Lead Outpatient Physiotherapist, University Hospital Lewisham - NHS - ref. l1057223

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to join our leadership team and take on a clinical operational role in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy at Lewisham Hospital

The role would be to provide clinical, professional and operational leadership to the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy service at the Lewisham Hospital site.

To deliver a highly specialised and advanced standard of assessment, treatment and management for patients within the Lewisham Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy services.

Main duties of the job

JOB SUMMARY

1 To be the Lead Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist within Lewisham Hospital, advising on musculoskeletal issues, working closely with the Head of Physiotherapy and representing Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy within the Trust and to outside agencies, as required.

2 To take a lead role in the provision of the adult musculoskeletal service at Lewisham Hospital, using evidence based guidelines, audit and evaluation.

3 To perform an expert musculoskeletal assessment of patients referred to the physiotherapy department, including those with highly complex presentations, and from this formulate a diagnosis and treatment plan which is carried out as an autonomous practitioner.

4 To take a lead role in the clinical supervision, teaching and appraisal of Senior physiotherapists.

5 To act as a source of clinical expertise and highly advanced knowledge on musculoskeletal conditions for physiotherapists and other health professionals.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Role

To provide clinical, professional and operational leadership to the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy service at Lewisham Hospital.

To deliver a highly specialised and advanced standard of assessment, treatment and management for patients within Lewisham Hospital.

JOB SUMMARY

1 To be the Lead Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist within UHL, advising on musculoskeletal issues, working closely with the Head of Physiotherapy and representing Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy within the Trust and to outside agencies, as required.

2 To take a lead role in the provision of the adult musculoskeletal service at UHL, using evidence based guidelines, audit and evaluation.

3 To perform an expert musculoskeletal assessment of patients referred to the physiotherapy department, including those with highly complex presentations, and from this formulate a diagnosis and treatment plan which is carried out as an autonomous practitioner.

4 To take a lead role in the clinical supervision, teaching and appraisal of Senior physiotherapists.

5 To act as a source of clinical expertise and highly advanced knowledge on musculoskeletal conditions for physiotherapists and other health professionals.

6 To initiate, facilitate, supervise and present evidence based projects, and audit within the physiotherapy department and to the Trust.

7 To promote good communication with other Trust departments, particularly Orthopaedics, Neurology and Pain Management, and with General Practitioners to ensure optimal patient care.

8 To deputise for the Head of MSK Therapies in his/her absence for relevant matters.

9 To work to agreed standards and within the resources available

Person specification

Qualifications

• HPC registered
• BSc or Diploma in Physiotherapy
• Appropriate clinical post-graduate courses completed

• Recognised long course or MSc.

Experience

• Broad experience post qualification, with significant experience in musculoskeletal
• Experience of team leadership and effecting change
• Working knowledge of current national and local health care issues.
• Experience of teaching /supervising under- and post- graduate staff.

• Experience of line managing staff

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Problem solving approach.
• Knowledge and experience of standard setting, quality issues and clinical audit, and an understanding of clinical governance.
• Ability to undertake evaluation of the service.
• Knowledge of service activity measures and clinical outcome measures.
• Ability to keep clear, precise records which meet legal requirements, and in the English language.
• Ability to write reports, letters etc.
• Ability to communicate clearly with all staff disciplines and the public, and to represent the profession appropriately.

• Participation in research.
• Computer skills.

Personal Qualities

• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team.
• Personality that can stimulate, build and maintain relationships.
• Enthusiastic and flexible.
• Ability to demonstrate confidence in own professional field and inspire confidence in others.
• Ability to use own initiative and to work independently.

Physical Requirements

• Professional and smart in appearance.
• Good verbal communication skills in the English language.
• Occupational Health clearance
• Well presented.

• Good stress management.

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women’s staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.