Senior Physiotherapist

North Tees And Hartlepool Nhs Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Tees is seeking a Senior Physiotherapist to join the Hartlepool team, delivering high-quality musculoskeletal outpatients care and specialist assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. You will supervise junior staff and contribute to policy development across sites.

You will provide expert input to the primary care network, ensure safe equipment use, and uphold CPD standards while coordinating a multidisciplinary team across the outpatient service.

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy.
• HCPC registration as a Physiotherapist.
• Evidence of relevant postgraduate learning and continued professional development.
• Significant post-registration experience as a Physiotherapist.
• Experience of assessing, diagnosing and treating a range of musculoskeletal, orthopaedic, neurological or community patients.
• Experience supervising or supporting junior staff, assistants or students.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form an accurate diagnosis and prognosis in highly complex neuro-musculoskeletal conditions.
• Undertake comprehensive assessment of patients, including complex neuro-musculoskeletal presentations, using analytical skills and formulate management plans.
• Accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload and organise priorities and time efficiently.
• Participate in working parties developing policy changes within outpatient physiotherapy iMSK services that impact all service users.
• Provide teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and professionals to promote understanding of physiotherapy aims and ensure a consistent approach to care.
• Train, supervise and performance manage junior staff, technical instructors, assistants and students, including formal appraisal.

Skills

Physiotherapy degree

Postgraduate CPD

Supervision experience

MSK experience

Clinical governance

Education

Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy

HCPC registration as a Physiotherapist

Job description

• Provide a high standard of physiotherapy service to musculoskeletal outpatients.
• Provide specialist advice regarding the musculoskeletal physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment for patients referred to the service.
• Act as a source of expertise on the management of musculoskeletal conditions and to provide an advisory service to patients, other physiotherapists, other healthcare professionals and the primary healthcare team including GPs.
• Be responsible for the safe and correct use of physiotherapy equipment within the department.
• Ensure staff are competent to use physiotherapy equipment within the department.
• Supervise more junior and student physiotherapists, physiotherapy technical instructors and assistants.

Main duties of the job

To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form an accurate diagnosis and prognosis in a wide range of highly complex neuro-musculoskeletal conditions, to recommend the best course of intervention, and to develop comprehensive discharge plans.

To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with a complex neuro-musculoskeletal presentation, using investigative and analytical skills, formulating individualised management and treatment plans, using advanced clinical reasoning, and utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options to formulate a specialised programme of care.

To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, and to organise this effectively and efficiently concerning clinical priorities and use of time.

To regularly participate in working parties developing policy changes within the outpatient physiotherapy iMSK services, which will impact on all service users.

To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching, and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote understanding of the aims of physiotherapy, and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.

To train, supervise and performance manage more junior staff, technical instructors, assistants and students. This will include the use of formal appraisal documentation.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates, including those who first language is not English.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Job responsibilities

To maintain own clinical professional development (CPD) by keeping abreast of any new trends and developments, and incorporate them as necessary into your work.

To be an active member of the in-service training programme by attendance at/or participation in in-service training programmes, presentations and training sessions, staff meetings, tutorials, training sessions in house and by attending external courses and practising reflective practice.

To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with medical, nursing and therapy colleagues to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated multi-disciplinary service.

To undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practices through the use of Evidence Based Practice projects, audit, research and outcome measures, either individually or with colleagues or with clinical specialist or manager. Make recommendations for change.

To demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and apply to work situation.

To observe and adhere to the Code of Practice and Rules of Professional Conduct laid down by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

Person Specification

Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
• HCPC registration as a Physiotherapist
• Evidence of relevant postgraduate learning and continued professional development
• Significant post-registration experience as a Physiotherapist.
• Experience of assessing, diagnosing and treating a range of musculoskeletal, orthopaedic, neurological or community patients
• Experience supervising or supporting junior staff, assistants or students

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.

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Senior Physiotherapist • Hartlepool, United Kingdom