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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Recognised BSC Honours degree in physiotherapy or equivalent
* State registration via Health and Care Professions Council
* Clinical Educators Course
* Completion of validated/nationally recognised post graduate courses or equivalent post
* Member of relevant clinical specialist interest group.
Desirable criteria
* Involvement in special interest group
* Registered member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
* Audit and Research training to a postgraduate level
* Completion of a postgraduate management course
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
* Significant postgraduate clinical experience at a senior/specialist level in a relevant field, following postgraduate clinical experience as a junior in a broad rotational post.
* Highly comprehensive specialist knowledge of physiotherapy assessment and treatment technique
* Working knowledge of local and national policies and procedures e.g. Manual Handling, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy/Health and Care Professionals Council Code of Conduct/Ethics, Health and Safety, Infection Control, CPR, Equality and Diversity
* Evidence of recent relevant Continual Professional Development to a specialist level
* Experience of and commitment to interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary team working
* Experience of supervision of qualified staff, students and assistants
* Evidence of contribution to clinical education and in-service training of less experienced staff/students and assistants
* Understanding of clinical effectiveness and its implications for services including experience of quality issues, audit and evidence based practice
* Demonstrate knowledge of safeguarding practices relevant to the clinical area
Desirable criteria
* Experience in a post at this level
* Experience of managing less senior staff
* Evidence of involvement in clinical effectiveness activities
* Knowledge of community and Intermediate Care Services
* Evidence of participation in post grad research
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
* Band 7 PT Job Description (PDF, 296.6KB)
* Band 7 PT Person Specification (PDF, 64.4KB)
* Band 7 PT functional requirements document (PDF, 920.2KB)
* Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)
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