Working Full or Part Time Hours
This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled clinician with well established analytical and diagnostic abilities to join our Interface Team, the Adult Musculoskeletal Assessment and Management Service, in a post that will support your development towards an Advanced Practitioner.
The role will mainly be based between Ellesmere Port Hospital and the Fountains Centre in Chester, working within the AMAMS team to deliver high quality, efficient and effective assessment and diagnosis of undiagnosed patients referred in by GP.
Main duties of the job
1. You will need to be able to clinically reason at a high level and identify correct pathways of care for a wide range of MSK patients with safety always a priority.
2. You will also play a key role in supporting staff learning and clinical education, acting as a role model and clinical supervisor to a range of staff.
3. You will be expected to successfully complete a range of competencies to fully develop the knowledge and skills required for the role. We will support an ACP apprenticeship for the right candidate, so a willingness to study is essential.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
* The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
* Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
* Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50 (standard) or £55.50 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
* Evidence of post graduate training to masters equivalent level
* Relevant student training course or qualification
* HCPC Registration
Desirable
* Membership of professional body and specialist interest group
Experience
Essential
* Substantial post graduate experience with experience of working at an advanced level Sound evidence of CPD and reflective practice
* Sound knowledge of current best practice specific to specialist area
* Knowledge of professional ethics and their application in practice
* Knowledge and application of the principles of clinical governance
* Sound knowledge and understanding of health, safety and risk management
Desirable
* Supervisory skills and/or first line management experience
Skills
Essential
* Communication skills (verbal and non verbal)
* Excellent group working and team working skills
* Audit and/or research skills
* Supervisory skills and/or first line management experience
* Sound knowledge and understanding of health, safety and risk management
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance and that of others
* Ability to organise and respond to complex information, and work under pressure
* Good computer skills
* Good interpersonal and organisational skills
* Developed analytical and problem solving skills
Employer details
Employer name
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Ellesmere Port Hospital
114 Chester Road, Whitby
Ellesmere Port
CH65 6SG
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