Physiotherapist Learning Disability

We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative Physiotherapist to work in our Buckinghamshire Community Learning Disability Health Team. This is a full or part-time position for HCPC registered Physiotherapists with an interest in community LD services. The successful candidate will work as an integral member of a diverse multi-disciplinary team and will join the growing Physiotherapy service. This is a community role for a band 5 Physiotherapist and involves visiting service users at day centres, clinic spaces and their homes. A passion for working with adults with learning disabilities in this varied and interesting role is essential. The team has office bases in Aylesbury and High Wycombe. The role is county wide and we can adapt work locations, workdays and hours to support your circumstances. The role will involve managing your own caseload providing Physiotherapy assessment and treatment interventions for adults with a learning disability on our three main pathways, complex postural management, falls and mobility and community level respiratory care. Interventions delivered will include a range of individual treatment and group sessions. You will have a role in health promotion and be a key player in helping continually improve and develop the service. Our aim is to bring Physiotherapy to service users in a fun and engaging way and you will be able to use your creativity to do this., To provide Physiotherapy assessment and treatment interventions for a specified service user group, to carry a caseload as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and to develop the Physiotherapy service provision within the setting. All staff should comply with the Trust's Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity. Key Relationships: · To work with other team members of both the Physiotherapy team and wider MDT. · To work with service users and carers within a variety of community-based settings across Buckinghamshire. · To liaise with voluntary or other organisations as appropriate. Duties and Responsibilities: · To manage a caseload, using evidence based/client principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in a variety of community-based settings. · To maintain clinical records. · To develop skills and knowledge through participation in the Band 5 Physiotherapy Development Programme and competency framework. · To gain experience through involvement in CPD activities and on the job learning opportunities. Clinical Responsibility · To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the service user, using appropriate interventions to achieve therapeutic goals. · To undertake Physiotherapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing all areas of complex physical health as appropriate with support where necessary. · To work with service users to identify Physiotherapy goals as part of the overall care plan. · To be responsible for the use of appropriate outcome measures in your clinical work to effectively evaluate physical outcomes for the service user and the Physiotherapy service. · To assess service users understanding of interventions, gain valid consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with service users who lack capacity to consent to treatment. · To maintain accurate and timely record keeping in line with legal, professional and Trust requirements. · To carry out assessments and manual treatments of service users with moderate physical effort and to comply with the Trusts Manual Handling Policy at all times.

• Physiotherapy Degree
• HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
• Membership of CSP
• Experience of working with people with mental health problems/learning disability., Completed a range of student placements providing some experience of community based working
• Desire to learn and expand experience within learning disabilities and complex health
• Some experience and understanding of MDT/team working
• Experience with some professional assessment tools
Desirable criteria
• Documented evidence of continuing professional development.
• Previous placement in learning disabilities
Physical skillsEssential criteria
• Full driving license with access to car unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
• Computer literacy including basic proficiency in using Word, Excel, e-learning packages, Electronic Patient records and Powerpoint
• Working alongside service users, often with complex manual handling, to support them in undertaking activities and treatments identified in their care plan.
Desirable criteria
• Clean Driving License, Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in a team
• Some knowledge of current best practice in Physiotherapy.
• Ability to manage own workload and determine priorities.
Desirable criteria
• Ability to respond and adjust to service users needs
• Basic knowledge of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and communication difficulties, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services. The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout: Our Trust values are: Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional. These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it! Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?, HPFT supports people with mental ill health, learning disabilities and autism across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk and Essex. We employ around 4,500 people who deliver these services within the community and in inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services and medium and low secure learning disabilities services. We have operated as a NHS Foundation Trust since our authorisation in August 2007.

This post will suit you if you have a passion for improving lives, advocating for people's health and wellbeing, and want to work in a excellent multi-disciplinary team (MDT). We are a supportive AHP team that work across the Trust with LD Physiotherapy colleagues in Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Norfolk and you would have many CPD opportunities and colleagues to work with. As a Physiotherapist in the Bucks Community Learning Disability Health Team you would be: Offered a structured induction program, giving you the confidence and skills to carry out the role Part of a Physiotherapy team made up of a Physiotherapists and a physiotherapy support worker. Given regular clinical supervision and be actively encouraged to participate in CPD Part of an MDT that values Physiotherapy Part of a wider Physiotherapy network across of our Mental Health and LD services Working autonomously and able to use your creative skills An important part of an innovative, creative and developing service. We are committed to a future where we use continuous quality improvement to harness your ideas for service development and make them a reality At HPFT we also offer: Paid opportunities for Physiotherapists Returning to Practice after a break Full time or part time working Flexible working Paid work opportunities for Physiotherapy students Opportunities for Apprenticeships