Specialist Physiotherapist

at  Northumbria Healthcare NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

We have an exciting opportunity for a band 6 physiotherapist to work at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The post will be split between In-Patient Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Out-Patients within our JMAPS service (Joint Musculoskeletal And Pain Service).
This is an exciting and 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 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.
Clear experience at band 5 level within Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Out-Patients is essential.
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! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
To provide a high standard of assessment, diagnosis and treatment of an independent clinical caseload.
Caseload within Out-Patients will be blend of referrals from GPs, Consultants, First Contact Practitioners, Nurses, Physiotherapists and also self-referral. Post-operative physiotherapy will be included.
To provide a high standard of physiotherapy care in each In-Patient rotation within orthopaedics including elective and trauma.
To work as part of the physiotherapy team under the guidance and support of more experienced highly specialist senior physiotherapy staff.
To support less qualified and non-qualified staff including providing clinical supervision.
To be actively involved in in-service training/service development.
To assist in overseeing the day to day running of the department.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries

Please refer the Job description for details