Band 7 Senior Physiotherapist - Oncology
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
If you have experience of treating patients with a cancer diagnosis or long term condition & wish to develop your leadership skills in a small team, this may be the job for you.
The successful individual will take a lead role in the management of complex patients requiring a wide range of skills including respiratory (acute conditions & breathlessness), neurology, mobility & rehabilitation. You may bring transferrable skills learnt from other clinical areas.
There is a strong commitment to multi professional service delivery in conjunction with the MDT. This is an exciting time to join the team as we start to implement and plan a range of service development projects, business cases; including prehabilitation for this patient group & team expansion to support this.
You will be expected to jointly lead a team of physiotherapy staff, offering supervision & appraisals. You will work collaboratively with the specialist multi-disciplinary team on the in-patient wards and work alongside specialist rehabilitation teams.
This Band 7, Senior Physiotherapist (Team Lead) is a 12 month fixed term/secondment post predominantly oncology in-patient focused including the Teenager and Young Adults (TYA) Service. As part of your role you will also support & cross cover the Haematology caseload.
You will have access to regular clinical supervision & a range of training opportunities with a training budget to support this. A keen interest in evidence based practice & leadership is essential.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for co-ordinating and developing the clinical service in their speciality and provide clinical leadership in partnership with other team leads and wider MDT.
The successful applicant will take a lead role in the assessment and treatment of complex patients and be proactive in developing clinical practice within this specialty area.
You will be required to work collaboratively to manage a complex caseload, taking the lead role in assessment and treatment of a wide range of conditions within this specialist area. This requires a multi-skilled approach, demonstrating transferrable skills relevant to the clinical area and supporting junior staff as required.
You will be supported to work closely with the specialist MDT and patients on the Teenage and Young Adults (TYA) service. This involves in-patient and out-patient work, requiring adaptable communication skills. There is access to relevant study days as well as teaching opportunities within this clinical cohort, to further develop your skills.
We would expect applicants to have excellent communication skills, a flexible approach and the ability to work autonomously. Excellent organisational and time management skills are essential. Strong and compassionate leadership is essential. You will have essential prioritisation skills and demonstrate holistic client centred practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Appropriate Physiotherapy or professional qualification e.g. MCSP/ BSc or MSc.
* Registration with Health Care Professions Council
* CSP or equivalent professional registration
* Evidence of commitment to advanced clinical and non-clinical continued professional development within own speciality, e.g. post registration training, management / Leadership competencies and evidence of a detailed personal development portfolio
* Relevant, accredited, postgraduate education/courses in relevant areas of physiotherapy
* Post registration MSc
* Attended student educator course
Experience
* Significant post registration experience of which considerable experience has been in an inpatient specialty in an acute NHS organisation. To include experience of treating complex patients/long term conditions/patients with cancer diagnosis.
* Experience of staff management including supervision and of development and performance management of staff.
* Significant experience in education and clinical training of others.
* Some experience of clinical/service evaluation
* Proficient knowledge and skill in the specialist assessment and treatment of a wide range of complex acute and chronic clinical presentations relating to Oncology patients
* Excellent knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
* Awareness of current evidence in physiotherapy and application to clinical practice, using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
* Good understanding of IT systems and its application to clinical practice
* Good knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management
* Understands the legal responsibilities of the profession
* Good understanding of principles of data and statistics and experience of their use in evaluation of service delivery
* Knowledge and understanding of the research process.
* Teaching experience to uni and multi-professional groups with evidence of ability to deliver high quality presentations
Additional Criteria
* Strong sense of professional integrity, and compliance with Trust vision and values.
* Ability to be self-motivated and to motivate team.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
* Physically fit and resilient, able to meet the physical and emotional demands of the post.
* Able and willing to work flexibly in order to meet service priorities.
* Excellent time management and organisational skills and able to meet deadlines and targets.
* Excellent problem solving skills
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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