Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our multidisciplinary Team within the Occupational Health & Wellbeing Service at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Why?
We have recently completed a re-structure which has created new opportunities and roles.
We have secured a new operational service based at Winwick, Warrington and satellite units in Netherton / Knowsley areas of Liverpool to support delivery of the service across the Trust footprint. We will also support opportunities for remote working in line with operational demands.
Main duties of the job
Who do we want?
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Highly Specialised MSK Physiotherapist who has a special interest relating to the impact of work on health and vice versa.
If you are pro-active, dynamic, and motivated to support the leadership and development of the service, specifically with the introduction of preventative interventions, this job is for you!
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
What does it involve?
The role involves MSK preventative workshops on a range of MSK issues, clinical assessment and treatment, sickness absence management and advice reports to managers/HR, functional capacity assessments in relation to fitness for role, new employee health assessments. It also involves leadership and development of the service.
In addition to the Trust, you will be required to provide an expert and reliable Occupational Health Service to other paying private organisations, including other NHS employers and private companies/businesses.
The service uses Civica Occupational Health (OPAS-G2) software which supports all clinical functions.
Interested in joining our team? Apply now!
Please see full Job Description/Person Specification for more detail.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. BSc Physiotherapy Sc Degree
2. Health Professions Council Registered
3. Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Desirable criteria
4. Relevant Leadership or Management Development Programme.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
5. Evidence of CPD
6. Significant experience in MSK physiotherapy at a senior band6/7 level
7. Significant demonstrable post qualification experience in relation to musculoskeletal conditions.
8. experience in independently managing musculoskeletal caseload.
9. Experience of supervising and mentoring other physiotherapists.
10. NHS experience.
11. Sound knowledge of evidence-based strategies.
12. Specialist postgraduate study.
13. Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for services, including experience of quality issues and audit
14. The requirement to take on more complex work/caseload
Desirable criteria
15. Knowledge of field of Occupational Health.
16. SEQOHS standards
17. Experience of delivering supervision
18. CPD or experience relevant to occupational health field or special interest groups (MACP).
19. Previous experience of health promotion and education
20. Previous occupational health experience.
21. Previous experience of outcome measure and involvement in audit.
22. A demonstrable understanding of clinical governance and Equality and Human Rights and legal policies in relation to occupational health
Skills
Essential criteria
23. Highly developed manual therapy skills and sound clinical reasoning
24. Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet the differing needs of the patients.
25. Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes.
26. Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities.
27. Ability to cope working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients.
28. Highly developed communication skills both verbal and non-verbal
29. Ability to work as part of a team and to facilitate team working.
30. Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy.
31. Ability to prioritise workload
32. Computer literate.
Desirable criteria
33. Knowledge of field of Occupational Health.
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