Clinical Lead Physiotherapist - Trauma Orthopaedics

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you an experienced Physiotherapist looking to further your career? Do you have a passion for Trauma Orthopaedics and Major Trauma? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment? If this sounds like you, come and join the Core Therapies "Team of the Year" as our Clinical Lead Physiotherapist.

"Supportive", "incredible", "funny" and "all round epic" are just some of the words used to describe the Trauma Orthopaedic therapy team recently. We are a well-established team with a passion for providing holistic rehabilitation and continual improvement within our services.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a regional Major Trauma Centre, providing assessment and treatment to a variety of patients from 16 - 100 and beyond. The role will offer plentiful opportunity to develop your leadership skills whilst also further advancing your clinical skills through management of a complex caseload. You will also support the management of the Major Trauma team and the clinical provision of services in this area, including implementing actions from our recent peer review. You will work alongside a dedicated, supportive and friendly integrated therapy team in order to provide effective, co-ordinated care for your patients.

Main duties of the job

You will lead the Trauma Orthopaedics and Major Trauma teams collaboratively alongside the Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist. You will have direct responsibility for the Physiotherapists within the speciality. You should possess excellent leadership skills, team working and communication which are essential to ensure the effectiveness of the service and satisfaction of the team. Thriving under pressure and working in a fast paced, ever-changing environment is important in this role, as well as being able to effectively problem solve.

Our Core Therapy team is well integrated and you will be expected to work closely with the Occupational Therapists and Therapy Assistants in order to provide joined up, holistic care to patients. Having experience with core people management is important in order to encourage staff to continually develop to maintain high standards of care, team morale and motivation.

There are a range of opportunities for both personal and professional development at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. We have a dedicated Health Academy and the learning and development of staff within the Trust is very much encouraged and supported.

In recognition of the need for enhanced provision, Core Therapies are looking to move towards 7 day working and as such the successful candidate will be expected to support this model of care where it is already implemented and in the future implementations.

About us

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is a large Foundation Trust which is set over two hospital sites at Preston and Chorley. We are proud to be a Specialist Major Trauma unit for North-West England. This is alongside our level 1 regional specialist unit for Neurological Rehabilitation and Burns and Plastics.

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Date posted

26 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year Per annum, Pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

438-PB0926

Job locations

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties to include but not be limited to:

To communicate and collaborate with all Core Therapies stakeholders

To support personal and people development

To ensure the health, safety and security of users of the ITS, self and colleagues

To lead on service development and planning

To support the Clinical Governance and Quality agenda within the ITS

To support equality of opportunity and access within the IS for both staff and patients

To support financial and other resource management within the ITS

To provide and use information to support admin processes and patient care

To directly support the delivery of therapy to patients

To provide leadership and management support

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties to include but not be limited to:

To communicate and collaborate with all Core Therapies stakeholders

To support personal and people development

To ensure the health, safety and security of users of the ITS, self and colleagues

To lead on service development and planning

To support the Clinical Governance and Quality agenda within the ITS

To support equality of opportunity and access within the IS for both staff and patients

To support financial and other resource management within the ITS

To provide and use information to support admin processes and patient care

To directly support the delivery of therapy to patients

To provide leadership and management support

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Physiotherapy degree
HCPC registration
Evidence of relevant CPD

Desirable

Additional training in relation trauma and/or orthopaedics
Practice educator
Member of CSP

Knowledge

Essential

Evidence of leadership in service planning and development
Knowledge in the management in complex caseload
Knowledge in the management in complex caseload
Experience in the assessment and treatment of respiratory condition
Experience working in trauma orthopaedics

Desirable

Experience working in major trauma
Leadership of service development
Knowledge of strategic issues within the NHS and to be able to implement locally
Experience in research and audit

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Physiotherapy degree
HCPC registration
Evidence of relevant CPD

Desirable

Additional training in relation trauma and/or orthopaedics
Practice educator
Member of CSP

Knowledge

Essential

Evidence of leadership in service planning and development
Knowledge in the management in complex caseload
Knowledge in the management in complex caseload
Experience in the assessment and treatment of respiratory condition
Experience working in trauma orthopaedics

Desirable

Experience working in major trauma
Leadership of service development
Knowledge of strategic issues within the NHS and to be able to implement locally
Experience in research and audit

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.

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