Clinical Specialist Therapist in Falls and Orthopaedics

Job description

Job responsibilities

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIILITIES:

CLINICAL

To provide highly specialist clinical assessment, treatment and advice to service users with complex orthopaedic and falls presentations.

To work autonomously using highly specialised assessment skills of patients where needs are highly complex, and implement and evaluate goal orientated clinical treatment programmes in line with established evidence based practice.

Demonstrate a high level of knowledge in relation to clinical presentations and appropriate therapeutic interventions.

To empower individuals, their carers and their families to manage their own long term condition(s).

To carry out risk assessments and management of the physical environment to safeguard patients, staff and carers to enable complex health needs to be managed, e.g. moving and handling, lone working.

To provide clinical guidance and advice to other members of the Multi-disciplinary Team through participation in screening of referrals, team meetings, joint treatments, teaching and case conferences.

To support the Team Leader to continually enhance service quality and contribute towards service development.

Provide an autonomous and flexible approach, balancing leadership and clinical commitments to support service users, Band 6 senior therapists, Rehabilitation Assistants, Therapy Assistant Practitioners and students. Providing supervision, mentorship, training and clinical support.

Assessment, intervention and case management to be provided via blend of virtual working and face-to-face input to people in their own homes or care home settings.

To provide specialist clinical advice, leadership and support ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis and advanced decision making skills.

To manage change, to monitor and improve standards through supervision, evidence based practice, clinical audit, research and education. To promote and demonstrate best practice by integrating evidence into practice.

To maintain own documentation in line with professional, legal and local requirements and to ensure other members of the team also adhere to these requirements.

To communicate effectively with other disciplines involved with patient care to ensure a multi-disciplinary approach and integrated service.

To ensure high standards of clinical care for patients on own caseload and support other staff within the team to do likewise.

To supply and fit safely, accurately and appropriately a full range of equipment/aids to patients on caseload.

To keep up to date and lead on clinical developments, discussing and implementing evidence based changes in clinical practice accordingly.

To maintain an accurate and evaluative record of the goal orientated treatment programme in line with the services Operational Policy.

To work flexibly to meet the demands of the service, including weekend working.

To promote contacts with local and national clinical interest groups as appropriate.

To actively promote public health and to initiate health education as appropriate.

Contribute to trust-wide service developments and improvements, to support wider community services.

Provide specialist community support to other services as needed.

MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP

To provide specialist clinical leadership and promote and ensure evidence based practice within the Multi-disciplinary Team.

To work with the Team Leader in planning and developing the Community Falls, Trauma & Orthopaedic service.

To take the lead in the clinical supervision and support of junior therapists, Rehabilitation Assistants and students.

To ensure and maintain standards of services based on CSP or RCOT guidelines and national guidelines and directives.

To support the Team Leader in monitoring a skilled workforce by taking an active role in recruitment, training and education of all staff.

To promote collaborative working with all other relevant services across Dorset, including health, social services and the third sector.

To ensure that equipment is issued appropriately and that it is safe and fit for purpose in line with the trusts policies and guidelines.

Influence, initiate and manage change in practice and policy within own area, across the Trust and within statutory and voluntary agencies.

To deputise for the Team Leader as appropriate.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

To work with the Team Leader and the Trusts Professional Leads in supervising and leading in the professional developments of the team and across the Trust.

To actively participate in own personal professional development.

To contribute and support development of the local in-service training programme, considering wider dissemination to local community services.

To attend all mandatory training in line with local policy .

RESEARCH/AUDIT/QUALITY

To comply with all Clinical Governance initiatives and policies and to play a key role in governance issues relating to orthopaedic and falls rehabilitation.

To foster an evidence-based approach to care and participate in relevant audit and evaluation projects.

To propose and develop service improvements that lead to measurable benefits for patients and carers and the organisation.

In line with Clinical Governance, to participate and initiate clinical audit and the evaluation of clinical effectiveness.

To contribute to the education of multi-disciplinary groups, patients, families and carers as appropriate.

To seek the views of patients and carers when planning and evaluating services.

Person Specification

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND TRAINING,

Essential

• Registered practitioner to degree/diploma level supplemented by post registration diploma level specialist training and/or short courses or demonstrable extensive experience in the relevant specialty
• Membership of the relevant Professional Body & HCPC
• Evidence of recent professional development in an up to date portfolio
• Knowledge and understanding of Trust Strategy relevant to role

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate publication, presentations and personal research at local and regional events. Evidence of involvement in research.

JOB SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Experience at Registered Practitioner Band 6 or Band 7 level Able to demonstrate specialist expertise and knowledge underpinned by theory acquired through CPD in relation to clinical assessment, treatment and evaluation. Evidence of risk management skills and experience. Evidence of involvement in meeting relevant clinical governance objectives. Able to demonstrate knowledge of National and Regional health strategies and its application in practice. Experience of developing specialist programmes of care for an individual or groups of patients/clients and of providing highly specialist advice Able to demonstrate highly specialist clinical reasoning skills to assimilate information in order to make a clinical judgement regarding diagnosis and intervention. Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care, protocols and audit. Experience of multi-disciplinary working. Able to demonstrate innovation and effective use of resources. Able to actively research for the potential to improve quality and customer care, seeking new ideas and methods to improve health care. Evidence of involvement in policy and practice change. Able to demonstrate publication, presentations and personal research at local and regional events. Evidence of involvement in research.

MANAGERIAL/SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Evidence of proactive involvement in the supervision and development of members of the multi-disciplinary team. Evidence of delivering education and training in practice. Able to act as a clinical supervisor and/or facilitate peer groups.

PERSONAL QUALITIES/ATTRIBUTES

Essential

• Evidence of demonstrating the Trust's values and behaviours. Yes Able to communicate effectively at different levels of the organisation and with staff, patient/service users, visitors or external organisations both verbally and in writing in the exchange of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information which may require the use of negotiating and/or persuasive skills. Yes Able to overcome barriers to understanding where there are physical or mental disabilities. Yes Able to analyse and assess situations and to interpret potentially conflicting situations and determine appropriate action, where there is a range of options and judgement is required. Yes Experience of planning and organising complex activities requiring the formulation and adjustment of plans .e.g. organising own time, co-ordination with other agencies and plans for sudden, unforeseen circumstances. Able to work independently within sphere of authority Evidence of skills in diplomacy, negotiation and influencing. Inquisitive and eager to learn, asks questions and responds positively to change in practice/procedure. Seeks ways to improve self and others. Ability to evaluate care leading to improvement in quality standards an service improvement Able to adapt to a changing environment and changing priorities.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alderney Community Hospital

Poole

BH124NB

Employer's website

https://www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)