Job summary
Hands Physiotherapist - Band 6
MSK - Chippenham Community hospital/Melksham Community Hospital
22.5 Hours per week - Permanent
We are looking
for a friendly, professional, and self-motivated
Physiotherapist or Occupational therapist to join our Hand Therapy Service
based in Wiltshire. This is a rare opportunity to specialise in an area that
is not always available to Therapists, and offers an exciting, challenging,
and diverse career choice to develop specialist assessment and treatment
skills including splint fabrication. This post will initially be based in Melksham,
but there may be an expectation to work in other locations as the service
needs demand.
You must be able to demonstrate excellent
assessment and clinical reasoning skills within a variety of musculoskeletal,
orthopaedic, and general health conditions, and a solid grounding in Specialist
Hand Therapy would be preferable but not essential. Good communication skills with a variety of
people, conditions and within demanding situations will be an asset. You will join a friendly team with other
Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy staff and ESP clinicians. There are
excellent training opportunities within fracture clinics, ESP-led Orthopaedic
clinics, and MSK pathway projects that are currently ongoing in these
departments.
The
successful candidate will possess a friendly, professional attitude to
supplement their good MSK and Hand skills knowledge.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for keen, interested persons who are ready to learn and
develop both as people and responsible clinicians. As a senior
physiotherapist you would be given responsibilities and training that reflect
your current level of practice and then encouraged to manage a larger, more
complex caseload as your skills are tested and improve over time.
The role would be joining a purely musculoskeletal and orthopaedic
service where you would have an excellent training and CPD program, regular
mentoring from senior clinicians, and subsidised external training courses.
In addition, there is currently no on call rota or weekend working.
The Wiltshire Health and Care NHS partnership have self-referral to the Physiotherapy
Outpatients service, and we benefit from shared patient records with GPs
and other healthcare providers. We are developing more advanced career
pathways in GP practices and ESP clinics, creating secondment opportunities
in Acute/Specialist hospital settings or community teams to fulfill future
career aspirations, and invest in our staff long term proficiencies.
The
MSK service for Wiltshire is based in 11 community hospitals /Facilities and
additional GP clinics with excellent links to our acute hospitals in Bath,
Salisbury, and Swindon. Alongside MSK Physiotherapy we deliver
services in Hand Therapy, Rheumatology, Womens and Mens Health and
Amputees.
About us
Wiltshire Health and Care provides community based health
services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. Our Vision is to enable people to live independant and fulfilling lives for as long as possible. We are an NHS
partnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health and
care to the people of Wiltshire - not on making a profit.
There has never been a better time to join us. Community
services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of
Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our
community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive
team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which
were developed with our staff, patients and carers.
If you already live in or near Wiltshire, youll know that
it is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling market
towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good
schools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment and
a chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away.
What are you waiting for?!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached
Job Description (under Supporting Documents) for more information regarding the
role and to access the full person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached
Job Description (under Supporting Documents) for more information regarding the
role and to access the full person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc or equivalent in Physiotherapy/ Occupational Therapy
- State registration
Desirable
- BAHT Training
- Splinting
- Research skills
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Access to a vehicle that can be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a hand therapy team within the NHS
- Experience of pre and post operative assessment for upper limb conditions
- Experience of hand assessments for long term conditions/complex and physical and psychological conditions
- Experience of assessment for and fabrication of splints
- Experience of working on a broad range of rotations as a band 5 Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist to underpin medical knowledge
- Broad knowledge of current best practice and up-to-date clinical leadership
- Understanding of professional ethics to practice
- Ability to access research evidence to support best practice
- Ability to use a range of outcome measurement tools
- Good understanding of other professionals working with the inter-professional team
- Good understanding of team dynamics and ability to work within a team
- Ability to use clinical reasoning skills
- Good understanding of health legislation
- Good understanding of Clinical Governance
- Health & Safety and Risk assessment skills and awareness
Desirable
- Experience of audit/research
- Experience of teaching and supervising other staff
- Advanced leadership skills
- Advanced supervision and delegation skills
- Formal teaching and presentation skills
- Good understanding of OT/Physio models used in practice
- Ability to use a wide range of standardised and non-standardised assessments and outcome tools
- Advanced understanding of team dynamics and ability to work within a team, understanding team roles
- Organisational awareness
- Advanced knowledge and application of standardised assessment
- Advanced skill in planning and implementing treatment programmes
- Advanced ability to use a range of clinical interventions for a complex caseload
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc or equivalent in Physiotherapy/ Occupational Therapy
- State registration
Desirable
- BAHT Training
- Splinting
- Research skills
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Access to a vehicle that can be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a hand therapy team within the NHS
- Experience of pre and post operative assessment for upper limb conditions
- Experience of hand assessments for long term conditions/complex and physical and psychological conditions
- Experience of assessment for and fabrication of splints
- Experience of working on a broad range of rotations as a band 5 Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist to underpin medical knowledge
- Broad knowledge of current best practice and up-to-date clinical leadership
- Understanding of professional ethics to practice
- Ability to access research evidence to support best practice
- Ability to use a range of outcome measurement tools
- Good understanding of other professionals working with the inter-professional team
- Good understanding of team dynamics and ability to work within a team
- Ability to use clinical reasoning skills
- Good understanding of health legislation
- Good understanding of Clinical Governance
- Health & Safety and Risk assessment skills and awareness
Desirable
- Experience of audit/research
- Experience of teaching and supervising other staff
- Advanced leadership skills
- Advanced supervision and delegation skills
- Formal teaching and presentation skills
- Good understanding of OT/Physio models used in practice
- Ability to use a wide range of standardised and non-standardised assessments and outcome tools
- Advanced understanding of team dynamics and ability to work within a team, understanding team roles
- Organisational awareness
- Advanced knowledge and application of standardised assessment
- Advanced skill in planning and implementing treatment programmes
- Advanced ability to use a range of clinical interventions for a complex caseload
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
