Job summary
We are looking for Physiotherapist to join our friendly team at the Whittington Hospital. We need you to be a specialist in treating patients with orthopaedic & surgical presentations with advanced knowledge & skills.
You will be an integral part of the team responsible for the delivery of therapy to patients attending for planned & unplanned surgery. You will need to demonstrate clinical expertise and management in both the acute & rehabilitation stages of treatment for trauma and elective presentations.
We provide an early supported discharge service for patients post fractured neck of femur. You will coordinate the delivery of this service providing competency based training to staff who visit patients at home to deliver goal based treatment.
As a team leader you will coordinate the day to day running of the team and have operational and supervisory responsibilities to ensure the team runs efficiently and effectively.
A skilled & passionate educator, you will support the service to develop the next generation of physiotherapists. Using advanced knowledge & skills to deliver theory and practical based training to support staff to deliver outstanding & compassionate physiotherapy treatment to patients within this specialism.
You will receive regular supervision & dedicated support to enable you to meet the responsibilities of this role and we will actively support your professional and clinical development.
The role has weekend & on call commitments on a rota basis
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the clinical management of the therapy provision across the Orthopaedic and Surgical Wards, having clinical expertise in both the acute management and rehabilitation of post-surgical patients.
To undertake the advanced assessment and treatment of patients within the speciality who may have complex and/or chronic presentations, and to determine clinical diagnosis and the physiotherapy treatment indicated, managing a caseload as an autonomous practitioner.
To be the Physiotherapy Representative at the Orthopaedic Trauma meetings, delegating responsibility when unable to attend.
To support the repatriation and treatment of patients referred from Major Trauma Centres.
To work proactively with the MDT to ensure that all patients have a planned dateof discharge and that the required actions by therapy staff to facilitate discharge across all Pathways are enacted in a timely manner.
To communicate effectively with the patients, relatives, discharge and community support service and the multidisciplinary team to ensure a high standard of patient care and service provision.
To be responsible for the day-to-day provision of therapy across designated work areas, ensuring appropriate case prioritisation, and management of cases considering the skill mix of the team. This includes the Orthopaedic Supported Discharge Service.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification for the role if you are interested to apply. Please ensure you demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria in your application
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification for the role if you are interested to apply. Please ensure you demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria in your application
Person Specification
Education and Training
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent.
- HCPC registration
- Evidence of completion of courses in line with clinical specialism.
- Portfolio and evidence of continuing professional development relating to specialism
- High standard of written and spoken English. IELTS Level 7 for international candidates.
Desirable
- Member of Professional Body
- Member of Specialist Section or special interest group
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 4 years post-graduate experience with minimum 2 year at band 6 level in an NHS in-patient setting
- Wide range of B5 and B6 rotations or equivalent senior experience in specialism or related area.
- Experience of orthopaedic and surgical cases and managing a complex caseload within the specialism.
- Experience of respiratory on call work.
- Previous experience of being a key member in multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience of risk management and how to effectively rate patient associated risk and/or mitigate risk.
- Knowledge of clinical governance and its application to support effective and safe working practices.
- Managing/Supervisory experience - staff and students
- Experience of appraisal - self and others
- Teaching experience to own and other professions formally and informally.
Desirable
- Team leadership experience
- Understanding of human resources procedures such as staff appraisal, performance & sickness management, recruitment and interviewing.
- Experience of Quality Improvement - audit, research, service development.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of orthopaedic and surgical conditions in planned and unplanned care.
- Knowledge of frailty, fractures, falls, and appropriate physiotherapy management.
- Knowledge of current developments and best practice in Orthopaedic/Surgical physiotherapy care and management
- Advanced level clinical reasoning and judgement
- Able to prioritise own and other workloads, managing stress and unforeseen circumstances.
- Able to prioritise own and other workloads, managing stress and unforeseen circumstances.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, managing and adapting to barriers to communication.
- Negotiation, persuasion and influencing skills
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, policies and guidelines related to work practice.
- Excellent IT and record keeping skills
- Able to lead training and education sessions with excellent presenting skills.
- Experience of staff development
- Competent and skilled in moving and handling techniques and familiar with a wide range of equipment to support this e.g. hoists, sara steady, slide sheets etc
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Able to do the required hours and shift pattern including on call, late shift and weekend duties
- Able to undertake manual handling tasks and comply with Trust Manual Handling Guidelines
- Personally responsible and accountable as a practitioner and supervisor.
- Able to demonstrate and deliver compassionate care and leadership in line with Trust values
- Enthusiastic, motivated with a can-do attitude and able to act as a role model to developing staff.
- Innovative/Flexible approach to change / adaptable to service / team needs
- Accepting of feedback to improve self, team, and others performance.
Person Specification
Education and Training
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent.
- HCPC registration
- Evidence of completion of courses in line with clinical specialism.
- Portfolio and evidence of continuing professional development relating to specialism
- High standard of written and spoken English. IELTS Level 7 for international candidates.
Desirable
- Member of Professional Body
- Member of Specialist Section or special interest group
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 4 years post-graduate experience with minimum 2 year at band 6 level in an NHS in-patient setting
- Wide range of B5 and B6 rotations or equivalent senior experience in specialism or related area.
- Experience of orthopaedic and surgical cases and managing a complex caseload within the specialism.
- Experience of respiratory on call work.
- Previous experience of being a key member in multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience of risk management and how to effectively rate patient associated risk and/or mitigate risk.
- Knowledge of clinical governance and its application to support effective and safe working practices.
- Managing/Supervisory experience - staff and students
- Experience of appraisal - self and others
- Teaching experience to own and other professions formally and informally.
Desirable
- Team leadership experience
- Understanding of human resources procedures such as staff appraisal, performance & sickness management, recruitment and interviewing.
- Experience of Quality Improvement - audit, research, service development.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of orthopaedic and surgical conditions in planned and unplanned care.
- Knowledge of frailty, fractures, falls, and appropriate physiotherapy management.
- Knowledge of current developments and best practice in Orthopaedic/Surgical physiotherapy care and management
- Advanced level clinical reasoning and judgement
- Able to prioritise own and other workloads, managing stress and unforeseen circumstances.
- Able to prioritise own and other workloads, managing stress and unforeseen circumstances.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, managing and adapting to barriers to communication.
- Negotiation, persuasion and influencing skills
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, policies and guidelines related to work practice.
- Excellent IT and record keeping skills
- Able to lead training and education sessions with excellent presenting skills.
- Experience of staff development
- Competent and skilled in moving and handling techniques and familiar with a wide range of equipment to support this e.g. hoists, sara steady, slide sheets etc
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Able to do the required hours and shift pattern including on call, late shift and weekend duties
- Able to undertake manual handling tasks and comply with Trust Manual Handling Guidelines
- Personally responsible and accountable as a practitioner and supervisor.
- Able to demonstrate and deliver compassionate care and leadership in line with Trust values
- Enthusiastic, motivated with a can-do attitude and able to act as a role model to developing staff.
- Innovative/Flexible approach to change / adaptable to service / team needs
- Accepting of feedback to improve self, team, and others performance.
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).
