Senior Physiotherapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be responsible for assisting in prioritising patient referrals, allocating and organising the work of colleagues and assistant staff to meet service priorities on a daily basis.

You will be responsible for organising and planning your own caseload to meet service and patient priorities, sharing your time between outpatient and inpatient activity, readjusting priorities as situations arise.

You will ensure the provision of a comprehensive physiotherapy service, ensuring that all treatments and interventions are of a consistently high standard, evidence informed and patient focused.

You will adopt a flexible and participative approach to innovation and change and promote patients individuality and dignity at all times.

You will be required to participate in evening, weekend and bank holiday working in conjunction with meeting the service needs of the Centre and hospital.

You will support the orthopaedic on all rota.

You will be required to participate in CPD sessions/initiatives and in-service training programmes.

You will be included in a dedicated mentoring structure and participate in a varied programme of clinical review and development; to include patient clinical reasoning, notes review, watched assessments and feedback.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience in treating patients within Outpatient and Hydrotherapy settings.
• You will have completed a comprehensive series of rotations to include all major specialities (Orthopaedics, general surgery, general medicine, neurology, trauma and ITU, musculo-skeletal outpatients and intermediate care at junior grade level)
• Involved in team building and engagement experience
• Excellent communication skills, communicating with both internal and external stakeholders. This includes patients, hospital colleagues, Consultants, senior management, GPs, and other agencies.
• Updated CPD (evidenced); the ability, willingness and determination to impart skills, knowledge and training to your team and others.
• Ensure that your activity is organised daily and planned.
• Computer literate in terms of completing on-line reports and maintaining effective communication via letters and e-mail

Desirable

• Post graduate experience of minimum 4 years in MSK outpatients.
• You will also understand effective marketing and assist the team in effectively managing and controlling the budget.

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified to a minimum degree level in Physiotherapy (BSc Physiotherapy)
• MCSP or equivalent
• HCPC registered

Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Adaptable to sudden changes in workload with fast turnaround of patients.
• Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance.
• Able to develop a therapeutic rapport with patients.
• To be forward thinking.
• Able to pass on skills and knowledge to others within formal and informal.
• Committed to personal and team development.
• Sound communication and interpersonal skills.
• Understanding of team dynamics.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Motivation, drive, enthusiasm and confidence in role.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

St Joseph’s Hospital

Address

Harding Avenue

Malpas

Newport

NP20 6ZE

Employer's website

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