Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist Team Leader - Medicine

at  University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

The medical wards at UHCW NHS Trust provide acute care for our community with a diverse variety of needs including renal, endocrinology, respiratory, cardiology, infectious diseases, oncology, and long term conditions.
As an experienced clinician do you have an interest in one of these clinical areas?
Is frailty or re-conditioning a passion you want to explore and develop within an acute setting?
The Therapy dept at UHCW are looking for a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapy Team Leader to work alongside our Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapy Team Leader in managing and leading the Medicine Therapy team providing services across the medical wards. You will require good all-round knowledge and skills to meet the needs of the diverse caseload and have the respiratory skills to support our on-call rota along with a passion to explore and develop your area of interest.
UHCW NHS Trust is a National Centre for Specialist Care in conditions including Renal and Cardiology, and therefore candidates must be able demonstrate excellent clinical reasoning skills to ensure the delivery of the highest quality care whilst also ensuring efficient patient flow by working in collaboration with health and social care providers within the region.

The role requires participation in the respiratory on-call and weekend rotas.

• Provide a highly specialist, high standard therapy service, assessing and advising on patients care & treatment, as an autonomous practitioner within the defined patient group.
• Be a clinical lead for the therapy staff across the service area providing clinical supervision and training, liaising with other appropriate Therapy leads to ensure an integrated service is provided for the service area
• Ensure development of junior staff through supervision, training and annual appraisal.
• Participate in the planning, development and evaluation of clinical practice & service development within area.
• Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust Therapy service.
• Take a lead for information management to ensure high quality data which is recorded, evaluated & reported in a timely manner.
• Provide knowledge and expertise on the Physiotherapy assessment and management of a broad range of medical conditions, including respiratory.
• To participate in 7-day working patterns, including Bank Holidays.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence ® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation’s core values.

• Be professionally & legally responsible & accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients in own care. Ensure a high standard of clinical care for patients under own management & support more junior staff to do likewise.
• Interpret & analyse clinical & non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnosis & prognosis in on wide range of highly complex conditions to recommend the best course of intervention, evaluate outcomes, reassess & to develop comprehensive treatment plans.
• Undertake comprehensive assessment of patients including those with complex presentation, investigate & analyse skills & formulate individualised management & treatment plans to formulate specialised programmes of care.
• Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals & gain informed consent in order to work within the legal framework for patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
• Accept clinical responsibility for own caseload & organise this effectively & efficiently with regard to the clinical progress the patient. Oversee/supervise the caseload of more junior staff to ensure patients are prioritised according to acuity of need across the service areas.
• Provide highly specialist clinical technical services contributing to diagnosis, care of treatment within the speciality as appropriate.
• Maintain a clean safe environment ensuring adherence to Trust standards of cleanliness hygiene & infection control at all times.
• Work with Consultants and other agencies to refer patients and develop the strategic & operational management of the specialist service area within the relevant professional service guidelines & practices.
• Provide spontaneous & planned advice, teaching & instruction to relatives, carers & other professionals to promote understanding of the aims of the Therapy Department and to ensure a constant approach to patient care.
• Regularly manage expected & unexpected clinical events requiring high & unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency & clinical need.
• Abide by the appropriate professional body and the Health & Care Professions Council standards of proficiency.
• Communicate effectively, plan, organise & work collaboratively with medical, nursing & therapy colleagues to ensure the delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service.
• Comply with organisational, professional & Trust policies & procedures & be actively involved in reviewing & adapting as appropriate to own specialist field.
• Develop excellent relationships with all members of the team and other appropriate therapy leads to ensure optimal delivery of therapy services.
• Maintain accurate comprehensive & up to date documentation & communicate assessment & treatment results to appropriate disciplines.
• Be aware of health & safety aspects of own work & that of more junior staff & implement relevant policies.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further detail

• Provide a highly specialist, high standard therapy service, assessing and advising on patients care & treatment, as an autonomous practitioner within the defined patient group.
• Be a clinical lead for the therapy staff across the service area providing clinical supervision and training, liaising with other appropriate Therapy leads to ensure an integrated service is provided for the service area
• Ensure development of junior staff through supervision, training and annual appraisal.
• Participate in the planning, development and evaluation of clinical practice & service development within area.
• Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust Therapy service.
• Take a lead for information management to ensure high quality data which is recorded, evaluated & reported in a timely manner.
• Provide knowledge and expertise on the Physiotherapy assessment and management of a broad range of medical conditions, including respiratory.
• To participate in 7-day working patterns, including Bank Holidays