Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team in Worcestershire. We have several clinics across the county. The expectation will be to travel to the sites that are needed which are currently in Droitwich, Worcester City centre and Tenbury. We also have sites in Bromsgrove, Evesham and Malvern. We can offer a full-time, permanent Band 6 Musculoskeletal position with flexible working opportunities for the right candidate. This is a full time post - part time considered. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long-term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development and a wide range of wellbeing and support. The successful candidate will be joining a well-established, friendly team with a variety of skills. We offer a robust In-service training programme with includes monthly IST, clinical supervision and special interest groups alongside county wide training sessions and courses. Our Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners work alongside our core Physiotherapy team and support with our training programme. Our service is driven by a clinical consultant who helps us remain innovative and relevant. If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you, get in touch with Recruiting Manager which can be found on the top right-hand side of the advert.

Main duties of the job
You will be working as part of a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy team, alongside other Physiotherapists, Physio assistants and Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners. You will also need to link in with the wider MDT across various platforms. You will be required to manage a varied caseload of musculoskeletal conditions including orthopaedic, post-surgical and chronic conditions. As a member of the team you will have an active part in training junior members of staff and students on placements.

About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites. We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities. What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

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Job responsibilities
Undertake physiotherapy assessments and treatment of patients who may have highly complex and acute / chronic presentation, to determine clinical diagnosis and physiotherapy treatments needed, and to maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.

Formulate individualised management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning and utilise a wide range of treatment skills and options to deliver specialised programmes of care.

Educate and train physiotherapists, health care professionals, physiotherapy students, carers and assistants in physiotherapeutic management. This includes contribution to CPD of the MDT.

Accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, to organise / triage this efficiently and effectively regarding clinical priorities and use of time.

Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential

• Excellent knowledge of physiotherapy in relevant areas.
• Awareness of audit
• Awareness of research processes
• Knowledge of IT skill

Skills & Abilities
Essential

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour
• Role modelling good behaviour
• A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
• Ability to praise and be supportive to others
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written format
• Able to maintain judgement and work effectively under pressure
• Ability to maintain contemporaneous, accurate and up to date patient records.
• Effective time management

Experience
Essential

• A minimum of 2 years post graduate experience including work in a variety of specialities
• Experience of supervision of junior staff or students.
• Experience of delegation to qualified / unqualified staff

Desirable

• Previous experience at Band 6 level
• Experience working in NHS

Qualifications
Essential

• Diploma / Degree in Physiotherapy
• HPC registration
• Evidence of relevant post Graduate) courses / CPD maintained in portfolio
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).