Highly Specialised Physiotherapist (NRC)
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
The National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) will transform the future of rehabilitation for people who have experienced injury or illness. In preparation for the opening of the new centre in summer 2025, the Rehabilitation Directorate Team will support intensive MSK rehabilitation for a group of patients located on Edward 2 ward at Nottingham City Hospital. Joining the Edward 2 team and the National ambition for rehabilitation, you will have the opportunity to make a positive impact on many people's lives through being part of their rehabilitation journey and influencing the specialism by pushing the boundaries of rehabilitation forwards with involvement in research and technology.
We are looking for like-minded people to join our team to create the first collaborative specialist clinical rehabilitation centre in the UK sharing capability and expertise with the military in their Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre 400m away within the rehabilitation estate in Nottinghamshire. The NRC is hosted by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and your application will be through this route.
We are looking for an ambitious and dedicated physiotherapist to join this journey to rehabilitation excellence, transforming outcomes for patients. If you are successful, you would become a key part of shaping the service going forwards and contribute, with other professional colleagues, to the delivery of the future of rehabilitation.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide an effective highly specialist service in complex rehabilitation including assessment and advice/treatment as well as contributing to the NRC's national ambition of training, education, research and innovation.
You will be an expert clinical advisor and leader within complex rehabilitation, with experience in trauma and orthopaedics. This will include providing education and training, liaising across the specialty teams, with Therapy colleagues and wider multi-disciplinary teams within NUH, NRC and regionally.
This role will be permanently based at the NRC which plans to open in Summer 2025. In the meantime, the post holder will support preparation for the NRC and will be based on Edward 2 at the City Hospital Campus, trialling MSK pathways for the NRC.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on this role.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
* BSc Hons (or equivalent) Physiotherapy
* Full Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC) registration
* Recognised post-graduate training relevant to specialty preferably including MSc or completed modules
* Evidence of maintaining professional competence through CPD
Experience
* Wide ranging and extensive experience of working within specialist area of trauma & orthopaedics & rehabilitation
* Clinically excellent in specialist area and able to demonstrate evidence of sound clinical practice
* Experience of delegating to and supervising other members of the team
* Able to plan and deliver clinical education about theory and practice to individuals, team and the wider MDT (including students)
Communication and relationship skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Able to discuss treatment options and recommend best course of intervention to patients and carers using negotiating, persuasive, motivational and reassurance skills
* Be able to effectively use a range of communication skills with patients to progress treatment plans
* Communicate complex patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT colleagues across health & social care sectors
Analytical and Judgement skills
* Able to reflect and critically appraise own performance and the performance of other staff
* Analyse information from clinical assessments and make judgements about appropriate interventions for highly complex patients
* Use reasoning skills and knowledge of a range of treatment options to formulate and deliver specialist treatment programmes
* Lead on the development of improvements in service delivery and clinical practice using evidence based practice to recommend changes
Planning and organisation skills
* Able to plan the delivery of a service for a specialist area where there is variable capacity and fluctuating demand
* Able to lead in the development, review and implementation of relevant policies and service development, recognising and responding to wider strategic concerns
* Able to organise and plan the activity of staff and self
Physical skills
* Able to handle and move complex patients safely and in a way which promotes rehabilitation if applicable
* Able to use and/or manoeuvre a range of medical devices including, for example, handling/assistive and anthropometric equipment if applicable.
Other
* Undertake out of hours duties as required
* Able to travel to required areas within (QMC, City and NRC) and beyond the Trust
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.
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