Senior Occupational Health Physiotherapist

at  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen as Senior Occupational Health Physiotherapist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Working with the Head of Occupational Health and the wider OH multidisciplinary team you will manage, plan and develop the Occupational Health Physiotherapy Service for the 15,000 OUH NHS Staff.

As the lead for a small Staff Physiotherapy Team you will provide highly specialised Occupational Health Physiotherapy service for a diverse range of clinical conditions and client roles in a variety of environments across OUH.

• Provide expert advice to the multidisciplinary COHWB team and Line Managers regarding individuals’ fitness to work, provide workplace ergonomic advice to prevent/reduce risk of musculoskeletal injury to staff.
• Manage the day-to-day organisation of the workload for the Occupational Health Physiotherapy Service.
• Provide MSK risk awareness training to staff and managers- clinical and non-clinical
• Provide ergonomic advice re: equipment provision in relation to MSK conditions.
• Evaluate and develop the Occupational Health Physiotherapy Service in order to meet the objectives of the COHWB team and corporate objectives.
• Review/evaluate MSK data relating to long- and short-term sickness absence
• Provide relevant MSK advice on the COHWB intranet site
• Identify clinical research, audit and data collection priorities within area of expertise to drive clinical development strategy.
• Comply with OUH policies in addition to complying with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Standards and Code of Conduct.
• Assist in the development and implementation of service changes.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel .

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SERVICE: -

• Provision of highly specialised Occupational Health physiotherapy care for a diverse range of clinical conditions and patient types in a variety of environments across OUH
• Provide highly specialist advice to General Practitioners, Occupational Health practitioners and Division managers on employee fitness for work and occupational issues related to employee musculoskeletal health.
• Provide easy and early access to physiotherapy advice, assessment, treatment and management programmes for staff with a diverse range of musculoskeletal problems.
• Provide health education and contribute to health promotion programmes.
• Enable appropriate, safe and early return to work of employees while reducing the risk of musculoskeletal injury.
• Highlight and manage areas of musculoskeletal risk within the Division through identification, work site assessment and risk reducing recommendation strategies.
• Evaluate and audit the service.
• Manage, plan and develop the Occupational Health Physiotherapy Service
• Development, implementation and management of a Clinical Governance Strategy through clinical audit and effective use of outcome measures.

As the lead for a small Staff Physiotherapy Team you will provide highly specialised Occupational Health Physiotherapy service for a diverse range of clinical conditions and client roles in a variety of environments across OUH.

• Provide expert advice to the multidisciplinary COHWB team and Line Managers regarding individuals’ fitness to work, provide workplace ergonomic advice to prevent/reduce risk of musculoskeletal injury to staff.
• Manage the day-to-day organisation of the workload for the Occupational Health Physiotherapy Service.
• Provide MSK risk awareness training to staff and managers- clinical and non-clinical
• Provide ergonomic advice re: equipment provision in relation to MSK conditions.
• Evaluate and develop the Occupational Health Physiotherapy Service in order to meet the objectives of the COHWB team and corporate objectives.
• Review/evaluate MSK data relating to long- and short-term sickness absence
• Provide relevant MSK advice on the COHWB intranet site
• Identify clinical research, audit and data collection priorities within area of expertise to drive clinical development strategy.
• Comply with OUH policies in addition to complying with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Standards and Code of Conduct.
• Assist in the development and implementation of service changes