Static Orthopaedic Physiotherapist
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Wexham Orthopaedic therapy team as a static Band 5 Physiotherapist. This is post is fixed for one year to cover maternity leave.
The physiotherapist will work within our established team and receive regular support, supervision and training.
Main duties of the job- To provide a high standard physiotherapy service in assessing and treating patients who may have a complex presentation
- To supervise and teach technicians/assistants and students and be involved in teaching MDT staff
- To participate in CPD and other departmental activities
- To work across day surgery, inpatient and day surgery units
- To work flexibly across an extended seven day service, covering 08:00 - 16:00 including 1 in 4 weekends (Either Saturday or Sunday)
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Detailed job description and main responsibilities- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care
- To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management and support non qualified staff to deliver safe and effective care
- To work across Inpatient Orthopaedic services (day surgery/inpatient)
- To maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of care for this group of patients by providing comprehensive assessment; treatment plans and undertaking joint treatment sessions as indicated
Please see attached job description for more information
For further information please contact Emma Kirton on [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- HCPC Registration
- Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Demonstrate up to date knowledge of best clinical practice in relevant speciality.
- Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice.
- Demonstrate understanding & involvement of Clinical Governance and risk assessment
- Basic knowledge of health legislation.
- Member of relevant clinical interest group
- Clinical educators training
- Evidence of some managerial training
SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES FOR ROLE
Essential criteria- Interpersonal skills including clear, concise and effective verbal and written reports
- Computer literacy
- Organisational skills
- Supervisory and appraisal skills
- Able to think logically and problem solve
- Analytical skills demonstrated both clinically and managerially
- Able to present information to a group
- Teaching skills
- Basic management skills
- Be able to work with individuals on a 1:1 basis and in groups
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
- Facilitation skills
- Assertiveness
- Good negotiating skills
Professional Experience
Essential criteria- Completion of some Band 5 rotations. This includes experience in the relevant clinical areas, General Medicine, Orthopaedics, Surgical/ICU, Elderly Care, Neuro, Outpatients
- Training and supervision to support all physiotherapy staff and students
- Multidisciplinary working
- Experience in development of a project or service
- Experience of research
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.