Team Leader Physiotherapist - Amputee Rehabilitation

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a Team Leader Physiotherapist specializing in Amputee Rehabilitation at NHS. This permanent part-time position involves leading a dedicated outpatient team, delivering evidence-based assessments and treatments for adult and pediatric amputee patients. Join a leading institution supporting local health and wellbeing, with ample personal development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in specialist physiotherapy, particularly in amputee rehabilitation.
• Ability to communicate complex information to patients and work collaboratively with an MDT.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Amputee Outpatient team, providing high-quality patient assessments and treatments.
• Support and manage team members, ensuring high standards of care and education.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Problem-Solving

Education

Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC) registration

Job description

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Team Leader Physiotherapist - Amputee Rehabilitation

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Job summary

This is an opportunity to work at band 7 level leading the Amputee Outpatient team within the Outpatient Physiotherapy Service on a part time bases, permenantly

The post holder will lead and manage a team of Physiotherapists alongside the MDT Band 7s, to deliver high quality evidence based assessment and treatment skills. To assess and treat adult and Paediatric patients following Amputation or limb absence.

You need to possess excellent communication skills and negotiation skills in order to manage this patient group, as well as liaise with the close knit MDT team.

You will need to be able to understand the relevant conditions, as well as pain, and be able to explain this to other staff and your patients. Teaching others will be part of your role and training for you will be provided as required. Skills in Early walking Aids and Prosthetics are essential for the post holder. MSK experience is preferred, with understanding of common MSK problems and there basic management.

NUH supports work flexibly across campus, and occasionally in the community to meet the needs of therapy services.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to job description and person specification for full details of the job. Core responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Leading the Physiotherapy service in a dynamic and ever evolving speciality, providing a responsive and timely service.

Providing a supportive environment for team members under your direct management, including undertaking annual appraisals and managing health and wellbeing.

Supporting your Clinical specialist in developing the service, through projects, research and Audit.

Working as a close knit MDT, flexibly working to support the entire team not just physiotherapy. To support ward staff in a consultation capacity to facilitate the inpatient to outpatient flow.

Contributing to the education and teaching of all team members including students, preceptees, B6s and support workers, satellite services and NUH teams involved in amputee care

Ensuring that high quality, evidenced based practice, service development and education underpin the service delivery.

Undertake Duty task involving non patient facing triage, daily emergency equipment checks, operational management, urgent problem solving, and communication with satellite service.

Ensuring that NUH values and behaviours are embedded in everyday practice.

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavor to turn your job into a career!We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.Detailed job description and person specificationPlease refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details.

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will demonstrate advanced level amputee therapy skills in assessment and diverse interventions to facilitate excellent care in Mobility centre Environment

Please see the main duties and detailed job description and person specification for more information.

You will have excellent communication and team working skills, with the ability to apply problem-solving skills to patient care and leadership tasks. As this role will include working with patients and their families during potentially stressful life events, including end of life care, and decision to not issue prosthetics. A compassionate and resilient character is required.

Contribute to the national drive to improve care for the wider population by membership to BACPAR, attending conference and courses relevant to your role. Developing your own practice to incorporate supporting research.

This post will allow a physiotherapist with a keen interest in team leadership outpatient care to expand clinical skills and leadership of a busy and responsive service, with a focus on leading and developing staff to support the patient pathway whilst promoting excellent patient care.

Person Specification

Training & Qualification

• Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC) registration
• Able to maintain a professional portfolio for CPD, recording learning outcomes through participation in internal and external development opportunities

Experience

• Wide ranging and extensive experience of working within specialist area
• Knowledge of current best practice within a clinical specialty

Communication and relationship skills

• Able to discuss treatment options and recommend best course of intervention to patients and carers using negotiating, persuasive, motivational and reassurance skills
• Communicate complex patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT colleagues across health & social care sectors

Analytical and Judgement skills

• Analyse information from clinical assessments and make judgements about appropriate interventions for highly complex patients
• Able to make decisions about the treatment needs of highly complex patients
• Lead on the development of improvements in service delivery and clinical practice using evidence based practice to recommend changes

Planning and organisation skills

• Able to plan the delivery of a service for a specialist area where there is variable capacity and fluctuating demand
• Able to organise and plan the activity of staff and self

Physical skills

• Able to handle and move complex patients safely and in a way which promotes rehabilitation if applicable.
• Able to use and/or manoeuvre a range of medical devices including, for example, handling/assistive and anthropometric equipment if applicable.

Other requirements specific to the role (e.g. be able to drive or work shifts

• Undertake out of hours duties as required.
• Able to travel to required areas within and beyond the Trust Maintain competence in respiratory care where appropriate

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.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

£46,148 to £52,809 a yearper annum (pro rata)