Specialist Physiotherapist - Adult Haemoglobinopathies

Overview

The post holder will be part of the NCL Red Cell Community Team supporting the implementation of evidence-based care pathways and rehabilitation services for patients with Sickle Cell, Thalassaemia and Rare Inherited Anaemias in NCL and help further develop the Red Cell Community service. The post holder will provide first-class and evidence-based patient care and promote health through patient empowerment, health education and self-management in the hospital, patients' homes and at Camden & Islington Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Centre.

• Provide support as a Red Cell Community key worker to a caseload of patients through regular home visits and telephone contact to improve quality of care and to support admission avoidance.
• Provide specialised physiotherapy to patients who are case managed by other members of the team.
• Work in close collaboration with the Whittington Health Haematology consultants, the Community Team, GPs and community services to provide a comprehensive and seamless programme of care for suitable patients.
• Attend regular multidisciplinary team meetings including the hospital-based team meeting to review patient management, new referrals, and discharges; and, team meetings to share learning, reflective practice, and education.
• Work as a practitioner assessing patients in their own homes, health centres and other community settings. The post holder will work flexibly and in close liaison with the hospital Haematology team to ensure continuity of service delivery.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.

The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.