Company Overview

NHS Professionals connects healthcare and non-clinical professionals with opportunities across the NHS. It supports the NHS community through flexible work and access to learning and development opportunities.

Summary

The Physiotherapist will provide specialist physiotherapy assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for older adults on Ken Porter Ward, many of whom may present with complex mental health needs alongside frailty, reduced mobility, falls risk, physical deconditioning and multiple long-term health conditions.

Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, the Physiotherapist will support patients to maintain or regain mobility, physical function and independence, reduce the risk of falls and further deterioration, and contribute to safe discharge planning and transition back into the community or appropriate care setting.

Responsibilities

• HCPC-registered Physiotherapist, with appropriate CSP-recognised professional qualifications.
• Experience of working with older adults, ideally within mental health, rehabilitation, frailty or acute/community services.
• Strong skills in mobility, gait, balance and functional assessment, particularly for people experiencing frailty and deconditioning.
• Ability to undertake falls risk assessment and intervention, including identifying modifiable physical risk factors.
• Experience of developing individualised strength, balance, mobility and rehabilitation programmes appropriate to an older person's physical and cognitive abilities.
• Competence in assessing transfers, walking and mobility aid requirements, including appropriate prescription and review of walking aids.
• Ability to recognise the impact of dementia, delirium, depression, psychosis and cognitive impairment on mobility, engagement and rehabilitation.
• Understanding of frailty, sarcopenia, reduced exercise tolerance, physical deconditioning and long-term conditions in older adults.
• Ability to appropriately adapt assessment and intervention for patients who may have communication difficulties, cognitive impairment, reduced motivation or difficulties engaging with rehabilitation.
• Knowledge of manual handling, safe transfers, positioning and prevention of further functional decline during an inpatient admission.
• Ability to contribute to MDT assessment, risk management and discharge planning, working alongside OT, nursing, medical, psychology and other relevant professionals.
• Able to provide advice, education and guidance to ward staff and carers regarding mobility, safe transfers, falls prevention and maintaining physical activity.
• A compassionate, person-centred approach that supports dignity, choice, independence and positive risk-taking.

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Pay: £24.80 per hour

Expected hours: 3.0 per week

Work Location: In person