Physiotherapist

We are looking for a Physiotherapist to work as a key member within Chaseview Residential and Nursing Home. You will be committed to developing and expanding Physiotherapy skills and expertise within the home.

More specifically you would be working within a brain and spinal injury and brain disease specialist unit for young people.

Chase View

Set in the residential area of Rush Green in the grounds of the old Rush Green Hospital, Chaseview is close to local shops and is on a local bus route. As part of Bupa's ongoing commitment to its care homes, Chaseview has recently completed an extensive refurbishment programme. With facilities to support all levels of dementia patients as well as Parkinson's sufferers, Chaseview is a home committed to the ongoing support of residents' mental, social and physical wellbeing.

Clinical Practice

To manage all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, develop, implement and evaluate individualised resident treatment plans, ensuring consultation with and involvement from residents, GP's, relatives and the care team.

To be professionally and legally accountable for a designated resident caseload, clinical risk management, and decide priorities for own work area.

Undertake comprehensive assessments and accurate diagnosis of residents, including those with complex presentation.

To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required

To attend and contribute to team meetings and case conferences to ensure the co-ordination of patient care. This may include the review of patient progress and discharge planning.

To ensure accurate, comprehensive and up to date clinical records are maintained and realistic short term and long term goals are set, evaluated and reviewed at the appropriate time scales in accordance with professionally agreed criteria.

Leadership

Contribute to formulating accurate prognosis and recommending best course of intervention and assist in developing comprehensive discharge plans.

To take responsibility for the appropriate selection, issue and safe use of equipment

To attend and contribute to appropriate meetings to ensure the effective exchange of information across the team and co-ordination of service delivery

To employ appropriate skills to facilitate motivation and gain co-operation in the continuation of the agreed treatment programme and management of the patient's condition.

To be an active member and contribute and occasionally lead the delivery of the in-service training programme with the support of management

To undertake specific duties as designated by your line manager.

Professional

To work to Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Clinical Guidelines and have a good working knowledge of relevant national standards to which quality of practice should be monitored.

Adhere to Bupa policies in seeking to maintain and justify public trust and confidence.

On no account must information relating to identifiable patients be divulged to anyone other than authorised persons, for example, medical, nursing or other professional staff, who are concerned directly with the care, diagnosis and/or treatment of the patient.

If in any doubt whatsoever as to the authority of a person or body asking for information of this nature, seek advice from your manager.

To identify and employ suitable verbal and non-verbal communication skills with patients who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating for example, hearing loss, altered perception, expressive and receptive dysphasia, pain, fear, terminal illness or the inability to accept diagnosis.

To engage the patients, relatives and carers where appropriate in the planning and agreement of a treatment programme to maximise rehabilitation potential.

To communicate with empathy to the appropriate person, patient information which may be of a complex and sensitive nature.

To communicate complex patient related information effectively to

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