Urgent Community Response - Physiotherapist - #1671734

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

About

First choice for Buckinghamshire and beyond

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust provide a wide range of high quality acute and community services from two acute hospital sites in Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe, and community hospitals at Amersham, Thame, Marlow, Buckingham, Chalfonts and Gerrards Cross. Details of these can be found on they hospitals and community facilities page . Specialist services include our regional dermatology, allergy and skin cancer centre, burns care and plastics sub-regional centre, cardiac services and the National Spinal Injuries Cent tre. More than 6,000 staff serve residents across Buckinghamshire, Thame (Oxfordshire), Tring (Hertfordshire) and Leighton Buzzard (Bedfordshire) - a combined population of 500,000. It serves a much larger population, 1.5m for burns and plastic services and 14m for spinal injuries.

Where your needs always come first

Our patients are at the heart of everything that we do, providing you with safe and compassionate care, every time. Our focus is on providing and everything we do is aimed at delive right care, right place, right time, first timering high-quality care when and where you need it.

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Key details

Location

SiteChichester House High WycombeAddressLincoln RoadTownHigh WycombePostcodeHP12 3REMajor / Minor RegionBuckinghamshire

Contract type & working pattern

ContractPermanent: Shift patterns within the hours 8am to 8pm, 7 days per weekHours37.5 hours per week (Shift patterns within the hours 8am to 8pm, 7 days per week)

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working
  
  

Salary

Salary£37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata for part timeSalary periodYearlyGrade(Band 6)

Specialty

Main areaCommunity, Rapid Response, Admission avoidance

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
  
  

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job Overview

Are you a registered Physiotherapist ?

Our Rapid Response & Intermediate Care service is expanding across Buckinghamshire and we need you to join our Urgent Community Response squads.

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• Our promise to you
  
  

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Your Main Duties Include

• Comprehensive specialist assessment, review and evaluation of the needs of patients and carers within a 0-2 hour , 2-24 hour timeframe
• Being responsible for undertaking an urgent community response to people in their own homes to prevent hospital conveyances and keeping patient safe at home with the appropriate clinical interventions.
• Working with a range of professionals in order to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner.
• Demonstrating professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning / co-ordination, and care and treatment delivery. Support the development of clinical pathways
  
  

Working for our organisation

Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! - https://bit.ly/3DNEQfD

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, youll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
  
  

Why work for us?

• Were committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
  
  

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
  
  

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.

PPE Requirements

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations

I f you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Applicant requirements

warning You must have appropriate UK professional registration. info This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate profession specific clinical assessment planning delivery and evaluation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Presentation skills
• Self-Awareness
• Ability to motivate staff
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Ability to manage complex cases
• Ability to develop and maintain partnership working
• Knowledge of legal requirement for working with vulnerable adults and those who lack capacity
• Knowledge of modernisation agenda within the NHS and social care
• Report writing skills
• IT Skills
• Teaching patients, carers and colleagues
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate experience post or preregistration placements in relevant clinical areas for therapists:- Care of Elderly Orthopaedics Neurology Respiratory Palliative Care Long term conditions
• In depth experience of working within multi-agency/multi-disciplinary team
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in a community/in-patient setting for a minimum of 2 years post registration
• Experience of electronic clinical systems
• Experience participating in research or audit project
• Experience of day-to-day staff management e.g. case allocation to Health Care Assistants
• Experience of working with single assessment process
  
  

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Essential criteria

• Valid and current driving licence and car to be able to travel to locations throughout Buckinghamshire.
  
  

Education, Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

• Registered Allied Healthcare Professional with HCPC - Physiotherapist Occupational Therapist
• Degree/ Diploma in Physiotherapy Occupational Therapy Nursing Paramedic Science
• Relevant post graduate clinical training e.g. Advanced History Taking & Assessment Long Term Conditions Respiratory Disease Cardiac Disease Trauma, Orthopaedics & End of Life
• Experience of recent Continuous Professional Development
  
  

Documents

• Job Description (, 224.6)PDFKB
• Person Specification (, 336.4)PDFKB
• Functional Requirements (, 192.6)PDFKB
• Welcome to Buckinghamshire NHS Trust (, 430.1)PDFKB
• Living in Buckinghamshire (, 2.0)PDFMB
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

NameGemma Stanley-DaviesJob titleClinical LeadEmail address [email protected]Telephone number07929046122Additional information

Helen Hallet, Clinical Lead

[email protected]

07816174032