Main area Physiotherapist Band 7 - Emergency Floor Grade Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Part time
* Flexible working
30 hours per week (This service is provided 8am-8pm across 7 days)
Job ref: 287-DSS-501-24
Employer: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Liverpool Hospital
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/12/2024 23:59
Physiotherapist - Emergency Floor
Band 7
Job overview
We are looking for a physiotherapist to provide expert assessment and management of a range of patients within the urgent care setting, including musculoskeletal injuries, falls, frailty, neurology, and respiratory care. The successful candidate will demonstrate confidence in managing a varied workload in a challenging, fast-paced environment.
You will work with other Band 7 therapy staff to jointly lead the therapy service covering the Emergency Department and AMU, and will have strong links to the wider MDT, statutory and voluntary agencies external to the Trust, providing a quality service that meets the needs of patients and their families.
You will clinically coordinate a busy team including leading daily handover meetings and attendance at MDT board rounds to review and support inpatient flow. The team has well-established links to the reablement therapists based on the Broadgreen Hospital site.
You will develop and utilise non-clinical leadership/management skills; roster management, recruitment, annual leave planning, weekend and rota management, sickness management, Datix handling, and complaints management.
The EFTT service is provided as an 8-8 service 7 days per week.
Main duties of the job
* To be responsible for providing specialist assessment and treatment of patients ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communications via liaison with the wider MDT and referral to other agencies as required.
* To manage and provide effective leadership of therapy staff within the Emergency Floor environment, including Rostering over a 7-day service, supervision, and training of junior staff.
* To manage and develop physiotherapy input to provide optimal patient care ensuring high standards of clinical practice, including service development/monitoring, audits, and projects; liaising with medical and nursing staff within the ED areas.
* To respond and action any requests from the Emergency Floor service and the wider Trust or therapy service focusing on patient care, patient flow, national/trust policies.
* To support the weekly safety and governance meetings and to escalate concerns or report incidents as per Trust policy.
* We are committed to staff development and training through regular supervision, appraisal, and personalised development plans. You will be responsible for the supervision of Band 5 and 6 physios, students, and therapy assistants under the guidance of Therapy Managers and Clinical Specialists.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical
To undertake physiotherapy assessment, clinically diagnose, and implement agreed plans as appropriate including the routine treatment of complex patients in the manner that respects peoples’ privacy, dignity, and individuality.
To act as advisor to Therapy staff regarding complex clinical issues and complex patient management, problem-solving, making decisions, authorising appropriate action.
To ensure effective two-way communication with patients and other Health Professionals regarding all aspects of patient care.
To provide and receive complex information that requires empathy and reassurance, communicating where there may be barriers to understand.
To ensure a high standard of patient care is provided, implementing and reviewing clinical standards relevant to the work undertaken/clinical specialty.
Managerial & Leadership
To liaise with the Therapy Manager providing specialist advice on the planning and development of the service.
To represent Therapy Services on any service development working parties/meetings as appropriate.
To support the leading of regular staff meetings and facilitate good communication between the department and Trust both on Trust and National issues ensuring effective dissemination of information.
To provide expert advice to colleagues.
To monitor activity and support production/analysis of data for clinical specialty.
Where necessary, to take appropriate action to ensure activity and waiting list targets are achieved within the service.
To assess the Therapy equipment required for the department.
To actively participate in the professional development programme of the physiotherapy/therapy department.
Person specification
Qualifications
* B.Sc in Physiotherapy
* Grad.Diploma in Physiotherapy
* Current registration with HCPC
* Post Graduate courses in Management at various levels/equivalent
* Post-Graduate courses in a variety of specialties/clinical education.
Experience
* Experience working in various specialties and in management roles.
Knowledge
* Experience in conducting audits.
* Experience in conducting or supporting Research projects.
Skills
* Excellent written and oral communication skills.
* Forward-thinking with knowledge of current NHS/speciality issues.
* Ability to pass on skills and knowledge to others.
* Ability to manage and work as part of MDT.
* Able to handle difficult, sensitive and emotional situations.
* Ability to think quickly, assess clinical situations and take decisions upon that information.
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Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge, and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce: black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
All employees (and volunteers) are expected to maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
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