Job summary
Are you an experienced musculoskeletal physiotherapist looking for an exciting and rewarding role at HMS Drake, Plymouth.This is a fantastic new opportunity to become a Band 7 Advanced Physiotherapist, working with a multi-disciplinary Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) team. You will work alongside an SEM Consultant and a Band 7 Podiatrist, leading with clinical and healthcare governance, providing first-class care pathway management for military personnel. The working environment is welcoming, inclusive and supportive, and you will be valued for the skills you bring.
This position offers 37.5 hours per week. The salary will be pro rata where the part time hours are undertaken and applications for part time or job share to cover these hours are welcome.
You will be responsible for the line management of two Band 6 Physiotherapists and one Band 5 Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor (ERI) who deliver the course rehabilitation program.
Does this sound like the role for you?
Benefits Include:
- Access to NHS Pension
- Free Parking
- A Culture Encouraging Inclusion and Diversity
- Local Railway Links
- Professional Registration Fees Reimbursed
Main duties of the job
Triage, assessment, diagnosis, and planning of onward care pathways for
injured service personnel referred to the RRU from physiotherapists and
medical officers in our area of responsibility (AOR) and other referral sources
outside the RRUs AOR.
Assuring the provision of a comprehensive and professional rehabilitation
service for entitled personnel.
Our patients are from diverse military populations and present with an
interesting mix of sports and training injuries, trauma, as well as occupational
and medical aches and pains. The team use evidence-informed practice, with
clinical reasoning to provide optimal care for service personnel. Returning
personnel to full fitness, and maximising their well-being is our ultimate aim.
You will be a key part of this effort, referring into our course team of Band 6
physiotherapists and Exercise Rehabilitation Instructors.
You will be managed by the the
Military OC RRU Plymouth and be supported
to develop your clinical, managerial and professional leadership skills, as well
as gain wider insight and understanding of military healthcare. You will access
regular CPD, as well as experiences and insights into Defence that are
fascinating, unique and informative. You will have opportunities to be involved
in national innovative quality improvement projects, aiming to continually
provide the very best rehabilitation service to our military personnel.
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 for the role include but are not limited to:
- Acting as the musculoskeletal Clinical Specialist within the RRU Multi Disciplinary Injury Assessment Clinic (MIAC).
- Performing highly skilled assessments of patients referred to the RRU from
across Defence Healthcare. This will include diverse, complex, multiple,
acute and chronic physical and psychological conditions, sports and training
injuries.
- Using clinical reasoning skills to provide accurate clinical diagnoses and
appropriate care pathway plans.
- Assisting the MIAC consultant in appropriately referring patients for clinical
imaging and secondary care, in line with national and locally agreed
guidelines.
- Providing comprehensive progress and discharge reports to colleagues and
referring clinicians.
Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
Selection Process
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 for interview.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills:
- 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
You will also be required to do a short presentation at interview stage.
Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit. You will need to copy and paste the link into a browser.
https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed
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.
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.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
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.
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.
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. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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.
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.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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 however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. 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
For our complaints procedure, please refer to the Important Information document attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Acting as the musculoskeletal Clinical Specialist within the RRU Multi Disciplinary Injury Assessment Clinic (MIAC).
- Performing highly skilled assessments of patients referred to the RRU from
across Defence Healthcare. This will include diverse, complex, multiple,
acute and chronic physical and psychological conditions, sports and training
injuries.
- Using clinical reasoning skills to provide accurate clinical diagnoses and
appropriate care pathway plans.
- Assisting the MIAC consultant in appropriately referring patients for clinical
imaging and secondary care, in line with national and locally agreed
guidelines.
- Providing comprehensive progress and discharge reports to colleagues and
referring clinicians.
Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
Selection Process
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 for interview.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills:
- 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
You will also be required to do a short presentation at interview stage.
Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit. You will need to copy and paste the link into a browser.
https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed
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.
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.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
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.
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.
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. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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.
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.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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 however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. 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
For our complaints procedure, please refer to the Important Information document attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Physiotherapist.
- Degree plus additional specialist training or experience to Masters level or equivalent.
- Appropriate Masters of Science (MSc) / Level 7 equivalent post graduate
- qualification or evidence of actively working towards.
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you
- will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment. Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be Job description included. Please use double spacing where possible.
Registration Details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration number.
- You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as
- detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
- Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid
- membership registration number.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Physiotherapist.
- Degree plus additional specialist training or experience to Masters level or equivalent.
- Appropriate Masters of Science (MSc) / Level 7 equivalent post graduate
- qualification or evidence of actively working towards.
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you
- will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment. Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be Job description included. Please use double spacing where possible.
Registration Details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration number.
- You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as
- detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
- Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid
- membership registration number.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
