Job Description

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NHS AfC: Band 5

Main area

Surrey Downs Health & Care

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 5

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref

343-SDH&C-7260914

Site

Epsom General Hospital

Town

Epsom

Salary

31,469 - 38,308 Per Annum Pro Rata inc Fringe HCAS

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

29/06/2025 23:59
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Job overview

Surrey Downs Health & Care

We require a dynamic and enthusiastic Band 5 Physiotherapist to work across Inpatients, Community and Musculoskeletal rotations throughout the picturesque Surrey Downs.



Rotation opportunities include Inpatient Respiratory/Medical, Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Community Neuro Rehabilitation, Inpatient Neuro Rehabilitation; Elective Orthopaedics; Musculoskeletal Outpatients, Community Therapies and; Community Hospital Inpatients.



Support and training will be provided on each rotation and personal development will be a priority.



The successful applicant will be employed by Epsom & St Helier Trust and be seconded to Surrey Downs Health and Care. As a partnership between the three GP Federations, community trust and acute trust, Surrey Downs Health and Care is delivering true transformational change for adult community services across Surrey Downs to the benefit of patients and the local healthcare system.


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Main duties of the job

Our delivery model is formed around a shared vision and innovative use of the wealth and diversity of both the clinical and managerial experience that the partnership brings and as such it will provide a truly holistic, person-centred service that no one partner could provide on its own.



The model focuses on care being provided through distributed clinical leadership using Primary Care Networks (networks of GP practices working together with combined practice populations of around 50,000); integrated community bedded services and specialist services with the development of pathways into and out of the acute trust.



To provide a high quality physiotherapy intervention to patients in a wide range of specialties via a four monthly rotational scheme whilst consolidating and further developing skills and knowledge learned throughout degree course.



To assess and implement treatment programmes as an autonomous practitioner.



To work unsupervised reporting back and receiving guidance and teaching from the senior physiotherapists on a daily basis.


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Working for our organisation

Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people's own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.



Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:


The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area CSH Surrey Epsom and St Helier's University Hospitals NHS Trust Surrey Council County

Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.



It's on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed - we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.



In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.


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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To assess, diagnose, plan and deliver treatment programme to

To carry and prioritise own caseload and delegate appropriate work to

To demonstrate the ability to carry out physiotherapy assessments and interventions including manual techniques and therapeutic handling in a competent

To communicate effectively and sensitively condition related information with patients, carers and other members of the multidisciplinary team to gain consent to treatment and to inform/agree expected goals. This will at times include patients with barriers to understanding or communication, eg blind, deaf, dysphasic, children or people who do not have English as a first language.

Attend multi-disciplinary meetings as the physiotherapy representative for individual patients and participate in the clinical decision making process at these

Make accurate and complete treatment records of work undertaken and keep monthly statistics in line with CSP and physiotherapy service

To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own professional and clinical

To be responsible for assessing and managing clinical risk in relation to your own caseload, seeking guidance and help from senior therapists as

To contribute to development of patient care by attending relevant team, departmental or other appropriate meetings and comment on recommended changes to clinical care or service provision.

To take part in the Emergency OnCall and Weekend respiratory physiotherapy

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Person specification

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Qualifications

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Essential criteria

Degree in Physiotherapy HCPC Registration #####

Desirable criteria

Membership to CSP ####

Experience

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Essential criteria

Broad spectrum pre-graduate experience/placements Sound knowledge of physical conditions Working knowledge of broad range of physiotherapy techniques and assessment skills Experience and/or working knowledge of physiotherapy within the NHS #####

Desirable criteria

Pre-graduate experience in community settings (preferably NHS) Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team Previous experience of working as a Junior Physiotherapist ####

Skills

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Essential criteria

Ability to communicate verbally and non-verbally with patients and other professionals Strong command of English language Ability to organise and prioritise own workload Good time management Ability to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day Competent IT skills Car driver/owner #####

Desirable criteria

Understanding of clinical governance and its implementation in the work place Problem solving skills ###

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.