Job Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity within our Pulmonary Rehabilitation team for a passionate and motivated Band 6 Physiotherapist, with previous Pulmonary Rehabilitation experience, to join our emerging Swale service to provide, a holisitic specialist service to patients with chronic respiratory disease, including, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Bronchiectasis, Pulmonary Fibrosis and Asthma.
In addition, you'll provide advice, support and education for patients and their families/carers, voluntary agencies and all those working with the patient regarding their medical condition and how this affects the person’s lifestyle and environment in order to maintain relationships, roles and independence.
This is a full time position, working 37.5 hours per week. A driving licence and car is essential for this role.
Main Responsibility
As a Band 6 Pulmonary Rehabilitation Physiotherapist you will:
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Completing complex holistic assessments in the management of patients with chronic respiratory conditions.
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Providing safe, clinically effective and timely intervention to maximize quality of life and reduce disabilities associated with chronic respiratory conditions.
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Communicating effectively maintaining the highest standards of integrity with individuals (patients, relatives, other health care professional and the wider public) at all times.
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Maintains accurate and legible patient records; in accordance with the organisation and HCPC standards.
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Negotiating and planning with the person and carer, the goals and treatment plans whilst working with other professionals to achieve these. This will include leading and participating in meetings and case conferences in response to the needs of the individual.
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Communicate effectively with patients in order to identify physiotherapy goals, motivate and progress with each individual patient.
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Identify the impact of contextual factors on communication and use a range of verbal and non-verbal tools with patients who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating.
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Utilising excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills with patients, relatives, carers and members of the MDT to ensure that a high standard of patient centred care is achieved and that patients and carers have a good understanding of their individual plan.
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To determine the patients’ understanding of the physiotherapy intervention in order to gain valid, informed consent and to be able to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will have a HCPC registration and hold a recognised Physiotherapist degree/qualification. You will also have experience with working with older adults that have various medical conditions, and you are able to take theoretical knowledge and professional skills and apply them to the management of patients.
Having excellent people skills is essential for this role, to work as part of a team, and to use your own initiative as well.
It is also essential you have a UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.
Please see full list of requirements on the job description attached.
Package Description
As a Band 6 Physiotherapist, you’ll be part of our valued Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team based at Sheppey Community Hospital.
You will feel valued as a Band 6 Physiotherapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £35,392 - £42,618 Band 6 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Plentiful on site-parking
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
- Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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