Senior / Highly Specialist Physiotherapist - Trauma and Orthopaedics
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital is a leading teaching hospital with world-class facilities, and physiotherapy is playing an instrumental role in the exciting developments in the Trust. Our patients rate us highly on quality of care and having friendly, approachable staff and we are looking for like-minded individuals to join us on this journey.
We are seeking experienced senior Physiotherapists with highly specialist knowledge and skills in the acute care of Musculoskeletal Trauma + Elective Orthopaedic Surgery. You will be crucial to developing and transforming our services and care pathways, providing clinical leadership to ensure provision of excellent patient care. You will work alongside and gain peer support from other senior staff within the team and department.
The therapy team works closely with Trauma and Orthopaedic, Rheumatology and Pain management services as well as the other therapy teams at NNUH. As a member of our team you will have the opportunity to work in 3 main clinical areas - elective surgery, general trauma including spinal cord injury, and management of fragility fractures.
Post holders will be included in the Orthopaedic in-patient weekend roster to fulfil 7day working commitments required for this post. We are willing to consider part-time work but require a minimum commitment to a 22.5 hrs. /week contract.
Main duties of the job
People are at the heart of our work. We invest in staff development, integrate research into practice, and offer wide-ranging clinical experience aligned with our goal of becoming a centre of excellence for research, education and staff development.
* To be the clinical lead physiotherapist responsible for a defined Orthopaedic area of work
* To be an expert clinical resource for the physiotherapy management of patients presenting to the relevant specialty, both within the Trust and regionally, as required
* To have an active role in the planning, development, coordination, delivery and evaluation of the physiotherapy service provided to patients within and out-reaching from the Trust.
Our team has grown over the last couple of years as a result of Trust investment in a dedicated Orthopaedic elective surgery facility (NANOC) which enables us to deliver care to a higher volume of patients each year.
In addition to the NANOC development it is an exciting time to join our service as the Trust is invested in progressing from a Trauma Unit to a Major Trauma Centre over the next 5 years and investment is also being made in spinal cord injury rehabilitation as a result of further regional transformation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Diploma / degree in Physiotherapy
* Evidence of CPD, maintained in a portfolio showing CPD events/activity relevant to the clinical specialty
Experience
* Extensive post-qualification experience including significant experience at senior level in areas relevant to the clinical specialty.
* Involvement in service improvement, audit, research and understanding quality issues
* Contributing to clinical education/development of less experienced staff, students or assistants
* Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focus, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
* Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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.
£49,387 to £56,515 a yearper annum (pro rata for part time)
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