About the Role
About the RoleAs a key member of our major trauma and plastics service, youll bring advanced clinical expertise to a diverse and complex caseload. Youll work closely with a dynamic multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care on our major trauma ward, our plastics ward and our 6-bedded high observation ward, with outreach to patients across the trust.
Main Duties of the Job
Main Duties of the JobProvide specialist clinical leadership for the Major Trauma Centre and Plastics physiotherapy inpatient service.Lead, supervise and support staff within the specialities, ensuring safe and effective use of resources and compliance with service standards.Support the wider in-patient MSK physiotherapy team, including the trauma and orthopaedics and vascular team and the elective orthopaedic team, by sharing clinical expertise and contributing to service development in response to changing priorities.Manage a complex clinical caseload, including patients with multi-speciality presentations, using expert assessment skills and intervention approaches.Champion high-quality, evidence-based practice and contribute to continuous quality improvement.Provide operational leadership of the major trauma and plastics physiotherapy team, including day-to-day management responsibilities.Participate in weekend working on a rota basis.
To perform the advanced physiotherapeutic assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients within this specialist field who may have complex physical and psychological conditions and/or chronic presentation. He/She will play a key role in the development, implementation and evaluation of specialist physiotherapy rehabilitation programmes and packages of care.
As an experienced physiotherapist the jobholder will assist in co-ordinating the activities of the team ensuring efficient and effective service provision. He/she will be required to ensure effective communication is maintained at all times, whilst providing training, supervision and clinical expertise to qualified and unqualified staff and students.
As a lead clinician in this speciality, the jobholder will act as a role model to the physiotherapy team, promoting quality evidence based practice, developing the physiotherapy team and contributing to the effective management of the team in the absence of the Superintendent
To represent the physiotherapy service and / or individual patients at multi-disciplinary team meetings, to ensure the delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service and integration of physiotherapy treatment. This will include discussion of patient care, patient progress and involvement in discharge planning.
In the absence of the superintendent to represent the trust externally (locally, regionally and nationally) regarding physiotherapy services provided to this group patients.
Education and training
To provide spontaneous and planned specialist advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote understanding of the aims of physiotherapy, and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
To effectively communicate complex clinical information with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential and to ensure understanding of their condition.
To be an active member of the in-service training programme. You will be responsible for the provision of specialist teaching to peers and juniors on a range of subjects through the delivery of in-service training sessions, tutorials, individual training sessions, external courses and peer review.
To co-ordinate and deliver core training within the speciality to qualified and unqualified physiotherapy staff and students.
To train, supervise and performances manage more junior staff, technical instructors, assistants and students on a daily basis. This will include the use of formal appraisal documentation.
To provide daily support, guidance and training to more junior staff, support workers and students, assessing, evaluating and ensuring competence.
To provide highly specialist advice, teaching and training to physiotherapy colleagues and other members of the MDT regarding the medical and physiotherapy management of this group of patients.
Professional and Managerial
Maintain and develop current knowledge of evidence based practice in this specialist clinical field.
As a senior member of the clinical team you will be required to ensure that you implement policy and service development changes and ensure that others do likewise.
To be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through Continued professional development activities and maintain a portfolio which reflects your own personal development.
To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with medical, nursing and therapy colleagues to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service. This will include case conferences, ward rounds and discharge planning as appropriate.
To participate in the staff appraisal scheme as an appraise and appraiser and be responsible for complying with your agreed personal development programmes to meet set knowledge and competencies.
To regularly undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practices through the use of evidence based practice projects, audit and outcome measures, either individually or with colleagues. Make recommendations for change as appropriate.
To demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance and risk management and apply to work situation.
To maintain own continuing professional development (CPD) by keeping abreast of any new trends and developments, incorporating them as necessary into your work.
To supervise and co-ordinate physiotherapy staff within your area on a day to day basis.
In the absence of the superintendent you may be required to participate in working parties developing policy changes within clinical support services which will impact on service users.
To assist the superintendent and head of service in developing the strategic and operational management of the physiotherapy service provided to this specialist area.
To regularly undertake the collection and collation of data for use in service audit and research projects. To undertake research into specific areas of clinical practice and service delivery using a range of research methodologies as part of MDT audit and departmental research initiatives making recommendations for change as appropriate.
Qualifications
* Degree in physiotherapy or equivalent
* Member of CSP
Experience
* Post graduate clinical experience having worked at a senior level in relevant clinical field.
* Post graduate clinical experience having worked at a senior level across a number of MSK clinical specialities
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.
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