Job summary
Employer heading
Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner - Trauma Clinics
NHS AfC: Band 7
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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Job overview
To act as an advanced physiotherapy clinical practitioner within the Trauma Outpatient Consultant Clinics for fracture using advanced clinical reasoning skills to diagnose and treat acute traumatic MSK injuries.
They will use advanced clinical decision making and expertise to guide and support treatment pathways ensuring the delivery of a clear pathway and rehabilitation plans.
Main duties of the job
1. To work clinically under the supervision of a consultant trauma surgeon reviewing, planning and instigating treatment.
2. To undertake as an advanced autonomous practitioner, comprehensive assessments of highly complex patients presenting with multiple pathologies, using advanced bio psychosocial clinical reasoning skills, expert knowledge of evidence based practice, and advanced rehabilitation expertise to interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts, which may include very personal, emotive or contentious information. Demonstrate critical awareness of knowledge in the field and at the interface between different specialities.
3. To manage patients referred to the fracture clinic / ED Minors for initial contact, assessment, clinical diagnosis and management; this will include onward referral for diagnostics, further rehabilitation and issuing Fit Notes.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
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We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To manage patients referred to the fracture clinic / ED Minors for initial contact, assessment, clinical diagnosis and management; this will include onward referral for diagnostics, further rehabilitation and issuing Fit Notes.
- To undertake independent prescribing following parameters of training and registration.
- Actively participate in the provision of education for the wider MDT, attending in-service training and development to ensure continuous personal and professional development.
Person specification
essential experience and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified and HCPC registered physiotherapist
- minimum 5 years msk experience
- Msc or working towards / equivelent
Desirable criteria
- NHS Experience
- Experience of working in out-patient clinic environment
- Quality Improvement / audit experience
- Research experience
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
- Karen Barker
- Job title
- Consultant Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 738080
- Additional information
Warren Sheehan - Team Lead Trauma Therapies
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