Job summary
- Main area
- MSK Outpatient Therapy Services
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 153-SP03310
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 pa/ pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Lead Physiotherapist – MSK Outpatients (Private Health UHD)
Band 7
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the University Hospitals Dorset MSK Therapy Team for a full time clinician the lead the therapy service for private patients seen within University Hospitals Dorset.
Predominantly working as a clinical MSK and orthopaedic clinician, the post holder will act as clinical lead for the private patient therapy. This will involve managing a varied caseload covering private inpatient care and outpatient MSK services. The post-holder will hold leadership responsibilities within the wider MSK therapy team including clinical supervision and service development.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in an innovative and growing service, providing the highest quality of care for patients and leading the development of a growing and evolving service to shape it for the future.
Main duties of the job
To take a clinical leadership role in the delivery of therapy services to private patients treated at University Hospitals Dorset and participate in the leadership of UHD MSK Therapy services.
This post will predominantly involve the delivery of inpatient and outpatient clinical care for post-operative patients, outpatient MSK clinics and co-ordination/delivery of the clinical care of other surgical specialities where required.
The post holder will provide skilled leadership and responsibility for service development, the setting and monitoring of standards of practice and implement policy and policy changes in own clinical area. Furthermore, will participate and lead quality improvement projects across MSK Therapy and make recommendations to the team and service leads.
About us:
Private Health University Hospitals Dorset (PHUHD) is a registered charity, owned by UHD NHS foundation trust and delivered at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. All profits from this private service are directed back into the NHS hospital trust to support core NHS activity and capital projects.
PHUHD is a growing service, with expansion planned to enable the delivery of private care across at the Poole Hospital site also.
Working for our organisation
What we offer:
Management support to continue learning, with support from both the MSK Therapy Service and PHUHD leadership structures.
This role involves enhanced practice, and the successful candidate will be supported in the training and delivery of Non-Medical prescribing and Non-Medical referral for imaging to support their core practice.
Our MSK outpatient clinics operate within exceptional gym facilities, enabling you to provide excellent quality of rehabilitation
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Christchurch Hospital and Poole Hospital
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Physiotherapy
- Continued professional development diary including evidence of reflective practice, in service training and courses attended
- Post-graduate courses relevant to the clinical speciality
Desirable criteria
- Recognised post-graduate qualification e.g MSc or equivalent experience
- Post graduate courses or experience in clinical governance
- NHS QI or research qualification
- Achieved or working towards independent prescriber registration
- Previous experience as a Non-Medical referrer for imaging
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad range of experience at Band 5 level
- Experience at Band 6 level
- Experience of managing other therapists
- Audit, research and quality improvement
- Student supervision/clinical education
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience at Band 7 level
- Experience of private healthcare physiotherapy
- Evidence of leading robust service improvements
Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills for the assessment and treatment for a range of complex conditions
- Able to communicate and receive complex and/or sensitive information
Other
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning and select from a range of treatment options
- Committed to providing high quality care as demanded through the Clinical Governance Agenda
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chris Efford
- Job title
- MSK Outpatient Therapy Services Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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