Advanced Physiotherapist
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Band 7 Advanced Clinician Physiotherapist
Therapy Services - Seddon Suite Specialist Rehabilitation Unit, St Helens Hospital
Permanent - Full time 37.5 hrs (part time considered)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled, Clinical Lead Physiotherapist to join the Therapy Team on Seddon Suite Specialist Rehabilitation Unit at St Helens Hospital. Seddon Suite is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Rehabilitation Network (CMRN) providing specialist assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for adults following traumatic injury or serious illness.
The JD & PS are currently under AfC review and are subject to change.
Job description
The lead Physiotherapist role is both clinical and non-clinical and therefore they should have excellent organisational, planning and time management skills to be able to work seamlessly between clinical and non-clinical duties. A flexible approach to day-to-day tasks is essential to meet the demands of the service. They must be a team player and be able to work collaboratively with our specialist interdisciplinary team of medics, nurses, psychologists, speech and language therapists, dietitians, occupational therapists and rehabilitation co-ordinators in order to best meet the needs of the patient. Providing specialist clinical contribution to the patient journey with high level assessment and treatment planning for complex rehabilitation patients. An ability to think laterally to be creative and innovative with treatment planning is essential in this environment.
In addition to this the lead Physiotherapist is part of the clinical management group supporting the co-ordination of the ward and facilitating communication and developments between the variety professions on the unit.
The successful applicant must have strong leadership skills to be able to motivate the interdisciplinary team and provide supervision and development to the Specialist Physiotherapists.
You will have access to peer support and supervision from the highly skilled Clinical Lead therapy team on Seddon Suite and other peers across the network with opportunities to develop both clinically and non-clinically. The appropriate candidate will also be required to demonstrate a strong commitment to service development, audit, research and people management skills.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC registration
- Clinical Educators Certificate or equivalent/experience
Desirable
- MSc in relevant health studies or equivalent qualification/experience
Experience
Essential
- Advanced clinical knowledge relevant to the care environment and evidence of evidence based practise in relevant health setting
- Awareness of own strengths and limitations
- Knowledge of relevant national policies and guidance and relevant assessment tools
- Experience of leadership of a team including change management
- Evidence of effective working within an MDT
- Experience of Service development
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to motivate team performance to achieve objectives
- Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
- Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings
- Accurate record keeping, report writing and IT skills including presentation skills
- Have a flexible approach to working with good time management
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel various hospital locations by own car/ assisted driver
About the employer
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements: