An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit into the Staff Physiotherapy Service which provides early access and self-referral to staff in Northumbria Healthcare Trust and also provides an early access service to Northumberland County Council. The successful candidate will be employed on a Trust wide contract and will provide clinics across the organisation. These are usually based at Wansbeck and North Tyneside General Hospital, but may also involve clinics at Hexham General Hospital, Alnwick Infirmary, Berwick Infirmary, Blyth hospital or The Northumbria Hospital depending on demand. The role will involve a very close working relationship with Occupational Health but is based within the physiotherapy department.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
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Main duties of the job
We are seeking to recruit a well-motivated Physiotherapist with an interest in developing their career within the specialty of Occupational health physiotherapy. The post is based within the Staff Physiotherapy service, and will require a high level of musculoskeletal assessment and treatment considering workplace factors to enable an early return to work or prevention of absence. Training and support will be provided.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate previous experience in musculoskeletal physiotherapy. The successful applicant will demonstrate excellent communication skills with both peers and multidisciplinary team colleagues and time management skills. Evidence of continued professional development in musculoskeletal care in addition to experience contributing to student education, ideally holding a relevant qualification. Evidence of continued professional development and postgraduate training within this specialty are desirable.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
* To assess, diagnose and treat an independent clinical musculoskeletal caseload within the Staff Physiotherapy Service.
* To work as part of the physiotherapy team under the guidance and support of more experienced highly specialist senior physiotherapy staff.
* To work closely alongside the Occupational Health and Wellbeing service.
* To assist in the proactive management of musculoskeletal health in the organisation.
* 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* BSC Honours degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent experience and/or qualification
* Registered Physiotherapist with the Health and Care Professions Council
* Evidence of continued professional development through self-directed learning, in-service training record and attendance at relevant short postgraduate courses
Desirable
* Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
* Student training qualification provided by University
Other requirements
Essential
* It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
* Candidates should have completed their postgraduate core rotations
Employer details
Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North Tyneside General Hospital
Rake Lane
North Shields
NE29 8NH
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