Specialist Physiotherapist

Are you passionate about making a difference for adults with learning disabilities? Would you be interested in gaining specialist experience in this highly rewarding and interesting field? Islington Learning Disabilities Service is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated physiotherapist to join our dynamic multidisciplinary team.

You will provide interventions for adults with complex physical and cognitive needs who cannot access mainstream services. Working in a multi-cultural community across a diverse range of settings, you'll deliver person-centred care that promotes independence, prevents hospital admissions, and reduces health inequalities. You will have the benefit of working within a fully integrated health and social care team, contributing to established clinical pathways and benefit ting from the support and experience of a dedicated multidisciplinary team.

Your responsibilities will include neurological, musculoskeletal and respiratory management, postural care, equipment provision, and training for carers and staff. You will also be involved in supporting young people to transition from education to adult services. You will use your strong communication skills and knowledge of learning disabilities legislation to advocate for vulnerable clients.

We offer excellent opportunities for CPD, and flexible working arrangements.

Provide specialist physiotherapy for adults with a learning disability where access to generic physiotherapy treatment is not appropriate for them working to the Standards of Practice (ACPPLD).

To hold an autonomous clinical caseload of adults with learning disabilities with varying complex needs.

To manage cases transitioning both into and out of educational settings.

Use Physiotherapy skills to treat complex muscular-skeletal physical problems which often occur in combination with other cognitive and/or sensory disabilities.

Be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team and contribute appropriately to all service requirements and developments

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.

Islington Learning Disabilities Service is a multidisciplinary team integrated with Adult Social Care Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Community Nurses and therapy assistants. The remit of the team is to provide person centred intervention for service users, which promotes independence, prevents unnecessary hospital admission, and reduces health inequalities. Intervention can take place in the service users' own home or place of residence, or day services.

The successful applicant will provide specialist physiotherapy to Adults with Learning Disabilities in Islington. This includes completing assessments and creating treatment plans for a range of conditions as outlined in the Standards of Practice (ACPPLD).

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical

Provide specialist physiotherapy for adults with a learning disability where access to generic physiotherapy treatment is not appropriate for them working to the Standards of Practice (ACPPLD).

To assess and treat clients in a variety of settings including; inpatient facilities, clients homes, residential homes, day centres, education facilities and leisure facilities including swimming pools.

To independently hold a clinical caseload for clients under the supervision of the lead physiotherapist

To manage cases transitioning both into and out of educational settings.

Use Physiotherapy skills to treat complex neurological and musculo-skeletal physical problems which often occur in combination with other cognitive and/or sensory disabilities.

Use respiratory Physiotherapy skills to assess and establish non-invasive chest management protocols for appropriate clients in conjunction with SLT and Nursing.

Improve mobility for people with physical disabilities through the assessment and provision of specialist equipment.

Work closely with other multi-disciplinary team members, carers and services to enable community inclusion and promote independence.

Be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team and contribute appropriately to all service requirements and developments

To ensure that the service user, and those…