Rehabilitation and Enablement Lead Specialist Physiotherapist

Salary Competitive
Town/City Southampton SO30 3JB
Payment type Per annum
Region South East Coast
Contract type Permanent contract
Closing date
Hours Full-time
Job reference VC053
Type of employer NHS
Name of employer Mountbatten Hampshire

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Vacancy details

MOUNTBATTEN HAMPSHIRE

At Mountbatten making our employees feel valued is as important to us as making sure that our patients are safe. We are looking for people that live our values to help us make a difference to the thousands of patients who come to us for help and support each year.

We believe that every employee plays a vital part in helping us achieve our mission to provide and promote good care an support for those people living with, affected by or curious about death, dying and bereavement across the communities we serve.

Our vision at Mountbatten is of a world where all dying people and those close to them, have access to expert care of the highest quality, provided by compassionate and professional teams.

Our Values

We care about what we do. We appreciate that people are different and we are kind and compassionate to our patients and families, to our local community and to each other

We are experts in our field. We are professional at all times, aspiring to be the best that we can be in everything that we do

We are innovative and bold. We respond quickly and creatively to the changing needs of our society within the scope of our human and financial resources

We respect our community. We exist for our local population, now and into the future, and we believe that we can achieve more together by working in partnership with others

Here at Mountbatten our patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we need talented and committed people like you to join our team to help us grow and develop our services . If you wish to take the next step in your carer, this may be the ideal opportunity for you.

Rehabilitation and Enablement Lead - Specialist Physiotherapist

Salary up to £44,503 per annum, equivalent to Agenda for Change Band 7

37.5 hours per week to be worked flexibly in accordance with the needs of the service including evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

About the Role

This is an exciting new role to develop, lead and manage a new model of service provision within the
Rehabilitation team, in line with Mountbatten’s Strategic Implementation Plan. The role will provide expert operational and strategic leadership to the team and innovative development of services within the Rehabilitation team. The postholder will provide an expert physiotherapy service to patients under the care of Mountbatten Hampshire (across the Inpatient Unit, outpatients, and community), promoting a palliative rehabilitation and enablement approach. The role will be pivotal in developing a philosophy of empowerment and enablement for service users and those closest to them, as well as staff and volunteers working within the hospice and Hazel Centre.

The postholder will lead a team of trained staff who provide moving and handling training to employees and volunteers at Mountbatten IW and Hampshire and take part in the delivery of training as part of the mandatory training and competency programme.

About You

You will be an experienced specialist Physiotherapist, with experience of working in a variety of settings. You will have excellent clinical, administration, co-ordination and management skills, and will maintain excellent communication with the wider multi-disciplinary team, including volunteers, as well as patients and their families and other visitors taking into account their physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs.

As a specialist Physiotherapist, you will exercise complex levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care. You will be able to demonstrate advanced practice skills to identify, assess, diagnose, treat, and manage people affected by life limiting disease. You will work collaboratively with colleagues to best meet the needs of the patient and their families, supporting delivery of policy and procedures, and play an active part in the senior clinical leadership team.

You will have well developed skills in leadership, influencing, negotiating, and motivating others and the ability to engage and inspire others. Flexibility and creative thinking are key to the role. You will have high levels of personal resilience and the ability to work to deadlines with the ability to concentrate on the most complex and challenging issues.

What we can Offer You

We offer a wide range of benefits to our employees including:

  • Free Onsite Parking
  • Development and Training opportunities
  • Generous Annual Leave, Occupational Sickness and Maternity Benefit Schemes, subject to qualifying conditions
  • Recognition of previous Agenda for Change NHS Continuous Service for incremental progression, annual leave, maternity and sickness benefits
  • Pensions Schemes, including continuation of contributions to your NHS Pension scheme, subject to eligibility
  • Local Benefit Scheme including discounts with all ferry operators

The post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check the cost of which is covered by the Hospice.

Closing date Friday 13th November 2020. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 2nd December 2020.

For an informal discussion and visit about this opportunity, please contact

Becky McGregor, General Manager on 02382 548888 or becky.mcgregor@mountbatten.org.uk

 

How to apply

Please use the dedicated link to apply for this position which will direct you to NHS Jobs website.

https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/916241294 

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