Job Overview
Permanent part-time (0.8 WTE) static Band 7 Physiotherapist or a Band 6 Physiotherapist seeking progression to join our Trauma and Orthopaedics outpatient service.
The appointed candidate will be expected to work on Mondays in line with service needs, with remaining hours allocated between 08.00 and 17.00 Tues - Fri, with flexible working patterns considered.
Main Duties
* Provide a high standard of clinical care within the Virtual Fracture Clinics, Out-patient fracture clinics and Physiotherapy departments across sites.
* Manage the flow of patients from the Emergency Department or Primary Care to the Fracture Clinic via the VFC, and conduct the telephone clinic for patients not requiring face-to-face appointments.
* Work as part of the MDT OPD Fracture clinics.
* Allocate time within the Physiotherapy department to treat an acute case load and develop rehabilitation skills for trauma patients.
* Contribute to the training and supervision of Physiotherapy staff within our team and the wider Therapies department.
* Maintain active links and effective communication between Trauma and Orthopaedics and the Physiotherapy departments across all sites.
* Engage in service development, audit and research opportunities within out-patient Trauma and Orthopaedics.
Location
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital).
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