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Job summary

Main area
Physiotherapy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
409-6782354
Employer
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whiston / St Helens
Town
Prescot
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/12/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Specialist Physiotherapist Rotational

NHS AfC: Band 6

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled Physiotherapist to join our surgical rotations. At present the role consists of In-patient Orthopaedic Therapy and Musculoskeletal Out-Patients, Ìýwith the view to expanding these in future. The rotations are currently 6 months giving the candidate the chance to successfully embed within the teams and gain in-depth knowledge of the patient caseloads.

The ideal candidate will have an interest in musculoskeletal and acute orthopaedic rehabilitation. The musculoskeletal rotation will give an opportunity to provide services to pain clinic through acupuncture sessions and the ENT team undertaking vestibular assessments within our out-patient department. There is also opportunity to work in fracture clinics (incl virtual) and the gym facility, running classes.

Main duties of the job

ÌýThe Orthopaedic rotation will provide the opportunity to work within outreach and to work ward based on trauma, elective, #NOF and paediatrics.Ìý Orthopaedic therapy provides a seven day service and late cover for the day ward at St Helens hospital. This will involve participation in some weekend and late shift working.Ìý

ÌýThe trust is committed to staff professional development, offering clinical supervision from the band 7 within this clinical area.Ìý The provision of Clinical education for students from surrounding universities will be expected.

ÌýA flexible approach to day to day tasks is essential, in order to meet the demands of the service. We will offer a supportive and friendly environment and welcome innovative ideas.

ÌýOur philosophy is to keep the patient at the heart of everything we do. We look for a person who is willing to go the extra mile, not because they are asked to, but because they are committed to being part of a healthcare team that delivers an excellent caring service to our patients.

ÌýThe successful applicant will be enthusiastic, hardworking and motivated with clinical, communication, organisational and time management skills.Ìý

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Working for our organisation

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

  • Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
  • Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
  • National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for full details.

AdvertisingÌý Date - 16th Dec 2024

Closing Date - 27th December 2024

Proposed Interview Date - 25th January 2025

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree in Physiotherapist
  • HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical Educators Certificate
  • Post Grad accredited study e.g. MSc in relevant health studies

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Advanced clinical knowledge relevant to the care environment and evidence of evidence based practise in relevant health setting
  • Awareness of own strengths and limitations
  • Knowledge of relevant national policies and guidance and relevant assessment tools
  • Experience of line managing a team including setting objectives, conducting appraisals and effective delegation and co-ordination
  • Evidence of effective working within an MDT
  • Experience of Service development
  • Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
  • Demonstrates continuous Professional Development
Desirable criteria
  • Audit and research in a clinical area

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates ability to motivate team performance to achieve objectives
  • Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
  • Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings
  • Accurate record keeping, report writing and IT skills including presentation skills
Desirable criteria
  • Mentorship skills

Other

Essential criteria
  • Ability to travel various hospital locations by own car/ assisted driver

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesNavajo - Merseyside and CheshireNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzePeople Promise

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
David Grabe
Job title
Physiothrapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 430 1882
Additional information

ÌýRachel Stott -Ìý [email protected]

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