Job summary
Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel!
We are looking to recruit a dynamic, organised and enthusiastic Band 6 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist who will be working here at McMullen Barracks in Marchwood and in the Worthy Down Camp.
Does this sound like the role for you?
The successful applicant will be expected to work at Worthy Down Camp and be transferred to McMullen Barracks when it re-opens.
Benefits include:
- Free parking.
- NHS pension scheme.
- Inclusive working environment.
- Recruitment Retention Allowance (RRA).
- Access to gym.
Main duties of the job
The chosen candidate you will ensure the provision of a comprehensive and professional physiotherapy and rehabilitation
service for entitled personnel.
This will include undertaking highly skilled
and specialist work.a positive caring environment, in which patients can expect a high-quality
professional service.
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
Responsibilities include and are not limited to:
- Performing 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.
- Formulating, developing and
delivering a specialised individualised treatment programme based upon evidence-based
practice, manual assessment and appropriate clinical reasoning.
- Communicating 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.
- Provision of clinical reports to supply clinical prognoses and comprehensive discharge
planning for other medical professionals and, where appropriate the military
Chain of Command (CoC).
- Actively participate and attend Special Interest Groups and Clinical Governance Meetings
where audit, research, service and policy development and presentations are conducted
within the multi-disciplinary team environment.
- Assisting in developing protocols to enhance the clinical development and efficacy of clinics
and Special Interest Groups
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification document for additional duties.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application form. At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication.
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development.
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement.
- NHS Core NHSC5 Quality.
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning.
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held at (TBC) on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.
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.
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.
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.
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 into 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
Responsibilities include and are not limited to:
- Performing 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.
- Formulating, developing and
delivering a specialised individualised treatment programme based upon evidence-based
practice, manual assessment and appropriate clinical reasoning.
- Communicating 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.
- Provision of clinical reports to supply clinical prognoses and comprehensive discharge
planning for other medical professionals and, where appropriate the military
Chain of Command (CoC).
- Actively participate and attend Special Interest Groups and Clinical Governance Meetings
where audit, research, service and policy development and presentations are conducted
within the multi-disciplinary team environment.
- Assisting in developing protocols to enhance the clinical development and efficacy of clinics
and Special Interest Groups
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification document for additional duties.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application form. At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication.
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development.
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement.
- NHS Core NHSC5 Quality.
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning.
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held at (TBC) on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.
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.
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.
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.
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 into 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
- Must have relevant experience in the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders, sports injuries and orthopaedic conditions.
- Must have completed BSc Physiotherapy/ MSc Physiotherapy pre reg.
- Hepatitis B (Hep B) immunity needs to be achieved.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Must have relevant experience in the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders, sports injuries and orthopaedic conditions.
- Must have completed BSc Physiotherapy/ MSc Physiotherapy pre reg.
- Hepatitis B (Hep B) immunity needs to be achieved.
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.
