Specialist Physiotherapist NHS AfC: Band 6 (Annex 21 training post)

Job overview

Band 6 Training Post (Annex 21) - Specialist Physiotherapist – MSK/Pelvic Health Service

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Physiotherapist; with a combined interest in Musculoskeletal and Pelvic Health conditions within our outpatient services.

This post is to provide a highly skilled and specialised physiotherapy service in an outpatient MSK and Pelvic Health service setting.

The ideal candidate would have a special interest in MSK and Pelvic Health conditions. There will be scope within this post to work within our musculoskeletal, acute orthopaedic, obstetric, bladder, bowel and pelvic Health disorder rehabilitation clinics. Appropriate training will be provided for those with little experience in this area.

Main duties of the job

The trust is committed to staff professional development, offering clinical supervision from the band 7 within this clinical area. The provision of Clinical education for students from surrounding universities will be expected.

A flexible approach to day to day tasks is essential, in order to meet the demands of the service. We will offer a supportive and friendly environment and welcome innovative ideas.

Our philosophy is to keep the patient at the heart of everything we do. We look for a person who is willing to go the extra mile, not because they are asked to, but because they are committed to being part of a healthcare team that delivers an excellent caring service to our patients.

The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, hardworking and motivated with clinical, communication, organisational and time management skills.

Interviews are scheduled for 4th August 2021

Working for our organisation

St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the BEST acute Trusts in England for the THIRD year running!

The Trust is currently the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and is one of few in the entire country, to achieve the title of OUTSTANDING, rated by the Care Quality Commission.

We provide a full range of acute adult services to our local population of circa 350,000 and provide tertiary services across a much wider area in the North West, North Wales and Isle of Man. We are also a Major Trauma Unit and the Mersey Regional Burns Unit.

Our ’5 Star Patient Care’ strategy is at the heart of all that we do; supporting our vision to provide world class services for all our patients by getting it right for every patient, every time.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To perform specialist assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions.
• To provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme
• To hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of service or patient type without direct supervision
• To work in secondary care in a variety of hospital settings and the patient’s own homes.
• To demonstrate as appropriate to role highly developed physical skills for assessment and treatment of patients eg dexterity, co-ordination, palpatory and other senses

To participate in bank holiday, weekend and evening working if required, following appropriate training, without direct supervision

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