Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Whittington Health for a band 6 Physiotherapist to develop their skills and knowledge within the speciality of Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy within a supportive team.
The Whittington Health Physiotherapy Service provides a specialist Pelvic Health out-patient and in-patient service for Whittington Health, accepting consultant and GP referrals, and delivered within hospital and community sites. Whittington Health is an Integrated care Organisation (ICO) and the Physiotherapy service sits within the Emergency and Integrated Medicine Services.
Main duties of the job
The Women’s and Men’s Pelvic Health Physiotherapy service is based at Whittington Hospital with a responsibility to provide inpatient and outpatient services, community clinics, and group exercise and advice sessions. The service is closely linked with Women’s Health, Urology and Colorectal Consultants, Midwives, Specialist Nurses and GP services. The service is led by a Therapy Manager, supported by the Pelvic Health ESP Physiotherapist and Team Lead as well as Band 4 support staff.
Experience would be advantageous but an MSK Physiotherapist with enthusiasm and drive to develop within the speciality of Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy would be considered. Funding may be made available for a course specific to development into this area. You will be encouraged and supported to develop your clinical, teaching and managerial skills and be actively involved in service development.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will work as an autonomous practitioner in a specialist Band 6 role to provide a high standard physiotherapy service to patients within Whittington Health Physiotherapy Services.
Your work plan may include inpatient and outpatient duties, providing group exercise and advice sessions, and attending multidisciplinary meetings. You will provide supervision and training for graduatePhysiotherapists, Therapy Assistants and Technicians, and students, and be involved in teaching colleagues from other disciplines. You will be expected to deputise for the Team Lead in operational management in their absence.
You will be expected to:
1. Triage referrals regularly
2. Effectively use and ensure that the electronic and written patient records reflect your current caseload and activity; with timely discharge and outcome appointments.
3. Undertake all necessary verbal and written documentation required for patient care.
4. Provide high quality physiotherapy including assessment, treatment and advice to patients with various Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy presentations.
5. Assess and treat own caseload of patients, and maintain associated records as an autonomous practitioner with support from senior staff when required.
6. Communicate with other health professionals, patients and carers with regard to the delivery of patient focused care.
7. Participate in departmental continuous professional development, departmental education and training, audit and evidence-based projects.
8. Have clinical supervision on a regular basis with senior staff. Supervision can take the form of formal training, clinical reasoning, peer review, case reviews and reflective practise.
9. Supervise, line manage and appraise therapy assistants, therapy technicians and students.
10. Provide education, training and supervision to physiotherapists, students and other staff as appropriate.
11. Assist in the operation and development of the Physiotherapy Service provision across Whittington HealthPlease see the full job description and person specification for more detail on the role.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
12. Physiotherapy Degree or equivalent professional qualification
13. Registered with UK HCPC
14. Evidence of post registration CPD
15. Commitment to clinical and professional development in the specialised field of Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy
Desirable criteria
16. Membership of CSP
17. Membership of Specialist Interest Groups Post-registration training / courses in Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy
18. Other courses, eg: Management Clinical Supervision IT
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
19. Able to work alone as an autonomous practitioner
20. Ability to organise and prioritise own case load
21. Proven time management skills
22. Good written/spoken English
23. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others
24. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
25. Able to demonstrate good presentation skills.
26. Practice evidence based therapy
27. High level of IST including presentation of IST, with the ability to teach other staff including juniors, assistants and students
28. Ability to do 1:1 sessions and appraisals with juniors, assistants and students
29. Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
30. Able to appropriately apply a range of treatment approaches.
31. Competent IT skills
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
32. Awareness of NHS and Trust systems, policies, procedures and current changes.
33. Sound therapeutic and clinical knowledge
34. Knowledge of physiotherapy best practise for a range of Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy conditions
35. Awareness of Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy provision of care
36. Knowledge of appropriate red flags for these specialist patient groups
37. Problem solving approach
38. Proficient understanding of statistics and their application
39. Completed a minimum of 4 core Junior Rotations within the NHS (or equivalent).
40. Active member of multi-disciplinary team
41. Supervision and training of assistants, junior members of staff and students
42. Able to independently manage caseload to include complex patients
43. Undertaken project within area e.g. best practice project, guideline benchmarking, audit
44. Experience of undertaking departmental duties
45. Involvement in appraisal scheme
Desirable criteria
46. Ability to perform a vaginal examination as taught by a recognised post-graduate course.
47. Knowledge of the research process
48. Relevant post-registration experience in a hospital setting
49. Implementing service development
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential criteria
50. Personally/professionally responsible
51. Ability to self-motivate
52. Flexible approach to changing circumstances and departmental needs
53. Good organisation, time management and prioritisation skills
54. Able to deputise for team leader / management
55. Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods
56. Able to demonstrate a commitment to teamwork
57. Ability to exert moderate physical effort for frequent periods of up to 20 minutes
58. Ability to carry out concurrent activities and work in an unpredictable work environment
59. Ability to cope with regular exposure to patients that may be distressed and may display aggressive or abusive behaviour
Other
Essential criteria
60. Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptations
61. Able to work shift patterns to cover the hours of the out-patient service
Desirable criteria
62. Able to work late shift and/or weekend respiratory or orthopaedic service
63. Able to work oncall respiratory service
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
64. Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
65. Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
66. Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
67. Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
68. Participate in required training and supervision.
69. Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.