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Band 7 Senior Physiotherapist Team Leader MSK/Bleeding Disorders

Employer
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Birmingham
Salary
£43,742 to £50,056 a year
Closing date
26 Jun 2024
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Profession
Physiotherapist
Grade
Band 7
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Are you keen to work within Bleeding Disorders/Haemophilia as a physiotherapist? Do you have significant acute NHS experience in bleeding disorders and MSK?

If so, you will be interested in the exciting role of Senior Physiotherapist (Team Leader) Bleeding Disorders within out MSK department.

Within this friendly and supportive team, applicants will be able to experience management of patients in an acute NHS setting. This role will work within the MSK department and Haemophilia Unit, working closely with Consultants and Clinical Nurse Specialists in MDT and standalone clinics. The post will manage acute attendances where MSK issues are expected as well as longer term rehabilitation and in reach with expert advice to the wards as appropriate.

Our service has a strong focus on staff development and training, with a regular comprehensive in-service training and close support from our highly experienced team of Clinical Specialists and Consultants within MSK. Development opportunities exist to further enhance your skills within this area. The Bleeding Disorders service is currently writing a business case for further expansion to enlarge the whole MDT service.

Our department has a strong focus on staff wellbeing. With CPD opportunities and flexible working options. We expect all staff to uphold the trust values of kind, connected and bold.

The role is a full-time position, but part time hours will be considered.

Main duties of the job

To deliver advanced physiotherapy assessment, advice, and treatment of patients with Bleeding Disorders, to act as a source of expertise to fellow clinicians, Trust Managers, Healthcare Professionals and other services internal and external to the Trust as required.

To use evidence-based skills to manage a complex caseload of acute and chronic MSK conditions with Bleeding Disorders and work within various consultant led clinics.

To work independently and as part of the MDT.

To be an expert source of advice to other clinicians regarding treatment of Patients with Bleeding Disorders.

To work with managers and consultants to develop the future of the service.

To manage, supervise and appraise junior staff and students.

To lead in the training and service development of clinical practice. To undertake clinical audits and evaluation of evidence-based practice initiating/participating in research within specialist area.

The candidate will be expected to be support our weekend trauma rota.

The candidate should have evidence of leadership qualifications and skills suitable to the job role.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • *Appropriate Physiotherapy or professional qualification e.g. MCSP/ BSc or MSc.
  • *Registration with Health Care Professions Council
  • *CSP or equivalent professional registration
  • *Evidence of commitment to advanced clinical and non-clinical continued professional development within own speciality, e.g. post registration training, management / Leadership competencies and evidence of a detailed personal development portfolio
  • *Relevant, accredited, postgraduate education/courses in musculoskeletal physiotherapy


Desirable

  • *Post registration MSc
  • *Attended student educator course


Experience

Essential

  • *Significant post registration experience of which considerable experience has been in a Bleeding Disorder specialty in an acute NHS organisation with significant experience of treating bleeding disorder patients for MSK concerns. To include experience of treating acute and chronic patients.
  • *Experience of staff management including supervision and of development and performance management of staff.
  • *Significant experience in education and clinical training of others.
  • *Some experience of clinical/service evaluation
  • *Proficient knowledge and skill in the specialist assessment and treatment of a wide range of complex acute and chronic clinical presentations relating to the musculoskeletal patient.
  • *Excellent knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
  • *Awareness of current evidence in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and Bleeding Disorders and its application to clinical practice, using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
  • *Good understanding of IT systems and its application to clinical practice.


Desirable

  • *Good knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management
  • *Understands the legal responsibilities of the profession
  • *Good understanding of principles of data and statistics and experience of their use in evaluation of service delivery
  • *Knowledge and understanding of the research process.
  • *Teaching experience to uni and multi-professional groups with evidence of ability to deliver high quality presentations


Additional Criteria

Essential

  • *Ability to work autonomously within specialist clinical area & undertake clinical analysis and reasoning skills in the assessment and treatment of Bleeding Disorder musculoskeletal patients and apply broad standards & guidelines to own practice.
  • *Well-developed specialist therapeutic handling skill relevant to this specialty.
  • *Leadership and influential skills, able to lead and command confidence in senior therapists, consultants, senior nurses and managers within and related to musculoskeletal services
  • *Able to demonstrate the ability to select and apply a wide range treatment options for a range of clinical presentations.
  • *Good verbal & written skills able to communicate complex clinical information in a clear and logical manner to patients, colleagues and other healthcare professional concerning a wide range of clinical situations.
  • *Proven organisational skills including prioritisation and delegation
  • *On-call skills (if appropriate to this post) and able to provide advice and patient assessment as a lone physiotherapist in an on-call situation
  • *Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the differing needs of patients.
  • *Strong sense of professional integrity, and compliance with Trust vision and values.
  • *Ability to be self-motivated and to motivate team.
  • *Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • *Reliable, good attendance record.
  • *Physically fit and resilient, able to meet the physical and emotional demands of the post.
  • *Able and willing to work flexibly in order to meet service priorities.
  • *Excellent time management and organisational skills and able to meet deadlines and targets
  • *Excellent problem solving skills


Desirable

  • *Able to demonstrate advanced physical skills especially in precision, dexterity and hand-eye/sensory co-ordination in order to undertake e.g. palpation and mobilisation at an advanced level.
  • *Ability to constructively challenge current practice and identify opportunity to develop, implement and facilitate change in practice by others.
  • *Good teaching, supervisory and appraisal skills
  • *Able to interpret and analyse a range of policy, clinical guidelines and data and their relevance for practice.


Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

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304-1082339DO

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