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    Senior Specialist Physiotherapist - Dewsbury, United Kingdom - The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

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    Job summary

    Afantastic opportunity has arisen for a permanent part time hour position asa Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in MSK Lower limb as part of the Physiotherapyteam.

    The successful candidate will be required to work across all of our hospital sites within the Trust but will initially be based predominantly at DDH.

    As a team, we pride ourselves on ourdevelopment and positive approach to change, as well as having a flexible andsupportive team ethos. We have close working relationships with the ED andT&O MDT, other therapy teams and the wider AHP workforce.

    Main duties of the job

    Thesuccessful candidate will be required to take a lead role in the delivery ofthe MSK lower limb physiotherapy service working alongside advancedphysiotherapy practitioners and team leaders within this speciality.

    This post will play a key rolein reviewing pathways for patients within physiotherapy, auditing anddeveloping other team members to deliver a high quality therapy service forpatients to ensure best practice.

    The post also requires theindividual to have excellent clinical knowledge, skills and experience in theassessment and rehabilitation of a wide range of lower limb conditions, postgraduate qualifications in a relevant area preferred with relevant CPDessential.

    We require the individual tobe a team player with excellent communication, organisational, teaching andleadership skills who is committed to facilitating positive change management,developing themselves and the team.

    For further information pleasesee job description including appendix specific to role and personspecification.

    About us

    We provide care and support to over million people inWakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our threehospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

    Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront ofinnovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of ourworkforce.

    We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectfuland maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make MidYorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

    We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasmirrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity andgender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation,or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support tosomeone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of theLGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currentlyunder-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications frommembers of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure allapplicants are treated fairly and consistently.

    We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuableguidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

    We have a clear vision and you could be part of this If youshare our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patientsand their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

  • Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care.
  • Ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management.
  • Accept sole clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
  • Undertake the specialist and comprehensive assessment of patients referred from a variety of sources, including those with a complex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills
  • Formulate individualised management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning, and utilising a wide range of advanced treatment skills and options to formulate a specialised programme of care in conjunction with the patient and carers
  • Plan a care programme for individual patients in conjunction with other professional staff within the multidisciplinary team (MDT)
  • Provide specialist clinical expertise to colleagues within the team and referrers to the service
  • Communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential and ensure understanding of condition
  • Communication skills of persuasion, motivation and explanation to encourage patients to undertake their treatment programme
  • Use verbal and non-verbal communication skills to gain informed consent with patients where there will often be barriers to effective communication. Assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who may lack capacity to consent to treatment
  • Participate in appropriate on call rota as required.
  • Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

  • Degree in relevant therapy profession.
  • Registered with the Health Care Professions Council
  • Have or be working towards Masters degree or equivalent.
  • Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendance at recent and relevant postgraduate courses
  • Clinical Educators Course
  • Desirable

  • Relevant clinical Post-Graduate qualification.
  • Management course
  • Experience

    Essential

  • Evidence of comprehensive clinical experience.
  • Experience of relevant clinical setting
  • Supervision of more junior and support staff and students
  • Desirable

  • Broad general experience
  • Participation in audit/ evaluation/ research.
  • Personal Attributes

    Essential

  • Leadership qualities
  • Adaptable
  • Ability to maintain judgement under pressure
  • Clear vision of role / commitment to speciality
  • Confident
  • Able to work both independently and to promote MDT working
  • Motivated / Ability to motivate
  • Committed to personal and team development
  • Ability to cope working in a stressful environment
  • Ability to cope with emotional or aggressive patients and carers
  • Desirable

  • Able to cope with demands of the patient group
  • Skills and Abilities

    Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Promotion of role of therapies.
  • Forward thinking
  • Ability to pass on knowledge and skills within both formal and informal environments
  • Ability to present information, written and orally in a clear and logical manner
  • Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
  • Understanding of Clinical Governance and its implications for services
  • Working knowledge of the NHS
  • Desirable

  • Leadership skills
  • IM&T Skills
  • Teaching/Presentation skills

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