The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Hillingdon and Mount Vernon Hospital Sites
Physiotherapist - MSK Rotational
(MSK, Elective Orthopaedics and Hand Therapy)
37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday
Permanent Contract
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Physiotherapist to join our friendly team at Hillingdon Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital. The post-holder could be based at either Hillingdon or Mount Vernon hospital but may be required to rotate across site. At Hillingdon Hospital there is an MSK outpatients rotation and at Mount Vernon Hospital (situated in Northwood) there are options to rotate into the elective orthopaedic and hand therapy rotations as well as spinal and peripheral rotations in MSK outpatients. On both sites you will join the orthopaedic weekend rota (trauma at Hillingdon and elective at Mount Vernon) for which competency training is provided.
You should have a good base of experience particularly in outpatients and orthopaedics with a good background knowledge of musculoskeletal and orthopaedic conditions. We are looking for an applicant with excellent clinical skills, compassion and enthusiasm to help in service developments, projects and audit. You will need to be adaptable and organised and enjoy playing a major role in supervising junior staff, assistant and technical instructor staff and undergraduate students on clinical placement.
Main duties of the job
The Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust is committed to evidence-based practice and research is actively encouraged. Development of clinical skills is supported through a programme of regular in-service training, supervision, CPD and appraisal. This post requires a degree in Physiotherapy, or equivalent, and HCPC registration.
Job responsibilities
* To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own clinical practice, including the management of patients.
* To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies; use advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis.
* To formulate and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on specialist knowledge, evidence-based practice and a variety of treatment options including a broad range of manual physiotherapy techniques, patient education, exercise classes, electrotherapy techniques and other alternative options.
* To take delegated responsibility from the more senior physiotherapists for managing patients with particular conditions and be responsible for providing specialist physiotherapy assessment and treatment plans for patients with these conditions within each rotation.
* To formulate soundly reasoned prognoses and recommend the best course of intervention, developing negotiated goals leading to comprehensive discharge plans.
Person Specification
* Degree or Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy
* Health Professional Council Registration
* Evidence of post-graduate courses in relevant field
* Clinical experience in NHS or similar health service across a range of settings
* Evidence of CPD of expanded specialised skills
* Understanding of professional standards of practice - national and local.
* Understanding of clinical governance and implications for the service
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.
The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Salary: £42,939 to £50,697 a year Per annum incl of HCAA
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