Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Physiotherapist to join our Orthopaedic Therapy Team. The ideal candidate will have a keen interest in elective and trauma orthopaedic rehabilitation and will actively seek opportunities to support the development of the service. We offer a supportive and friendly environment and welcome innovative ideas.
The trust is committed to the professional development of staff, with clinical supervision and peer development being a core element of this role. The provision of clinical education for students from surrounding universities will be expected.
The Orthopaedic Physiotherapist will be a key role across a seven-day service, and there are opportunities to work with in-patients, community outreach, and outpatients. We are looking for a person who is enthusiastic and motivated with an emphasis on clinical, communication, organisational, and time management skills, who will support the driving force to change and innovative service development within our Orthopaedic Therapy service.
The successful candidate will be primarily based at Ormskirk Hospital; however, they will have the opportunity to work within our multi-specialty areas.
Interview Date - Week commencing 24th February 2025
Main duties of the job
* To assess and identify the individual needs of referred patients, to clinically diagnose and implement treatment plans, if appropriate, in a manner that respects people's privacy, dignity, and individuality.
* To participate in a 7-day service.
* In accordance with best practice, implement and evaluate Therapy Intervention.
* To record and report findings appropriately following the standard procedures used by the department to maintain high levels of written/verbal communication.
* To share skills/knowledge with other disciplines and patient/carers as necessary.
* To liaise with hospital/community-based staff as appropriate to ensure continuity of treatment and provision of equipment/adaptations to facilitate hospital discharge/prevent re-admission and support resettlement/re-enablement into the community.
* To participate in the respiratory on-call service.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for Full Details.
Advertising Date - 31st March 2025
Closing Date - 21st April 2025
Proposed Interview Date - W/C 5th May 2025
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
* Membership / participant of Special Interest Groups if applicable.
Qualifications
* Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy.
* Current HCPC registration.
* Evidence of relevant post-graduate courses/CPD.
Skills
* Excellent communication skills, ability to share information at MDT case conference experience, able to deal with conflict resolution.
* Ability to work autonomously independently and with MDT.
* Awareness of up-to-date NHS issues, Clinical Governance and its application with therapy.
* Ability to manage change in a flexible, diplomatic, and positive manner.
* Maintain own clinical role and be aware of boundaries with other professionals.
* Have a wide range of good clinical reasoning skills, assessment and treatment skills and be able to problem solve and make decisions.
* Ability to delegate appropriately and supervise other staff and support senior staff as necessary.
* Effective teaching and presentation skills.
Other
* The post includes a combination of complex physical activities with duties being carried out in a variety of settings across the clinical sites.
* The post holder will be required to work across sites including hospital/community settings.
* To be able to carry out moving and handling with patients using equipment e.g. hoists, or use of specialist medical devices related to specialism.
* The post holder will be required to use frequent concentration in assessing patients and devising care plans during the day.
* Conveying complex information in a comprehensible and practical way to clients, families and carers where there may be significant barriers to understanding.
* Prioritising clinical work responding to unpredictable demands on time e.g. responding to bleeps for urgent referrals.
* The post holder will often have to overcome barriers to communication such as illiteracy, learning difficulties, hearing and sight impairment, language and may have to work with interpreters.
* Communication with and have direct contact with a wide variety of people, including health, social care and education professionals, patients, carers, the public.
* Daily involvement with chronically and terminally ill patients and their carers.
* The post holder will be exposed to sensitive, emotional and distressing circumstances, including terminally ill patients and abusive patients/carers.
* The post holder will be exposed to the working conditions associated with the clinical environment.
* Routinely encounters unpleasant smells and sights, with possible exposure to bodily fluids including blood and sputum.
* Ability to fulfill the travel requirements of the post.
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.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per Annum, Pro Rata
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