Job responsibilities

What We Are Looking For

1. HCPC registered Physiotherapist or nearing registration.
2. Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy.
3. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
4. A commitment to delivering high-quality, person-centred care.
5. Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
6. Enthusiasm for learning, development and continuous improvement.
7. Ability to travel across community sites within Knowsley and St Helens.

Why Join Us?

1. Structured Band 5 development pathway.
2. Regular clinical supervision and mentoring.
3. Opportunities to develop specialist MSK skills.
4. Supportive and experienced multidisciplinary team.
5. Access to internal and external training programmes.
6. Flexible and varied community-based working.
7. Opportunity to make a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of local communities.

If you are passionate about delivering outstanding MSK care and developing your physiotherapy career within a supportive community service, we would love to hear from you.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered AHP relevant to your profession with the Health and Care Professions Council
• Diploma / Degree in Physiotherapy
• Enhanced DBS Disclosure

Desirable

• Membership of professional Body

Experience

Essential

• Experience of Physiotherapy functional assessments
• Experience of successful team working
• Experience of liaison with internal and external services and agencies

Desirable

• Experience of service development audit and research practice relevant to the clinical area
• Experience of planning and facilitating therapeutic groups for patients / clients
• Experience of service development
• Experience of being involved in clinical audit and/or research
• Familiar with Electronic Patient Records
• Management and clinical leadership

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and ability to express an understanding of therapeutic process including formulation of intervention plans grounded in clinical reasoning
• General knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
• Have an understanding of clinical and environmental risk assessment
• Evidence of CPD/Short courses
• Up to date knowledge and application of current best practice in relevant area of practice

Desirable

• A basic understanding of relevant legislation including The Mental Capacity Act

Skills

Essential

• Application of therapeutic outcome measures and models of practice
• Application of the process of standard setting, audit, evaluation and review
• A sound knowledge of the core skills and their application in this field
• Be able to communicate effectively with service users within the specific client group
• Have good listening skills
• Demonstrates a good knowledge of the Health and Care Professions Council standards of proficiency and the therapeutic responsibility to identify gaps in their knowledge base
• Demonstrate knowledge of the concepts of mentorship, and supervision
• Evidence of active participation in supervision and the appraisal process
• Experience of group and individual interventions with the specific client group
• Experience working in a collaborative way with the MDT and service users/carers
• Good time management skills
• Apply and promote therapeutic skills, to include carrying out assessments, setting clear reablement goals and facilitating a wide variety of therapeutic interventions
• Able to apply person centred approaches
• Apply clinical skills and able to reflect on own and others practice
• Excellent range of communication skills, able to motivate and support other staff
• Self-management and motivation skills
• Risk assessment skills
• IT literate
• Ability to travel across boundaries
• Awareness of factors contributing to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
• Understanding of partnership working
• Awareness of local agenda in health and social care

Desirable

• Demonstrate leadership skills to be able to initiate, monitor and implement change and fully participate in the development of service delivery
• Apply professional skills to enable MDT working partnerships and liaise with external agencies

Values

Essential

• Continuous improvement - committed to making improvements to our services for the benefit of all
• Accountability - taking ownership to anticipate, develop and deliver high quality care
• Respect - how we treat others in an inclusive and supportive way
• Enthusiasm - demonstrate our passion and pride for what we do and how we do it
• Support - actively supporting others with compassion and courage

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).