Main area Therapy Services Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent: Working in Pain Management but accountable to Physiotherapy. Working pattern 2 full days. Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (Option to take part in T+O Weekend Working Rota) Job ref 230-36772248-CSS-A-B
Employer George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Rehabilitation Services Town Nuneaton Salary Pro Rata Closing 03/06/2024 23:59 Interview date 11/06/2024
Principal Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.
The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
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Job overview
Job Title - Band 8a Advanced Practice Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist in Pain Management
Perm/Fixed Term-Permanent: Working in Pain Management but accountable to Physiotherapy. Working pattern 2 full days.
Salary-Pro Rata
Closing Date-03.06.2024
Interview Date-11.06.2024
We have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Practitioner Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist to join our growing and multidisciplinary Pain Medicine department here at George Eliot Hospital. The post holder will need experience with and understanding of managing a complex caseload of persistent pain patients and delivering the department's Pain Management Programme.
In addition to the clinical duties of the role, there will be plenty of opportunity to be involved in service evaluation, transformation, research, audit, pathway development and quality improvement.
The post holder will work closely with Consultants in Pain Medicine as well as nursing and psychology colleagues.
This post may close early due to high numbers of applicationsso you are advised to apply promptly
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertiseand enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
Careers at George Eliot – ‘Where you make a difference'
Main duties of the job
* To autonomously manage a complex clinical caseload of patient with persistent pain conditions.
* To provide clinical leadership for the physical management of patients with persistent pain conditions.
* To act as an expert Physiotherapy Practitioner and leader within the wider MSK Therapy Team.
* To support the Pain Management Service in clinical improvement projects.
Working for our organisation
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care'takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits:On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Experience and Knowledge
* Senior experience in specialist area
* Recent NHS experience
* Teaching/supervision/training of professional staff
* Experience at Clinical Specialist
* Experience of interpreting medical investigations such as pathology tests and X-Rays.
* Membership of related special interest group
* Exposure to strategic and political issues affecting advanced practice healthcare.
Qualification and Professional Training
* Qualifying Degree in Physiotherapy
* Registration with HCPC
* Qualified, or working towards, Master’s degree in relevant field i.e. have attained some modules and working towards full MSc or has full MSc
* Recognised / validated postgraduate training in specialist area in particular in complex conditions (e.g. NMP)
* Relevant evidence of CPD
Skills and Abilities
* Up to date with effective professional practice and research.
* Up to date with effective practice and research or related fields of practice.
* Keep legible and accurate patients notes
* Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
* Thorough understanding of clinical governance and its implications for service provision.
* Sound knowledge of quality and audit/PDSA and how to implement change.
* Ability to undertake and lead clinical research
* Understanding of scope of practice issues and legal accountability & responsibilities.
* Ability to comprehend, write and implement pathways, policies and guidelines.
* Critical appraisal of clinical evidence and evidence based practice
* Excellent written and spoken presentation skills
Personal Qualities
* Able to work under pressure, diplomacy, resilience and robustness to work within an evolving clinical role and service.
* Able to travel between sites and work at a variety of clinics across the county.
* Able to travel across the region.
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Flexible and reliable
Person specification
Experience and Knowledge
* • Senior experience in specialist area.
* • Teaching/supervision/training of professional staff
* • Experience at Clinical Specialist
* • Membership of related special interest group
* • Exposure to strategic and political issues affecting advanced practice healthcare
* • Experience of interpreting medical investigations such as pathology tests and X-Rays.
Qualification and Professional Training
* • Qualifying Degree in Physiotherapy
* • Registration with HCPC
* • Qualified, or working towards, Master’s degree in relevant field i.e. have attained some modules and working towards full MSc or has full MSc
* • Recognised / validated postgraduate training in specialist area in particular in complex conditions (e.g. NMP)
* • Relevant evidence of CPD
Skills and Abilities
* • Up to date with effective professional practice and research.
* • Up to date with effective practice and research or related fields of practice.
* • Keep legible and accurate patients notes
* • Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
* • Thorough understanding of clinical governance and its implications for service provision.
* • Sound knowledge of quality and audit/PDSA and how to implement change.
* • Ability to undertake and lead clinical research
* • Ability to comprehend, write and implement pathways, policies and guidelines.
* • Critical appraisal of clinical evidence and evidence based practice
* • Excellent written and spoken presentation skills
* • Understanding of scope of practice issues and legal accountability & responsibilities.
Personal Qualities
* • Able to work under pressure, diplomacy, resilience and robustness to work within an evolving clinical role and service.
* • Able to travel between sites and work at a variety of clinics across the county.
* • Able to travel across the region.
* • Excellent interpersonal skills
* • Flexible and reliable
Please note:
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC where all subsequent information regarding your application will be generated. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages via the NHS Jobs website. Furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails/messages sent to us via the NHS Jobs website.
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Other:
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.
In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco, the Trust has a smoke-free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees as they are at the heart of our patients journey. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued, respected, empowered and included within an organisation that is representative of all members of the community. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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