Senior Physiotherapist

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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview
• Are you an experienced Physiotherapist with a passion for working service users within mental health contexts?
• Do you have the skills and knowledge necessary to manage a complex and varied caseload in a specialist inpatient setting?
• Are you able to lead others with strength, kindness, and compassion?

We are looking for a Senior Physiotherapist to work as part of a small physiotherapy team, delivering a high-quality physiotherapy service across working age adult inpatient wards and specialist units.

The role will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to combine their physiotherapy and leadership skills to share their clinical know how and build on the physiotherapy profile within a multi-disciplinary team environment as well as throughout the Trust.

We are committed to supporting our staff in their career aspirations. We offer a range of ongoing training and development within our service. This includes opportunities to attend sessions to develop clinical skills including working with a trauma informed approach and psychologically informed care as well as personal and leadership

Main duties of the job

• Assessment and development of interventions for working age adults with complex mental health needs.

• The candidate will need to demonstrate the combination of clinical knowledge with clear communication and leadership in a dynamic environment with various professionals within the multidisciplinary team (MDT).

• The candidate will manage a mixed caseload including complex orthopaedics, musculoskeletal, neurology conditions as a well as functional disorders and long-term conditions.

• The candidate will advocate for the physical health of service users with complex mental health needs.

Working for our organisation

Benefits:

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programme.
• Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website. Other benefits include:
• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Working on the physiotherapy team offers variety on a day-to-day basis. A normal day will include reviewing and prioritizing the caseload, working collaboratively with service users to identify individualized physiotherapy goals. This also includes the creation of interventions that complement assessment findings and contribute to care plans within a care plan program approach.

In addition, the candidate is required to work within a multidisciplinary team (MDT) setting. This may include attending MDT meetings as well as sharing knowledge and skills. There will also be opportunities for both formal and informal supervision with more junior staff members.

The successful candidate needs to have good levels of adaptability and creativity to ensure the engagement of service users and/or family, friends and carers and the successful progression of physiotherapy interventions. Given the diversity within the service user population that we serve, candidates require an understanding of the importance facilitating inclusive practice.

It is important that the candidate is an advocate importance of physical activity for the recovery of service user. The promotion of physical activity during admission and highlighting the links that exist between our mind and body as part of the wider physiotherapy department focus.

Person specification

Training, qualifications, and registration

Essential criteria

• HCPC registered Physiotherapist
• Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
• Previous NHS Experience

Desirable criteria

• MSc/MA or MPhil or equivalent
• Membership of relevant professional and specialist interest group e.g. CSP, CPMH and evidence of engagement with the group
• Willingness to develop and advance own learning

Experience

Essential criteria

• Robust experience working clinically as a qualified Physiotherapist
• Experience of integrated MDT working
• Experience of supervising junior physiotherapy staff and students on placement
• Experience of working collaboratively with service users, their supporters and other health and social care professionals

Desirable criteria

• Experience working in mental health services or demonstrable experience of working collaboratively with people severe and enduring mental health conditions
• Experience of audit or research relevant to physiotherapy practice
• Experience of leading service development and/or quality improvement projects

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• A broad range of physiotherapy skills in musculoskeletal conditions, orthopaedics, neurology, and older adult rehabilitation
• Ability and skill to work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Skills to lead and facilitate change effectively under the supervision of the Trust and Directorate Leads
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and to work with the needs of minoritised groups
• An understanding of NHS policy and priorities in relation to mental health services

Desirable criteria

• Able to demonstrate advance physiotherapy skills in a mental health inpatient setting
• Research skills experience
• An understanding of issues relating to clinical exercise and physical activity within health services
• An understanding of pre and post registration training needs for physiotherapists

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

• That all applications for this post will need to be made online
• That you read and understand the Job Description and Person Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not been successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Documents to download

• Band 6 Corporate Job Description (PDF, 640.5KB)
• SLaM Staff Benefits (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Happy to Talk Flexible Working (PDF, 680.1KB)