Specialist Physiotherapist - Post Viral Fatigue Service
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Do you enjoy working holistically to make a difference in people's lives? Are you keen to use and develop your therapy skills in a complex and developing area? The newly established Post-viral Fatigue service could offer you the opportunity to do just that! This service has been redesigned from two existing multi-disciplinary teams to provide care and support to people with ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long Covid across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our patients often experience additional conditions, such as PoTS and persistent pain, so an understanding and experience of working with these symptoms would be valuable. We are keen to use therapies such as acupuncture, yoga, and tai chi to enhance treatment where appropriate, and could support you to develop these skills.
We are recruiting a part-time Band 7 Physiotherapist to offer virtual and in-person clinics across multiple sites as required, with the possibility of working virtually from home some of the time. The post is 30 hours/week, to be worked within office hours. We offer flexibility, continual professional development and supervision, as well as a wide range of wellbeing resources and support. If you would like to discuss the role further, please get in touch with Marina Townend, Service Lead, at marina.townend@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
You will be working in a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a service to patients with ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Post Covid Syndrome (PCS) and associated symptoms, using a holistic integrative approach. Duties could typically include:
* Assessments: to undertake holistic assessments and reviews
* Interventions: to provide clinical treatments virtually and face-to-face, including management of activity and post-exertional malaise/symptom exacerbation, breathing practices, strategies to improve sleep, goal setting, mindfulness and other individually tailored interventions for people living with post-viral conditions
* To identify, plan and organise the development and evaluation of Physiotherapy services within the service, holding responsibility for defined projects.
* Group work: to deliver and evaluate a group-based educational programme, and other relevant group activities for people with ME/CFS and PCS.
* Research & audit: to contribute to service development and evaluation, audit and research projects.
* To provide professional leadership and supervision to junior staff, students and participation partners within the service
* To offer advice and support to guide staff within the Trust working with clients with post-viral conditions
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
* Flexible and agile working opportunities
* Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
* Wide range of supportive staff networks
* Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our website.
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
* Ability to communicate effectively with patients with complex diagnosis, their families and carers, healthcare professionals and others involved in the person's care
* Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities under pressure
* Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance
* Ability to build effective working relationships
* Ability to prepare presentations and deliver training
Additional Criteria
* Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
Qualifications
* Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
* HPC registration
* Evidence of post graduate education within specialist area
* Completion of specialist courses relevant to job role and client group
* I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
* Post-graduate training to MSc level or above
Experience
* Significant post registration experience in a variety of fields, with experience of working at senior level
* Experience working in a community setting
* Experience of multidisciplinary team working
* Documented evidence of CPD
* Experience/knowledge of research/audit
* Supervision, appraisal and line management of junior staff, support staff and students
* Experience of working with patients with ME/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Post Covid Syndrome
* Experience working within chronic pain, respiratory and/or mental health settings
* Leadership and first line management experience
* Experience of clinical work online (virtually)
Knowledge
* Highly developed specialist knowledge and application of physiotherapy assessments and interventions relevant to client group
* A wide range of clinical knowledge/experience within physiotherapy including individual and group work
* Knowledge of relevant health legislation and current evidence-based practice, including policy guidance relevant to specialist area
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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