Senior Physiotherapist- Therapies at the front door

About the Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic Physiotherapist who has wide-ranging clinical experience, good communication and interpersonal skills, and a passion for delivering high-quality patient-centred care to join our Front Door Therapy team.

Key Responsibilities

As a senior band 6 physiotherapist, you will provide and develop a high standard of physiotherapy services in the Frailty and Front Door specialty. You will have the opportunity to build upon your clinical and managerial skills with support from the team lead.

• Work closely in an integrated manner with other members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to promote independence, provide rapid assessments, and facilitate safe, timely, and appropriate discharges across within the Emergency departments, medical assessment units, and any other admission unit within Lincoln County Hospital.
• Contribute to the overall service development of the team and specialty, working with senior team members, professional leads, Head of Therapies, and managing, supervising the development of staff members within the team.
• Undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with diverse or complex presentations; using acquired clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques.
• Formulate and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills, and knowledge of treatment skills.
• Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent, and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
• Evaluate patient progress, reassess, and alter treatment programmes if required.
• Manage clinical risk within your own patient caseload.
• Comply with the Trust Manual Handling Policy and local therapeutic handling guidance at all times.
• Deal sensitively with patients who have high levels of anxiety and aggression caused by pain, dementia, or limited mobility.
• Maintain accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) standards of practice.
• Be aware of departmental/hospital policies and procedures.
• Be part of the respiratory on-call roster.