Highly Specialist Physiotherapist – Shoulder & Upper Limb Team

at  Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

This specialist post offers the opportunity to further develop your highly advanced clinical and leadership skills within the Shoulder and Elbow Unit at RNOH. It is a unique opportunity, supported by an experienced multidisciplinary team, including specialist surgeons and an internationally recognised Consultant Physiotherapist in the field of shoulder instability and rehabilitation.
This is a full-time, substantive post, although compressed, flexible hours may be considered.
The role encompasses assessing and treating patients in both an outpatient setting and those undertaking intensive, complex inpatient rehabilitation. Whilst the role is predominantly clinical in nature in the fields of shoulder and peripheral nerve injury rehabilitation, it also includes a significant leadership role; training and development of other staff, the application of evidence based practice, the evaluation of patient and service outcomes and active participation in service development. The Shoulder & Elbow Unit has a strong research foundation and the opportunity to actively participate in clinical research will be available and encouraged.
RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/
This is an ideal opportunity for a team-player who has extensive post graduate experience, specifically in the musculoskeletal Upper Limb field, has excellent clinical reasoning skills and is passionate about shoulders!
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties

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