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Come and join our Outpatient Physiotherapy team in the Solihull Community MSK Service! We believe now is an exciting time to be part of a Community MSK Service, with multiple opportunities to provide outstanding and individualised care to patients within the community in which they live. We are a friendly and welcoming team and are passionate about providing high quality care through Evidence Based learning. In addition, we believe in maximising the potential of each member of the team based on their individual needs, and alongside National agendas such as FCP.
The role will involve assessing and treating self-referred and GP referred patients in some of our 8 clinics across the borough, supervising junior staff and students, with opportunities to lead classes and contributing to service development initiatives. We treat adults and some paediatric patients.
In the current challenging healthcare environment, the ideal candidate will be flexible and adaptable, with excellent communication skills, providing mainly face to face appointments.
As part of our service, we run a 'Breaking Down Barriers to Exercise' service, an OA Knee off-loader brace clinic, Pilates classes, ESCAPE Pain for Knees and Hips, Back Class, injection clinics and have access to ultrasound-guided injection clinics. We are committed to working with local partners to promote physical activity and address the specific health inequalities within the population that we serve.
Main duties, tasks & skills required
To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for a defined area of the service, working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences. Access to advice and support from senior physiotherapists is available.
To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain associated records.
To assist with supervision, education and assessment of the performance of physiotherapy students; this would be to a graduate standard and involve working with universities to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.
To assist with supervision, education and co-ordination of generic therapy assistants, and junior therapy staff.
Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and teams clinical practice. Make recommendations to clinical lead/manager of service for changes to practice by the team. May lead the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service protocols.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc or Equivalent in Physiotherapy
- HCPC Registered
- Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- MSK Work Based Training
- Evidence of on-going CPD
Desirable
- MCSP
- Accredited MSK Training
- Accredited Specialist Training (Acupuncture / APPI )
Experience
Essential
- NHS experience
- Band 5 rotations to include MSK Outpatients
- Evidence of participating delivering training
Desirable
- Evidence of Mentoring
- Supervision of Students
- Clinical and/or operation audits
- Delivering class based treatments
- Comprehensive knowledge of UHB Trust initiatives
- Rotational experience of other Physiotherapy specialities eg. Orthopaedics, neuro.
- Evidence of a service development project
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Adaptable communication skills
- Accurate and legible note taking
- Competent IT skills
- An ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing/emotional situations
Desirable
- Presentation/Teaching skill
- Access to a vehicle that can be used for business purpose and hold a full and valid driving licence.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
