Specialist Physiotherapist

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a band 6 physiotherapist to work at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The post will be split between In-Patient Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Out-Patients within our JMAPS service (Joint Musculoskeletal And Pain Service).

This is an exciting and rare opportunity to work across both In- and Out-Patient specialisms, following patients through the full Physiotherapy pathway.

The successful candidate will be required to participate in rotations within the In-Patient Orthopaedic service which inclusive of: elective, acute trauma, trauma rehabilitation and the Bone Infection Unit Trust-wide.  Musculoskeletal caseload will incorporate referrals from both primary and secondary care sources.

The successful candidate will be required to participate in the seven-day working and Bank Holiday rota for inpatient services.

Clear experience at band 5 level within Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Out-Patients is essential.

Main duties of the job

• To deliver Physiotherapy treatment for a complex caseload within both a specialist MSK field and In-Patient Orthopaedics.
• To provide highly specialised physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
• To provide clinical education, supervision and support to staff and students within the speciality area.
• To provide specialist advice to families, carers, other health and social care professionals and/or education services
• To contribute to planning, development and auditing of the Physiotherapy service within the specialist area.
• To supervise qualified & unqualified staff within the specialist team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide a high standard of assessment, diagnosis and treatment of an independent clinical caseload.
• Caseload within Out-Patients will be blend of referrals from GPs, Consultants, First Contact Practitioners, Nurses, Physiotherapists and also self-referral. Post-operative physiotherapy will be included.
• To provide a high standard of physiotherapy care in each In-Patient rotation within orthopaedics including elective and trauma.
• To work as part of the physiotherapy team under the guidance and support of more experienced highly specialist senior physiotherapy staff.
• To support less qualified and non-qualified staff including providing clinical supervision.
• To be actively involved in in-service training/service development.
• To assist in overseeing the day to day running of the department.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.