[ref. k9675204] Specialist Physiotherapist Haemophilia

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With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

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Job overview

An exciting 0.6WTE opportunity has arisen for a band 7 Specialist Physiotherapist in our Haemophilia Service. We are looking for a highly experienced and motivated physiotherapist to join and lead our Haemaphilia Physiotherapy team.

Main duties of the job

This exciting role offers you the opportunity to develop and lead the Physiotherapy Haemaphilia Service whilst collaborating and linking with the large, diverse and well-established MSK Physiotherapy Team and Haemophilia Service.

This role is a valued and core component of the multidisciplinary team that is essential in providing a high-quality model of care for persons with bleeding disorders.

You will be responsible for the day to day operational planning and delivery of the Haemophilila Physiotherapy service and supporting staff development within MSK and the wider MDT. You will also be supported to deliver innovative service improvement projects and strategic developments.

Being flexible and innovative in your ways of working will be fundamental to your role and excellent communication and organisational skills are essential. You will be passionate about delivering high quality, evidenced based care and be someone who follows their initiative and is able to use novel and innovative approaches to complex patient management and service delivery.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Professional qualification in Physiotherapy.
• HPC registered Physiotherapist.

• MSc or equivalent post graduate experience
• Advanced communication skills training.

Experience

• Proven post graduate experience in oncology/haematology and palliative acre.
• Experience in end of life care planning.
• Supervision of junior staff.
• Clinical education of students.
• Post graduate experience of working in an acute setting.
• Clinical supervision of a broad range of staff of differing bands/disciplines
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team, including effective cross-Therapies working.
• Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care.

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• Able to present information, written and orally in a clear and logical manner.
• Ability to support others, patients and staff.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships.
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to work outside traditional professional boundaries.
• Ability to organise, prioritise, delegate, cope with work pressures and manage time effectively.
• Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment and with challenging and or emotional situations.
• Competent computer skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Ability to make sound clinical and managerial judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations.
• Ability to carry out physical effort during the working day and carry out concurrent activities requiring skill and dexterity.
• Ability to deliver on service evaluation including service improvement, service audit and quality improvement.

• Bracing and Collar training.