our impact on those who could benefit from our services and support,in particular the optimisation of health and wellbeing via education,non-pharmacological symptom management and patient activation.

To be successful for this roleyou will need to be a skilled Physiotherapist, with experience of working in avariety of settings. You will have excellent clinical, administration,co-ordination and leadership skills.

As an experienced Physiotherapist, youwill exercise complex levels of judgement, discretion and decision making inclinical care. You will be able to demonstrate advanced practice skills toidentify, assess, diagnose, treat, and manage people affected by life limitingdisease. Flexibility and creative thinking are key to the role.

About us

Mountbatten Hampshire is part of the Mountbatten Group, and its sister Hospice is Mountbatten Isle of Wight.

We pride ourselves on providing expert care and support to our communities across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, who are facing death, dying and bereavement.

Our vision at Mountbatten is of a world where all dying people and those closest to them, have access to expert care of the highest quality, provided by compassionate and professional teams.

Our Values

We care about what we do. We appreciate that people are different and we are kind and compassionate to our patients and families, to our local community and to each other

We are experts in our field. We are professional at all times, aspiring to be the best that we can be in everything that we do

We are innovative and bold. We respond quickly and creatively to the changing needs of our society within the scope of our human and financial resources

We respect our community. We exist for our local population, now and into the future, and we believe that we can achieve more together by working in partnership with others

Job responsibilities

Overview of Role:

Providean expert and innovative Physiotherapy service to palliative care patientsfocusing within the Inpatient Unit, out-patient department, and end of lifecommunity patients (where appropriate), working within the Rehabilitation teamat Mountbatten Hampshire. Participate in the continuing development of thephysiotherapy service, rehabilitation team and wider services as per theMountbatten strategic plan. Hold service-wide responsibilities according toskills and training, such as fire warden and moving and handling trainer.Promote and be an advocate for palliative rehabilitation and enablement acrossthe services.

Key Tasks:

Toperform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with complex anddiverse palliative care needs. To provide, develop and deliver individualisedtreatment programmes, and to undertake these tasks as an autonomouspractitioner.

Tohold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a mixed caseloadbetween inpatients and community, working without direct supervision.

To facilitate and promote a palliativerehabilitation and enablement approach within the Hospice philosophy throughoutthe organisation and to otherhealth and social care providers.

Alongside colleagues, coordinate and develop the dayto day operation of the PhysiotherapyTeam.

Act as a specialist physiotherapy palliative careresource; providing consultative advice, education, and support to members ofthe multidisciplinary and Primary Health and Social Care teams.

Provide moving and handling training to staff andvolunteers, working with other Moving and handling trainers.

Continually develop and share own knowledge andexpertise in the following areas:

o Managementof staff and volunteers

o Leadership

o Clinicalspecialisms within palliative care

~~~Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full duties and responsibilities of this role~~~

Skills

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Qualifications

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Experience

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