Advanced Physiotherapist Practitioner - F/T 2 years

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 26 November 2024

Job summary

Advanced Physiotherapist Practitioner - Pelvic Health and Maternity - F/T 2 years

Are you a dynamic individual with extensive pelvic health and maternity clinical and leadership experience?

Are you passionate about patient-centred care and do you value working in a positive team environment focused on peer support and development?

We are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity to come and join our team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. We are a GOOD rated hospital following CQC inspection and are looking to employ a highly skilled, forward thinking, dynamic individual as a clinical specialist Physiotherapist working in pelvic health and maternity.

The post is suitable for an experienced physiotherapist with past leadership and service development experience. The post will be operating across the Outpatient Physiotherapy department and, working with individuals with a variety of complex needs.

The successful applicant will have extensive NHS pelvic health and maternity experience and possess excellent assessment, clinical reasoning, treatment and teaching skills.

Main duties of the job

To oversee and provide clinical leadership for the pelvic health and maternity physiotherapy team with implementation of the perinatal pelvic health services.
To undertake an Advanced Clinical Practitioner clinical and leadership role within pelvic health/maternity department at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.
To provide highly specialised physiotherapy assessment and management to a highly specialised clinical caseload that frequently have complex and / or chronic or life limiting conditions, without supervision.
Interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical data to form accurate diagnoses and prognoses informing complex decision making ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient focused care.
To act as an expert Advanced Clinical Practitioner and leader within the wider musculoskeletal therapies team
To support the Professional lead of Therapies in the development of relevant service and clinical initiatives and modernisations.
To act as the lead clinical representative on agreed clinical and service development groups and boards.
To provide highly specialist care of complex patients including Advanced Clinical interventions and management as appropriate.
To provide expert training, advice and clinical education to service providers, service users and service commissioners.
To lead and support audit and research projects and identify opportunities for research in relation to Pelvic Health services in order to evaluate service delivery.

About us

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006.

It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.

Our innovative Therapies Practice Education Team are an integral part of our staff's experience in their roles. Please follow this link to see more of what we do!https://youtu.be/dFeVzr_UqCw

Date posted

12 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

2 years

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-6631794NCG-2

Job locations

Royal Berkshire NHS Trust

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find this information in full attached as per the personal specification and job description.

Please note, this job will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find this information in full attached as per the personal specification and job description.

Please note, this job will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy MSc or equivalent experience
HCPC Registered
Extensive post graduate clinical experience
Demonstrable experience of delivering a service based on the needs of the patient
Service development and clinical leadership experience within a multi-faceted organisation
Experience of mentoring and training clinical staff and students, across multidisciplinary teams
Experience of using research and other evidence to inform and drive practice
Extensive Post Graduate training in maternity/pelvic health conditions

Desirable

Previous experience of working in an extended scope role/ Advanced Clinical Practitioner role
Change management experience
Experience of leading clinical governance initiatives

Knowledge and Skills

Desirable

Proven experience of leading a team
Clinical Leadership training or equivalent
Experience of proactively engaging with service users and commissioners
Experience of leading clinical governance initiatives

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy MSc or equivalent experience
HCPC Registered
Extensive post graduate clinical experience
Demonstrable experience of delivering a service based on the needs of the patient
Service development and clinical leadership experience within a multi-faceted organisation
Experience of mentoring and training clinical staff and students, across multidisciplinary teams
Experience of using research and other evidence to inform and drive practice
Extensive Post Graduate training in maternity/pelvic health conditions

Desirable

Previous experience of working in an extended scope role/ Advanced Clinical Practitioner role
Change management experience
Experience of leading clinical governance initiatives

Knowledge and Skills

Desirable

Proven experience of leading a team
Clinical Leadership training or equivalent
Experience of proactively engaging with service users and commissioners
Experience of leading clinical governance initiatives

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

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