Advanced Physiotherapist (Burns/Plastics/Head and Neck Team)
Are you a Physiotherapist looking to get a substantive role in a rewarding career within a highly specialist service? If so, come and join the therapy department at Queen Victoria Hospital as part of our therapy team within Burns/Plastics/Head and Neck where you'll be supported as you shape and empower recovery. The role covers three inpatient clinical areas of Burns for acute, rehabilitation and outpatient management, Major head and neck cancer surgery cases providing input for post operative rehabilitation and tracheostomy management and plastic surgery rehabilitation after breast and reconstructive surgeries. You will work within established MDTs directly within a team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and pressure garment technicians. This post has direct peer support via another band 7 within the team as well as the Therapy Services Manager. You will provide input to clinical governance meetings and work on service development within the clinical areas. You must have excellent clinical skills, be proactive and self-motivated, but most importantly have a passion for maintaining high standards of care for our patients.
Main duties of the job
You will be a Physiotherapist who can deliver advanced clinical assessments and treatments to a caseload of adult patients on rehabilitation pathways. Your role will include creating and delivering bespoke training to less experienced therapists, students, support workers and the wider MDT.
In the wider MDT you will work alongside Speech and language therapist, Dietitians, Nursing Team, Psychological Therapists, Medical Colleagues (including Surgeons, Anaesthetists and Intensivists). This diverse range of professionals gives access to excellent in house training driven by a range of highly experienced clinicians. To be an inspirational and compassionate leader who will join together departmental initiatives with peers across our other therapy teams based at QVH. As the lead of the team you will have the opportunity to evaluate the service, choosing and implementing developments across the service that correlate with the evolving caseload and wider therapies department needs.
The role involves both clinical and management responsibilities which include completing PDR's, development of staff, performance management and recruitment and workforce planning. Please see the JD for more information.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Masters level degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent experience.
* Evidence of relevant postgraduate education and training
Experience
* Significant postgraduate clinical experience in relevant field.
* Experience in delivering clinical education and supervision to staff and students.
* Experience of working as part of a therapy and/or multidisciplinary team.
Knowledge
* Highly specialised knowledge and experience of assessment, evaluation and treatment techniques in relevant specialist field relating to a client centred approach.
* Highly specialised knowledge of relevant treatment modalities
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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