Job summary
Here at Defence Healthcare Recovery Group (DHRG), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.
Are you a Physiotherapist looking for a fascinating role working alongside the military, that offers numerous benefits and opportunities for career-development in a phenomenal team?
The DPHC is a vibrant and fast paced organisation that seeks to sustain and improve the operational efficiency of injured service personnel for injuries which may include trauma, occupational musculoskeletal, sports and training injuries. This post ill be located at Catterick Leisure Centre, Gough Road, Catterick Garrison, DL9 3EL.
The post will be 37.5 hours.
Does this sound like the role for you?
We offer the following employee benefits:
- Free Parking, Disabled Parking, Main Bus Route
- Access to Gym
- Various Local Shops
- Access to NHS Pension
- Access to an Inclusive Working Environment
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be providing a comprehensive and professional physiotherapy / rehabilitation (rehab) service for entitled personnel referred to the Regional Rehabilitation Unit from physiotherapists and medical officers in the Area of Responsibility (AOR) / Region or other referral sources outside of the RRUs AOR. This will include undertaking highly skilled and specialist work in the musculoskeletal / sports and training injury area. You will also be responsible for the clinical management of patients referred to the Regional Rehabilitation Unit (RRU) and / or attending a residential rehabilitation course.
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:
- Performing highly skilled physiotherapeutic assessment of patients referred by Consultants, General Practitioners and Physiotherapists 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 programmes and exercise programmes based upon evidence-based practice, manual assessment and appropriate clinical reasoning.
- Delivering care in line with Defence Medical guidelines Joint Service Publication (JSP 950), associated Defence Rehabilitation policy, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines and Best Practice Guidelines.
- Liaising with the Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine / Band 7 Physiotherapists / Officer Commanding (OC) with regard to specialist physiotherapy recommendations.
- Working with the Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor (ERI) as a clinical team in the delivery on inpatient courses and development of individual patient goal led rehabilitation.
Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
Selection Process Details
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.
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.
At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
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 your browser.
Defence Medical Services - YouTube
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. 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.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:
- Performing highly skilled physiotherapeutic assessment of patients referred by Consultants, General Practitioners and Physiotherapists 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 programmes and exercise programmes based upon evidence-based practice, manual assessment and appropriate clinical reasoning.
- Delivering care in line with Defence Medical guidelines Joint Service Publication (JSP 950), associated Defence Rehabilitation policy, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines and Best Practice Guidelines.
- Liaising with the Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine / Band 7 Physiotherapists / Officer Commanding (OC) with regard to specialist physiotherapy recommendations.
- Working with the Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor (ERI) as a clinical team in the delivery on inpatient courses and development of individual patient goal led rehabilitation.
Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
Selection Process Details
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.
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.
At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
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 your browser.
Defence Medical Services - YouTube
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. 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.
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.
Person Specification
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 included. Please use double spacing where possible.
Qualifications
Essential
- Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Physiotherapist. Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy.
- Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) to enhanced level.
- Security Clearance (arranged by the MOD).
- Up to date Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
Registration details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration details. You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting you application. Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
Person Specification
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 included. Please use double spacing where possible.
Qualifications
Essential
- Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Physiotherapist. Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy.
- Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) to enhanced level.
- Security Clearance (arranged by the MOD).
- Up to date Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
Registration details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration details. You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting you 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).
