Specialist Physiotherapist

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; North Tyneside; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Physiotherapist to work across In-Patient Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Out-Patients within NTIMS. The role involves a split across services, with rotation through inpatient orthopaedics, elective and trauma care, and MSK pathways.

You will participate in a seven-day rota for inpatient services and support staff development, with secondments considered.

Qualifications

• Qualified physiotherapist registered with HCPC.
• Experience across inpatient orthopaedics and MSK settings is beneficial.
• Ability to deliver advanced clinical reasoning and treatment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver physiotherapy treatment for complex MSK and inpatient orthopaedics cases.
• Provide advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
• Provide education, supervision and support to staff and students.
• Provide specialist advice to families, carers and other health/social care professionals.
• Contribute to planning, development and audits of the Physiotherapy service.
• Supervise qualified and unqualified staff within the team.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Musculoskeletal PT

Patient assessment

Education & supervision

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Physiotherapy

HCPC registered

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a physiotherapist to work at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The post will be split between In-Patient Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Out-Patients within NTIMS (North Tyneside Integrated Musculoskeletal Service).

This is a rare opportunity to work across both In- and Out-Patient specialisms, following patients through the full Physiotherapy pathway.

The successful candidate will be required to participate in rotations within the In-Patient Orthopaedic service, which is inclusive of: elective, acute trauma, trauma rehabilitation and the Bone Infection Unit Trust-wide. Musculoskeletal caseload will incorporate referrals from both primary and secondary care sources.

The successful candidate will be required to participate in the seven-day working and Bank Holiday rota for inpatient services.

Secondments will be considered.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

• To deliver Physiotherapy treatment for a complex caseload within both a specialist MSK field and In-Patient Orthopaedics.
• To provide highly specialised physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
• To provide clinical education, supervision and support to staff and students within the speciality area.
• To provide specialist advice to families, carers, other health and social care professionals and/or education services
• To contribute to planning, development and auditing of the Physiotherapy service within the specialist area.
• To supervise qualified & unqualified staff within the specialist team.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gail Menton Job title: Principal Physiotherapist (Manager) Orthopaedics Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07717422411

Ben Alcock

Principal Physiotherapist (Manager) Musculoskeletal

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0191 2934064