Team Lead Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
Posted 3 hours 23 minutes ago by NHS
We are looking for an MSK (Musculoskeletal) physiotherapist who is:- Able to provide excellent and evidence based care to patients.- A natural leader; a clinician that follows their initiative and is able to think and work "outside the box" .- A team-player who is willing to go the extra mile, where necessary, to deliver.
You would join a diverse team of physiotherapists, assistants, clinical specialists and the lead clinical academic for therapies.
We are a secondary care outpatient MSK service, accepting consultant referrals from within Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Our 3 hospital sites are: St Mary's Hospital - a Major Trauma Centre, Charing Cross Hospital- a Specialist Elective Centre and Hammersmith Hospital- our Rheumatology and occupational health base.
The clinical caseload will offer exposure to a variety of simple and complex MSK presentations. You will rotate across sites and specialist MSK clinics specifically designed to upskill band 7s. We have a new physio occupational health service, the team leads manage this caseload to gain exposure to first contact type of referrals.
The successful candidate will have minimum three years relevant, recent experience at Band 6 level (or equivalent) in the musculoskeletal field. NHS experience is essential. You will be part of the inpatient orthopaedic weekend rota with compensatory rest-days mid-week. Flexible working/ secondment contracts may be considered.
Main duties of the job- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
- To provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills and specialist assessment techniques.
- To plan and organise time efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time. To be accountable for the designated area of work.
- To flexibly manage responsibilities for own complex caseload, service delivery and teaching commitments. To decide priorities for own work, balancing other patient related and professional demands and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the teams as a whole.
- As a lead member of the department, ensure teaching programmes and clinical education / supervision meet the needs of more junior staff's education and development to ensure that a specialist knowledge of intervention is acquired at all levels. To develop and conduct local in-service and MDT training.
- To employ excellent presentation skills to promote multidisciplinary and interagency liaison and collaborative practice to a broad range of audiences, including other professionals and users.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Person Specification Education & Qualifications- Degree (or equivalent) in BSc Physiotherapy
- State registration with the Health Professions Council
- Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area
- Clinical Educators course or equivalent
- Membership of the Professional Organisation
- Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to speciality
- Management skills or leadership training
- Significant recent clinical experience in relevant clinical area
- Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent
- Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
- Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways and using outcome measures
- Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, support workers, students and apprentices
- Experience of service development/change management
- Experience in implementing evidence based practice in speciality
- Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital (if required for job role)
- Previous Band 7 or equivalent experience in relevant post
- Leadership of a therapy team
- Recent, relevant work in an NHS environment
- Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
- Clinical research experience
- Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities
- Advanced knowledge of assessment and treatment approaches for the effective management of relevant conditions
- Advanced skills in the appropriate application of a range of techniques and approaches to the management of relevant conditions
- Advanced clinical reasoning and problem solving skills
- Advanced knowledge of relevant conditions
- Advanced knowledge of the evidence base of the relevant therapy area
- Knowledge of the influence of psychosocial and cultural factors health/illness behaviours
- Ability to remain updated with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and manage time effectively
- Able to make sound judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
- Understanding of clinical governance and the implications for therapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
- Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet differing patient needs
- Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships
- Knowledge of recent NHS developments and their impact on service provision
- Advanced computer skills for presentation and data analysis
- Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
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.