As a member of the Virtual Fracture Clinic (VFC) team you will virtually assess, treat, and clinically manage patients with acute musculoskeletal injuries, mainly non-surgical fractures post emergency department review. The daily caseload is variable, and the work environment often fast paced with changing priorities depending on service need.
Your role will be within the VFC; you will work with the team to manage and prioritise the clinical caseload, triage and assess patients over the telephone and provide treatment and advice in line with VFC guidelines. Occasionally you may be required to see patients face to face.
The role includes supervising students and supporting less experienced staff, as well as initiating and participating in evidence-based projects, and contributing to the in-service training programme.
Worthing hospital is currently the base for this job but at times you will be asked to work from other hospital sites or from home (currently fortnightly this could be subject to change).
This job opportunity is open to all post graduate practitioners with applicable or transferable experience and not limited to physiotherapists. This fixed term maternity cover role is ideally full time though we may be able to consider part time options.
Key Responsibilities
* As an autonomous practitioner, assess and treat a specialist caseload of Orthopaedic patients, who may have complex presentations or complications, without direct supervision from senior staff.
* Work alongside Orthopaedic Consultants, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, other members of the VFC team and the wider MDT.
* Seek assistance when/where necessary and understand own professional limitations.
* Prioritise referrals according to clinical need and be flexible and responsive with daily working practices to accommodate this.
* Hold working knowledge of all systems used relating to management of patients. This includes VFC digital solution (currently Etrauma), Careflow, Bluespier, Evolve, Affinity, Sectra and responsibility for learning new systems, as these are developed.
* Provide a strong link between emergency, outpatient, and inpatient services.
* Assess, fit and evaluate orthotic devices including boots, braces, splints, slings etc as required with appropriate training.
* Select appropriate and individual treatment pathways e.g. onward referral to Physiotherapy, consultant led clinics etc following VFC management guidelines.
* Be responsible for teaching, supervision, and appraisal of recently qualified members of the team and undergraduate students and be involved in the teaching of MDT staff.
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