Main area: Occupational Health
Grade Band: 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
We are able to consider full or part time. Job ref: 153-CO03979
Department name: UHD - General Recruitment Site University Hospitals Dorset - All Sites
Town: Bournemouth
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa/pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59
As University Hospitals Dorset, we are a three-site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth, and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming, and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD, our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust, we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
University Hospitals Dorset has a unique opportunity for a musculoskeletal (MSK) physiotherapist who is passionate about wellbeing to join our award-winning occupational health and wellbeing team.
If you are an MSK physiotherapist who is passionate about supporting our NHS colleagues, then this may be the perfect role for you.
If you would like to be part of this innovative and progressive team, then we would like to hear from you.
The job role is full or part time, Monday to Friday. It is based in the Occupational Health Departments on Poole and Bournemouth acute hospital sites.
If you have any questions, would like more information, or to talk through if your experience meets what we are looking for, then please contact the recruiting manager.
This role requires HCPC Registration.
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospital.
Interview Date: TBC.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to appoint a motivated and enthusiastic band 6 MSK physiotherapist for our staff MSK therapy service which provides face-to-face clinical assessment and physiotherapy to staff across the Trust. You will need to have demonstrated experience of working in the NHS in a band 6 MSK role, be a good communicator, and have an interest in developing your specialist skills and knowledge in wellbeing and occupational health. As well as the clinical caseload, you will also have the opportunity to work on health and wellbeing projects across the Trust.
The occupational health and wellbeing teams work closely together and are incredibly driven and passionate about supporting our NHS colleagues. We have a proven track record of providing a valued service to our staff and have recently been recognised in national industry awards for both the MSK staff service and Occupational Health department at UHD. This is an exciting time to join the team and a unique opportunity to be part of developing services that enhance our staff’s working lives.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD is investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the main duties and responsibilities for this role, please read the job description and person specification. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and ensure your supporting statement tells us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy or equivalent
* HCPC Registration
* Evidence of C.P.D.
* Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
* Involvement in ACPOHE
Experience
* 18-24 months as a junior covering core areas
* Worked as a physiotherapist in the NHS or in a system comparable to the NHS
* A minimum of 12 months working as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist in an outpatients department
* Experience working in an Occupational Health environment
* Experience of working in outpatients at Band 6 level
* Involvement in audit and service development
* Clinical experience in Neurology
Knowledge
* Sound understanding of a broad range of musculoskeletal/orthopaedic conditions
* Basic understanding of NSF's Clinical Governance and their relevance to clinical situations
* How to critique research articles at a basic level
Skills
* Ability to assess, manage & treat musculoskeletal conditions effectively at specialist level
* Skills in goal setting & evaluating outcome measures
* Ability to produce clear documentation of intervention & reports
* Ability to prioritise clinical workload
* IT literacy: Ability to navigate and use IT systems efficiently to access and input information
Please note:
Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.
This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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