Highly Specialist Major Trauma Physiotherapist

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Highly Specialist Major Trauma Physiotherapist to provide expert clinical guidance and drive service development in a Major Trauma environment. This role, based at St Mary's Hospital, offers the chance to work within a supportive multidisciplinary team. Candidates should possess a degree in Physiotherapy, state registration, and significant clinical experience. Opportunities for career development and flexible working arrangements are available.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Onsite leisure facility membership

Qualifications

• Degree in Physiotherapy is required.
• State registration with the Health Professions Council is mandatory.
• Evidence of CPD is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage physiotherapy services within Major Trauma and Acute Neurosciences.
• Provide expert clinical guidance to the multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in weekend working and on-call rotas as necessary.

Skills

Significant recent clinical experience in relevant clinical area

Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning

Leadership of a therapy team

Strong communication skills

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

State registration with the Health Professions Council

Clinical Educators course or equivalent

Job description

Highly Specialist Major Trauma Physiotherapist

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is internationally recognised for excellence in patient care, education and research. As one of London's four Major Trauma Centres and a regional centre for Neurosciences, St Mary's Hospital provides a unique and highly specialised clinical environment. The work of our teams was recently highlighted in the Channel 4 series Emergency, which showcased the complexity of the patient journey and the essential role of therapies within it.

We are seeking a static band 7 Major Trauma Physiotherapist who has a breadth of experience within trauma and Major Trauma to be based at St Mary's hospital. In this role, you will be supported by experienced Band 8 clinicians and fully integrated into a skilled and collaborative multidisciplinary team.

Your clinical caseload will be varied and stimulating, encompassing complex trauma, chest trauma, elderly trauma, neuro-trauma and neurosurgical pathways. You will also have opportunities to engage with the North West London Trauma Rehab Network, contributing to the development of patient pathways, enhancing patient experience and supporting therapy education initiatives.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is committed to the continuous professional development of its staff. This is an opportunity to contribute to a leading trauma and neurosciences service while advancing your clinical expertise within a supportive and forward-thinking organisation.

Main duties of the job

• This role offers an exciting opportunity to take on a key clinical leadership position, with responsibility for driving the development and delivery of physiotherapy services within Major Trauma and Acute Neurosciences.
• In collaboration with these senior colleagues, you will provide expert clinical guidance to the wider physiotherapy service and to the broader multidisciplinary team. Physiotherapists are integral to the acute patient pathway, ensuring that patient needs are consistently met, pathways are effectively coordinated and discharge planning is seamless. This includes maintaining clear communication with inpatient, outpatient and community services, and working in partnership with our Rehabilitation Consultant to support high-quality, patient-centred care.
• The post includes participation in weekend working as part of contracted hours, with rota details held locally. Weekend duties will commence once the appropriate induction and required competencies have been completed. The role may also involve participation in the overnight on-call rota, again following full induction and achievement of the necessary competencies, with rota details available within the department.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in 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

Experience

• 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

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.