10 Oct
Pulross Centre
London
Main area
Highly Specialist Physiotherapist
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
37.5 hours per week (Full time)
Job ref
196-LIS8953
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Pulross Centre
Town
London
Salary
£54,320 - £60,981 p.a. inclusive of HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/10/2024 23:59
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs,
local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners,
one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success.
We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Come & join our Community Neuro Rehab Team!
We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and holistic Physiotherapist to join our Community Neuro Rehab Service in Lambeth and Southwark.
The team offers short term multidisciplinary neuro rehabilitation and condition management to patients living with long term neurological conditions, such as Parkinson’s Disease, MS, MND,
as well as providing neuro rehabilitation to patients after newly acquired brain injuries.
Our intervention is person centred, goal oriented and we use a self-management approach encouraging patients to participate actively in their rehab.
We are a multi-disciplinary service consisting of Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Rehab Assistants, Psychologists and Social Workers.
Applicants should have clinical experience in Neurorehabilitation at least at Band 6 level, ideally with some experience within the community. Transferrable skills will also be considered. Please see the attached job description form for further details.
Closing Date: Monday 28th October (midnight)
Interviews will be held: Thursday 7th November (time tbc)
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work across the diverse boroughs of Lambeth & Southwark and utilises agile working to ensure that we can deliver services flexibly and effectively as needed. All staff are provided with mobile devices and work-related travel is reimbursed. Regular, direct clinical supervision is provided from a Band 8 Physiotherapist. We also support our staff with weekly peer supervision meetings, team huddles and direct Band 8a Operational Leadership
This post is static, allowing the successful applicant to develop their knowledge of local services and have an active role in service development as well as junior staff. The role is also well supported by the wider Neuro Rehab Service, consisting of our Community Stroke Team in both Lambeth and Southwark,
2b Inpatient Neuro Rehab ward and Neuro-Inpatients at St Thomas’ Hospital.
Working for our organisation
Why we think you might be interested in working in our community team:
- We work hard to uphold the values of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, a well-established and prestigious trust with fantastic opportunities from being a member of King’s Health Partners.
- We value the opportunity to provide rehabilitation to our clients in their own environment, giving them the best opportunity to optimise their performance towards what matters most to them.
- We encourage our clinicians to embrace creativity in their approach to rehab, through technology, problem solving and multi-disciplinary working.
- Community working offers flexibility through remote access, management of your own schedule and support for reimbursement of work related travel. Flexible working arrangements can be considered.
- We are a team of experienced clinicians with a broad range of both personal and clinical backgrounds, committed to providing high quality rehabilitation to our clients.
- As a team, we support both clinical and managerial development of our staff through regular supervision, professional development opportunities and through engagement with service development, including direct support from our research and development lead.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on the role please contact Karen Coster, Deputy Clinical Lead, Neuro Rehab Team, email: ************@gstt.nhs.uk - also available to arrange a telephone call with you.
AFC terms and conditions apply. You will be employed by Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Please refer to attached job description
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Your e-mail address is important to us - We communicate to all job applicants via the e-mail address which has been provided on the application form. Please ensure that you check your e-mail on a regular basis.
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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.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name Karen Coster Job title Deputy Clinical Lead Email address ************@gstt.nhs.uk Telephone number 07842323268