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The Role: Lead Learning disabilities Physiotherapist
Job Details:
The Clinical Health Team is a specialist health service for adults with learning disabilities whose health needs cannot be met by mainstream health services. We employ a range of health professionals in order to meet those needs.
The team provides services to those adults with learning disabilities registered with a Sutton GP.
Team Functions
- The delivery of health inputs provided by trained clinicians specialist in the field of learning disabilities where needs cannot be met by mainstream services alone.
- Promoting well being through activities such as health promotion and preventative lifestyle activity.
- Facilitating access to mainstream services and supports such as; primary care; acute care; leisure opportunities: housing; etc.
- Contributing to service developments and using knowledge about needs; effectiveness of current services and future demand to inform and contribute towards strategic commissioning.
- Imparting skills by teaching and training others such as social care providers; voluntary sector staff; and other health professionals.
Education/ Knowledge/ Qualifications
- Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC registration
- Sound level of evidence based clinical practice
- Sound knowledge of national and local policy/ good practice guidance relating to care of people with learning disabilities. In particular evidence based practice, clinical audit and the role of professional development in advancing practice
Experience
- Experience of working with people with learning disabilities
- Led on or contributed to local service/team development or project work
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working in a Community Learning Disability team setting
- Clinical supervision and management of staff
- Experience of working within a Hydrotherapy pool
- Experience of using physio service outcome and performance measures
