Job summary
Physiotherapist - Band 7 - Emergency Floor Therapy Team (EFTT)
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) - Royal Liverpool Hospital site.
30 hours per week (Permanent)
We are looking for a physio to provide expert assessment and management of a range of patients within the urgent care setting including musculoskeletal injuries, falls, frailty, neurology and respiratory care. The successful candidate will demonstrate confidence in managing a varied workload in a challenging, fast paced environment.
You will work with the other Band 7 therapy staff to jointly lead the therapy service covering Emergency Department and AMU, and will have strong links to the wider MDT, statutory and voluntary agencies external to the Trust, providing a quality service that meets the needs of patients and their families.
You will clinically coordinate a busy team including leading daily handover meetings and attendance at MDT boardrounds to review and support inpatient flow. The team has well established links to the reablement therapists based on the Broadgreen Hospital site.
You will develop and utilise nonclinical leadership/management skills; roster management, recruitment, annual leave planning, weekend and rota management, sickness management, Datix handling and complaints management.
The EFTT service is provided as an 8-8 service 7 days per week.
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for providing specialist assessment and treatment of patients ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communications via liaison with the wider MDT and referral to other agencies as required.
- To manage and provide effective leadership of therapy staff within the Emergency Floor environment, including Rostering over a 7day service, supervision and training of junior staff.
- To manage and develop physiotherapy input to provide optimal patient care ensuring high standards of clinical practice, including service development/monitoring, audits and projects; liaising with medical and nursing staff within the ED areas.
- To respond and action any requests from the Emergency Floor service and the wider Trust or therapy service focussing on e.g. patient care, patient flow, national/trust policies.
- To support the weekly safety and governance meetings and to escalate concerns or report incidents as per Trust policy.
- We are committed to staff development and training through regular supervision, appraisal and personalised development plans. You will be responsible for the supervision of Band 5 and 6 physios, students and therapy assistants under the guidance of Therapy Managers and Clinical Specialists.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click herehttps://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Job description
Job responsibilities
See full JD attached.
ClinicalTo undertake physiotherapy assessment, clinically diagnose and implement agreed plans as appropriate including the routine treatment of complex patients in the manner that respects peoples privacy, dignity and individuality.
To act as advisor to Therapy staff regarding complex clinical issues and complex patient management, problem solving, making decisions, authorising appropriate action.
To ensure effective two way communication with patients and other Health Professionals regarding all aspects of patient care.
To provide and receive complex information that requires empathy and reassurance, communicating where there may be barriers to understand.
To ensure a high standard of patient care is provided, implementing and reviewing clinical standards relevant to the work undertaken/clinical speciality
Managerial & LeadershipTo liaise with the Therapy Manager providing specialist advice on the planning and development of the service.
To represent Therapy Services on any service development working parties / meetings as appropriate
To support the leading of regular staff meetings and facilitate good communication between the department and Trust both on Trust and National issues ensuring effective dissemination of information.
To provide expert advice to colleagues
To monitor activity and support production/analysis of data for clinical speciality
Where necessary, to take appropriate action to ensure activity and waiting list targets are achieved within the service.
To assess the Therapy equipment required for the department.
To actively participate in the professional development programme of the physiotherapy /therapy department.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See full JD attached.
ClinicalTo undertake physiotherapy assessment, clinically diagnose and implement agreed plans as appropriate including the routine treatment of complex patients in the manner that respects peoples privacy, dignity and individuality.
To act as advisor to Therapy staff regarding complex clinical issues and complex patient management, problem solving, making decisions, authorising appropriate action.
To ensure effective two way communication with patients and other Health Professionals regarding all aspects of patient care.
To provide and receive complex information that requires empathy and reassurance, communicating where there may be barriers to understand.
To ensure a high standard of patient care is provided, implementing and reviewing clinical standards relevant to the work undertaken/clinical speciality
Managerial & LeadershipTo liaise with the Therapy Manager providing specialist advice on the planning and development of the service.
To represent Therapy Services on any service development working parties / meetings as appropriate
To support the leading of regular staff meetings and facilitate good communication between the department and Trust both on Trust and National issues ensuring effective dissemination of information.
To provide expert advice to colleagues
To monitor activity and support production/analysis of data for clinical speciality
Where necessary, to take appropriate action to ensure activity and waiting list targets are achieved within the service.
To assess the Therapy equipment required for the department.
To actively participate in the professional development programme of the physiotherapy /therapy department.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- B.Sc in Physiotherapy
- Grad.Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Current registration with HCPC
- Post Graduate courses in Management at various levels/equivalent
Desirable
- Post-Graduate courses in a variety of specialities/clinical education.
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in working in various specialities and in management roles
Knowledge
Desirable
- Experience in conducting audit
- Experience in conducting or supporting Research projects
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Forward thinking with knowledge of current NHS/speciality issues
- Ability to pass on skills and knowledge to others
- Excellent managerial skills
- Ability to manage and work as part of MDT
- Able to handle difficult, sensitive and emotional situations
- Ability to think quickly, assess clinical situations and take decisions upon that information
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- B.Sc in Physiotherapy
- Grad.Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Current registration with HCPC
- Post Graduate courses in Management at various levels/equivalent
Desirable
- Post-Graduate courses in a variety of specialities/clinical education.
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in working in various specialities and in management roles
Knowledge
Desirable
- Experience in conducting audit
- Experience in conducting or supporting Research projects
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Forward thinking with knowledge of current NHS/speciality issues
- Ability to pass on skills and knowledge to others
- Excellent managerial skills
- Ability to manage and work as part of MDT
- Able to handle difficult, sensitive and emotional situations
- Ability to think quickly, assess clinical situations and take decisions upon that 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).
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).
