Highly Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapist
Out-patient Physiotherapy Service. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Physiotherapist to become part of the dynamic and forward-thinking Bladder, Bowel and Pelvic Health team within Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. Based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, the successful candidate will demonstrate highly developed clinical assessment and treatment skills in pelvic health.
Main duties of the job
Working closely with all team members you will play a key role in the management and clinical provision of services to a varied caseload of patients. Carrying out specialist assessment and treatment to patients within the Pelvic health pathway. You will supervise staff members working within the team and be responsible for continuous development and evaluation of the pelvic health pathway.
Candidates should have previous experience of supervision and of working within pelvic health, showing excellent clinical reasoning, time management, supervisory and communication skills.
Clinical Team Leads and extended scope Physiotherapists will support your learning and development, and you will have regular access to clinical supervision and in-house and external training.
Job responsibilities
Clinical
* To undertake all aspects of clinical duties and to carry a significant caseload of patients as an autonomous practitioner, including those with complex presentations.
* To work at an advanced level and to be professionally and legally accountable for a highly-specialised patient caseload and to decide priorities for own work area, balancing other patient-related and professional demands.
* To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, and of the local pathway team's work. This will include the management of clinical risk, clinical governance, knowledge of indications and precautions of chosen techniques in line with national and trust clinical guidelines and protocols where they exist.
* To assess patients' capacity, gain valid and informed consent to treatment and where such capacity is lacking/absent to work within a legal framework in the management of the patient.
* To undertake the comprehensive assessment and accurate diagnosis of patients including those with complex presentation, using investigative, palpatory, analytical and clinical reasoning skills.
* To undertake physical treatment techniques utilizing highly developed manual skills.
* To formulate individualized clinical management programs, utilizing a wide range of treatment skills and options to plan a highly-specialized program of care.
* To ensure accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date clinical records are maintained in accordance with Trust guidance and professionally agreed criteria.
* To communicate with empathy, patient information which may be of a complex and sensitive nature including details of prognosis or disability that may be unwelcome.
* To be integral in discharge planning including liaison with referring hospitals or community staff to which patients are discharged, providing timely discharge reports.
* To undertake an extended scope role as appropriate to the needs of the service and supervised by the team lead.
* To participate in the interpretation of professional and national standards for the specialty, recommending and implementing changes in clinical practice where indicated.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
* Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
* HPC registration
* Undertaken a range of relevant postgraduate courses
* MCSP
* Member of Special Interest Group
* MSc or working at M level or equivalent experience/qualification
Experience
* Comprehensive post-graduate physiotherapy experience including experience of relevant specialist pathway
* Experience of working autonomously and unsupervised
* Experience of having supervised staff who are directly accountable to the post holder
* Experience in completing audit and evidence-based projects
* Evidence of actively participating in in-service training and evaluation effectiveness of training
Knowledge
* Specialist knowledge of evidenced-based physiotherapy for designated specialist pathway
* Knowledge of national guidelines and standards pertaining to specialist pathway and physiotherapy
* Understanding of clinical governance and its implication for physiotherapy
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.
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum plus HCAS
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