Job summary
To provide a high standard physiotherapy service to the orthopaedic clinical areas. This will include fracture clinic, the elective ward, fractured neck of femur ward, trauma ward and day case ward. This will involve providing a seven day service, which will include bank holiday and late shift working.
To assist the Team Leader in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the Physiotherapy Service provided to patients by the orthopaedic team, on a day-to-day basis.
To maintain own records as an autonomous practitioner. To assess and treat own caseload of orthopaedic patients, who may have a variety of complex presentations.
To deputise for the Team Leader as necessary and to take clinical lead responsibility for the orthopaedic team at weekends. To provide support to junior members of the team outside of normal working hours when required.
The post holder will also be required to mentor and appraise students and junior members of the team, and will assume responsibility for service development as delegated by the Team Lead.
***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***
Main duties of the job
To perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse clinical presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to provide a clinical diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
To hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, working autonomously. Senior support and supervision takes the form of regular formal (e.g. in service training sessions) clinical reasoning sessions (including journal reviews) and informal training sessions. Access to advice and support from specialist physiotherapists is available if required, clinical work is not routinely evaluated.
To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
Supervise, educate and assess the performance of physiotherapy students and more junior staff; this would be to a graduate standard and involve working with universities to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.
About us
We are a people business - where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated physiotherapist to join our substantial and dynamic Trauma and Orthopaedic Team. The team provides physiotherapeutic cover to major trauma, paediatric orthopaedic, fractured neck of femur, day-case, and fracture clinic services. The team also provides physiotherapeutic cover to elective orthopaedic, outpatient orthopaedic and elective neurosurgical services.
There is a wide range of opportunities to develop specialist clinical and managerial skills within this area. The successful candidate will join a large and established team to deliver a seven-day physiotherapy service, including weekend working and late shift to patients as part of the wider multidisciplinary unit and South West Peninsula major trauma centre.
If you have a passion for delivering high quality patient care, appropriate postgraduate experience and are looking to join an experienced and supportive team in a beautiful part of the country - then this is the post for you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated physiotherapist to join our substantial and dynamic Trauma and Orthopaedic Team. The team provides physiotherapeutic cover to major trauma, paediatric orthopaedic, fractured neck of femur, day-case, and fracture clinic services. The team also provides physiotherapeutic cover to elective orthopaedic, outpatient orthopaedic and elective neurosurgical services.
There is a wide range of opportunities to develop specialist clinical and managerial skills within this area. The successful candidate will join a large and established team to deliver a seven-day physiotherapy service, including weekend working and late shift to patients as part of the wider multidisciplinary unit and South West Peninsula major trauma centre.
If you have a passion for delivering high quality patient care, appropriate postgraduate experience and are looking to join an experienced and supportive team in a beautiful part of the country - then this is the post for you.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree (BSc Hons Physiotherapy) or equivalent.
- HCPC registration
Desirable
- Proven Post graduate courses relevant to the post
- MSc relevant to the post
Experience
Essential
- Post graduate demonstrable experience working in a variety of clinical settings and across the core specialities of Orthopaedics/Outpatients and Respiratory. To have completed a Neurology rotation or Neurology Physiotherapy Developmental framework.
- Demonstrable experience of teaching
- A particular interest in orthopaedics and specific experience in major trauma, elective orthopaedics, fracture clinic and day surgery
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience supervising more junior staff, students.
- Previous orthopaedic / trauma and musculoskeletal experience working at a senior level within the healthcare sector.
- Clinical educator
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree (BSc Hons Physiotherapy) or equivalent.
- HCPC registration
Desirable
- Proven Post graduate courses relevant to the post
- MSc relevant to the post
Experience
Essential
- Post graduate demonstrable experience working in a variety of clinical settings and across the core specialities of Orthopaedics/Outpatients and Respiratory. To have completed a Neurology rotation or Neurology Physiotherapy Developmental framework.
- Demonstrable experience of teaching
- A particular interest in orthopaedics and specific experience in major trauma, elective orthopaedics, fracture clinic and day surgery
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience supervising more junior staff, students.
- Previous orthopaedic / trauma and musculoskeletal experience working at a senior level within the healthcare sector.
- Clinical educator
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).
