Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior physiotherapist to join our elective orthopaedic team. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in both elective and trauma orthopaedic settings. At Wrightington Hospital we see everything from routine total hip replacements to the most complex orthopaedic procedures.
You will have the chance to work with surgeons and specialist therapists who are experts in their field, providing excellent learning opportunities. There are opportunities to get involved with research and service improvement, and we have a well-established learning and development programme.
Candidates are required to present original certificates for qualifications at interview stage.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the job include:
* The physiotherapy assessment and treatment of a wide range of post-operative trauma and elective orthopaedic conditions.
* Opportunities for audit and research.
* Opportunities to observe ground-breaking operations to enhance clinical knowledge.
* Working closely with senior colleagues to develop and enhance current service provision.
* Planning for and treating patients with complex needs who require orthopaedic surgery.
* Developing other staff in the team and wider MDT, supporting students, and supervising junior and unqualified staff.
About us
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff, believing that 'happy staff makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, living our values 'the WWL Way'.
WWL is committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, ensuring safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. We are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Job responsibilities
* Providing a high standard of physiotherapy service to patients with orthopaedic conditions following trauma or elective surgery.
* Supporting junior staff, both physiotherapists and assistants.
* This job will be based at Wrightington on the elective ward, but time will be spent at Wigan hospital in trauma as the service requires.
* Acting as a source of knowledge on the management of patients presenting with a wide range of orthopaedic conditions and providing an advisory/educational service to patients, relatives, physiotherapists, and other healthcare professionals.
* Specialist assessment and treatment of patients within the orthopaedic specialty who may have complex and/or chronic presentations.
* Holding responsibility for own caseload and being responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, with supervision taking the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, and case conferences.
* Working jointly with staff from social services, hospital trusts, primary care trusts, education, etc., in providing rehabilitation and coordinating discharge.
* Educating and training physiotherapists, other health professionals, and physiotherapy students in the management of physiotherapy conditions as appropriate in current rotation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
* Relevant clinical courses
* Clinical educators Course
* Member of relevant special interest groups
Experience
* Experience in musculoskeletal physiotherapy
* Evidence of relevant courses and CPD
Skills
* Evidence of clinical reasoning skills.
* Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills.
* Evidence of involvement in relevant clinical audit.
* Ability to pass on skills/knowledge to others within both formal and informal environments.
* Ability to work independently and collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team.
* Excellent communication skills with patients.
* Critical appraisal skills.
* Ability to maintain judgement under pressure.
* Ability to participate in the education of other healthcare professionals, including students.
* Forward thinking, motivation, and enthusiasm.
* IT literate.
Knowledge
* Knowledge of a range of approaches to the physiotherapy management of a variety of musculoskeletal disorders.
* Experience of self-directed learning.
Additional
* Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to the role, i.e., with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structure and vocabulary, and without hesitation.
* Ability to travel freely around the trust area.
* Flexible to work patterns.
* Participation in weekend working as required.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975; 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.
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working.
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