MSK Physiotherapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Prioritize own work, balancing other patient related and professional demands, and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the service as a whole.

Ensure that your own practice meets the required professional standards of physiotherapy practice.

Manage clinical risk within own patient caseload.

Work closely with patients, carers and families agreeing decision making relevant to the patient/ client management- ensuring the patients are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plan wherever possible.

Liaise with GPs and other professionals to ensure that physiotherapy treatment is integrated into the patients overall treatment programme where appropriate. This would include discussion of patient care, patient progress and involvement in discharge planning.

Adapt practice to meet individual patients circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences

Provide a flexible approach to the needs of the service working with patients individually and in groups.

Provide advice to others regarding the physiotherapy management and care of patients/clients.

Use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients to ensure understanding of their condition and to motivate them in order to progress their treatment programmes and maximise their rehabilitation potential.

Demonstrate developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses for assessment and manual treatment of patients -involving moderate physical effort on a daily basis.

Maintain accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with CSP standard of practice, HCPC and legal, departmental, and organizational requirements.

Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects and develop improvements to further own and teams clinical practice.

Be responsible for the safe and competent use of all physiotherapy equipment, patient appliances and aids, by yourself and patients.

The job involves occasional exposure to verbal and physical aggressive behaviour from patients or carers and the potential to be exposed to unpleasant body odours or fluids.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma/degree in physiotherapy
• HCPC registration
• Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Evidence of continuing professional development within musculoskeletal outpatient physiotherapy

Desirable

• Acupuncture or other post graduate training.

Experience

Essential

• Experience in a broad range of clinical areas including Musculoskeletal Outpatient Physiotherapy, Orthopaedics, Elderly and Neurology.
• Experience of audit, research and understanding of quality issues.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession, national and local standards.
• A sound knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options, e.g. manual physiotherapy techniques, patient education, exercise, electrotherapy techniques
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, presenting ideas with clarity and in a persuasive and influential style.
• Good IT skills
• Remains updated in professional practice.

Personal qualities

Essential

• Ability to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities.
• Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients and careers.
• Adaptable and supportive of change.
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Excellent time management Skills.
• Good presentation skills
• Able to work as a team member

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Ravenscroft Healthcare Ltd

Address

Ravenscroft Healthcare

Westfield Road

Bletchley

Milton Keynes

MK2 2RA

Employer's website

https://www.ravenscrofthealth.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)