Job summary
Are you a Band 6 Physiotherapist looking for an exciting new role, working alongside the military, that offers numerous benefits and opportunities? This position is based at Carver Barracks, Saffron Waldon; however, due to the
temporary closure of Wimbish Medical Facility, the medical team are currently
working at Bassingbourn Barracks and the successful applicant will be expected
to temporarily work from this location.
We are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our hardworking service personnel. Our chosen candidate will be delivering a high standard of physiotherapy to Service personnel, including highly specialist interventions in the muscular-skeletal/sports and training injury environment.
You will be adept in providing a positive caring environment, in which patients can expect a high quality professional service.
This position is permanent 37.5 hours per week and requests to work flexibly will be considered, taking into account business needs. Please note the salary will be pro-rata for part time hours undertaken.
Benefits:
- Free on-site parking
- Inclusive working environment
- Pay as you dine facilities
- NHS Pension
Main duties of the job
Our chosen candidate will be giving full support to the Line Manager in ensuring the provision of a comprehensive and professional physiotherapy/rehabilitation service for entitled personnel. This will include undertaking highly skilled and specialist work in the musculo-skeletal/sports and training injury area including group therapy.
About us
Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:
- To perform highly skilled
physiotherapeutic assessment of patients referred by Consultants, General
Practitioners and other Healthcare Professionals with diverse presentations and
complex and acute/chronic physical conditions and sports injuries. To use clinical reasoning skills to provide an
accurate clinical diagnosis.
- To
formulate, develop and deliver a specialised individualised treatment programme
based upon evidence-based practice, manual assessment, and appropriate clinical
reasoning.
- To
communicate effectively with patients to ensure informed consent for assessment
and treatment, good understanding of their conditions and maximise their
rehabilitation potential. Patients may have barriers to communication e.g.
English as their second language.
- To
advise referring clinicians with regard to specialist physiotherapy recommendations.
Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application. At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills:
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
- NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
To be eligible to be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
Please ensure the required skills, qualifications and memberships are demonstrated in your application prior to submission.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Part time candidates will be considered but due to service delivery requirements it must be on a job share basis as full time hours need to be covered.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, <a href=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans/>Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans</a>
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:
- To perform highly skilled
physiotherapeutic assessment of patients referred by Consultants, General
Practitioners and other Healthcare Professionals with diverse presentations and
complex and acute/chronic physical conditions and sports injuries. To use clinical reasoning skills to provide an
accurate clinical diagnosis.
- To
formulate, develop and deliver a specialised individualised treatment programme
based upon evidence-based practice, manual assessment, and appropriate clinical
reasoning.
- To
communicate effectively with patients to ensure informed consent for assessment
and treatment, good understanding of their conditions and maximise their
rehabilitation potential. Patients may have barriers to communication e.g.
English as their second language.
- To
advise referring clinicians with regard to specialist physiotherapy recommendations.
Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application. At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills:
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
- NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
To be eligible to be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
Please ensure the required skills, qualifications and memberships are demonstrated in your application prior to submission.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Part time candidates will be considered but due to service delivery requirements it must be on a job share basis as full time hours need to be covered.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, <a href=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans/>Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans</a>
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications - A Degree in Physiotherapy.
- Memberships: Memberships to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Health Professions Council are required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications - A Degree in Physiotherapy.
- Memberships: Memberships to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Health Professions Council are required.
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
