Job summary The Urgent community response team at CSH are looking for an experienced Physiotherapist to join their busy team!
This will be an exciting opportunity to demonstrate leadership skills and contribute to service development and monitoring ofstandards of practice, and developing multidisciplinary management of patients.
Main duties of the job Youwill work as a member of the multi-disciplinary Urgent Community Response (UCR) team.
Undertaking assessments, clinical diagnosis and treatment of patients including telephone triage, multi-factorial falls assessments, and patients who may require crisis management and/or rehabilitation interventions to prevent acute hospital admissions and to support complex hospital discharges.
These patients often have complex presentations.
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Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want Job description Job responsibilities To communicate effectively with all disciplines involved in a patients care, boththose from within the organisation and those outside, to ensure effectivemultidisciplinary working.
This will include discussion of patient care, patientprogress and involvement in discharge planning.
To be able to communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, carerand other staff including imparting unwelcome news relating to their rehabilitationpotential and gaining consent for treatment.
To communicate any changes in care plan or treatment approach to otherrelevant members of the UCR team and the UCR Operational Lead asnecessary.
To ensure timely and effective communication with the Physiotherapy Team Leadand other multidisciplinary Team Leads on all professional matters.
To maintain accurate documentation in line with the Chartered Society ofPhysiotherapy standards and CSH Surrey standards and policies.
To attend staff meetings and actively participate ensuring understanding ofinformation imparted.
Assess patients understanding of proposed intervention.
Gain valid consent andwork within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent toassessment and/or intervention.
To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication skills to communicateeffectively with patients in order to progress rehabilitation and treatmentprogrammes.
This may include patients who have difficulties in understanding orcommunicating patients who may be deaf, blind, have cognitive and/orbehavioural problems, or who are unable to accept their diagnosis or presentingcondition.
To appreciate cultural differences and take these into account when agreeingtreatment plans with patients.
To manage patients who may be occasionally aggressive or confused.
To be able to manage potentially stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in anempathetic manner.
Person Specification Experience Essential Minimum of 2 years post qualification & NHS Experience Knowledge of a wide range of client groups including any of the following: community, rehabilitation, hospital, neurology, elderly, oncology and orthopaedics Qualifications Essential Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy