Developmental Pelvic Health Physiotherapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Communication1. To liaise with other physiotherapists as necessary, with regards to patient care and arrange outpatient /community /clinic appointments when required.2. To be an active member within the team and ensure good communication skills with other professions both verbally and in writing e.g. maintaining comprehensive and contemporaneous patient record and be responsible for the writing of legal reports when necessary3. To communicate effectively with other disciplines outside the immediate team both internally and externally to ensure an ongoing multidisciplinary approach to care. This communication will be both verbal and written such as by providing clinic letters and referral letters.4. To initiate and maintain contacts with local and national clinical interest groups appropriate to the clinical field.5. To be able to motivate others through effective communication skills.6. To communicate effectively with patients with a variety of communication difficulties e.g. blind, deaf, dysphasic, and for people who do not have English as their first language, on a one to one level and to enable the patient to integrate in group activities.This will involve the effective use of verbal, written, pictorial, tactile and visual communication tools.7. Educate patients, carers and relevant MDT staff on a range of topics including therapeutic positioning, exercises, mobility activities and advice and education with regards to patient condition8. To liaise with other physiotherapists as necessary, with regards to patient care and arrange outpatient /community /clinic appointments when required.9. To be an active member within the team and ensure good communication skills with other professions both verbally and in writing e.g. in the patients notes and be responsible for the writing of legal reports when necessary10. To communicate effectively with other disciplines outside the immediate team both internally and externally to ensure an ongoing multidisciplinary approach to care. This communication will be both verbal and written such as by providing clinic letters, transfer reports.11. To initiate and maintain contacts with local and national clinical interest groups appropriate to the clinical field.12. To be able to motivate others through effective communication skills.

Service Delivery and Improvement1. To be responsible for implementing within your clinical practice, the relevant standards and policies, including those applicable to the Trust, and wider policies andguidelines, for example set by the CSP / NICE etc.2. To ensure that as an individual practitioner the post holder advises the Team Lead and Physiotherapy Manager of any changes to the service to ensure quality and effectiveness of care for their patients.3. To work with the physiotherapy team to provide an efficient and effective service.4. Be involved in the proposal/development and implementation of departmental policies, pathways, guidelines etc.5. To comply with fire, health & safety, universal precautions, infection control measures and all other departmental policies.6. To report all complaints/incidents to the immediate senior member of staff and document accordingly.7. To identify areas where the service is not working as effectively or efficiently as possible and liaise with line manager, offering reasoned ideas for solutions8. To propose and make changes to working practices in consultation with the team lead where applicable. To support the ongoing development and improvements of Physiotherapy services.9. To work a rostered 7 day service when implemented.

People Management and Development1. To ensure that junior members of the team are informed of developments and changes and that they work to these standards.2. To assist in the supervision of Band 5 physiotherapists, physiotherapy technicians, and physiotherapy students on clinical placements.3. To share responsibility for the training of students on placement, juniors, technicians and assistants within the clinical area. Being proactive with teaching in practical situations, assessing competencies, delivering good quality in-service training.4. To participate in the Trust Appraisal Scheme both as an appraiser and an appraisee.5. To carry out role as an appraisee by appraising staff in-line with department appraisal guidelines, at least annually and jointly helping devise learning needs, objectives and development plans for staff.6. To give staff ongoing support to aid them in achieving their objectives.7. To have a role in organising relevant in-service training programmes and supporting its delivery8. To communicate on a regular basis with staff regarding the Trusts objectives, plans and business developments.9. To discuss expected outcomes of training and development activity with staff prior to attending training events.10. To discuss outcomes with staff after attending training and development activity and to assist staff to transfer, develop and use new skills acquired.11. To be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through continued professional development activities and recording this in a portfolio and in the KSF document12. To keep abreast of all new developments which includes activities such as attending IST, relevant study days and reading current literature13. To work with the pelvic health and wider physiotherapy teams to provide an efficient and effective service.14. To propose and make changes to working practices in consultation with the team lead where applicable. To support the ongoing development and improvements of pelvic health services

Patient Care Delivery1. To maintain a high standard of clinical care using evidence-based practices and evaluate the outcomes.2. To be responsible as an autonomous practitioner to undertake a significant clinical caseload and identifying signs of serious pathology and refer on to appropriate specialists.3. To undertake the comprehensive assessment and treatment of a variety of patients including those with complex presentations.4. To develop skills in the management, assessment and treatment of patients in the following areas: pelvic floor dysfunction, obstetric and postnatal musculoskeletal disorders.5. To undertake the comprehensive triage and assessment of patients including those with complex presentation using investigative and analytical skills. To seek guidance from Senior staff as required and give guidance to junior staff6. To devise an individualised management and/or treatment plan, using clinical reasoning skills, utilising a range of treatment options and evidence-based practice7. To be able to devise and lead specialist treatments which may include group work, e.g. classes including PGP, antenatal and postnatal hydrotherapy, general MSK classes.8. To participate in group education classes, antenatal and postnatal classes (including hydrotherapy groups).9. To devise an individualised pelvic health management and/or treatment plan, using clinical reasoning skills, utilising a range of treatment options and evidence-based practice.10. To demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance, clinical risk and to demonstrate the use of treatment plans with an evidence-based link.11. To demonstrate physical ability to carry out assessment and interventions, including highly developed manual techniques and therapeutic handling. There is sometimes a requirement to exert moderate physical effort for some periods of the day12. To be responsible for implementing within your clinical practice, the relevant standards and policies.13. To demonstrate the trust values and attitudes regarding the management of patients and everyday working with colleagues.14. To seek guidance from senior staff as required and to give guidance to more junior staff15. To be responsible for the safe use of equipment used in carrying out duties, adhering to the departments medical devices policy. This includes competence and accuracy to use equipment by yourself and other healthcare professionals, carers and patients e.g. monitoring and maintaining the safety and condition of the gym equipment.16. To be able to manage potentially stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner including patients with chronic pain presentations andpsychosocial problems17. To be solely responsible for leading outpatient classes including hydrotherapy, conditioning lower limb, dynamic lower limb, back and shoulder classes.18. To be responsible for the safe use of equipment used in carrying out physiotherapy duties, adhering to the departments medical devices policy. This includes competence and accuracy to use equipment by yourself and other healthcare professionals, carers and patients e.g. TENS machines, maternity belts and walking aids. To be able to assess and treat patients over the phone

Learning and Development Attend mandatory training updates as required. Undertake training as necessary in line with the development of the post and as agreed with the line manager as part of the personal development process. Achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within agreed timescales. Identify own learning needs and jointly plan training requirements with your line manager Participate in the Trusts appraisal process to discuss how your role will help deliver the best possible care to our patients and help to deliver any changes in service.This job description is an outline of the role and responsibilities. From time to time due to the needs of the service, we may ask you to flexibly undertake other duties that are consistent with your role and banding, including project work, internal job rotation and absence cover.The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the department and the organisation.

Person Specification

Experience and qualifications

Essential

• Physiotherapy or Osteopathy (BSc or MSc equivalent)
• Minimum of 2 years NHS or other relevant experience.
• Health and Care Professions Council registration
• Broad range of clinical rotations as a junior physiotherapist, including in and outpatient services and experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team or evidence of working in a senior position within a musculoskeletal multi-professional care environment
• To be able to demonstrate sound clinical reasoning and problem solving skills
• To be able to demonstrate evidence of further experience within MSK

Desirable

• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and/or relevant clinical interest groups
• Involvement in carrying out clinical audit/ service development
• Experience of supervising less experienced staff such as students and assistants
• Evidence of post graduate education such as post grad diploma or MSC modules.
• Experience of treating a variety of complex conditions within NHS MSK outpatient setting
• Experienced in treatment and assessment of obstetric, MSK and gynaecological patients

Skills

Essential

• Have experience of effective communication with patients, relatives, carers colleagues and other members of the MDT sometimes in difficult circumstances
• Ability to manage a busy clinical and non clinical workload, using effective time management, prioritisation and delegation skills.
• Able to present information, written and verbally, in a clear and logical manner
• Ability to use assessment findings / evidence to form individual patient treatment plans for sometimes complex patients
• Ability to record all assessments and treatments in physiotherapy and MDT documentation to a high standard

Desirable

• Awareness of your role in managing wider team caseload and strategies to improve patient flow in times of business continuity
• Previous experience in service development projects
• Ability to generate and analyse data from information systems e.g., spreadsheets

People Management and Development

Essential

• Experience of Appraising and supervising less experienced staff and students.
• Experience of developing and leading training sessions
• Ability to manage a busy and complex caseload, and complete clinical and non-clinical duties

Desirable

• Experience of supporting / supervising staff with performance development needs

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Essential

• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).

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.

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

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Address

Princess Royal Hospital

Lewes Road

Haywards Heath

RH16 4EX

Employer's website

https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)