Highly Specialist Physiotherapist | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 22 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,178 - £55,492 Per annum inclusive HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 June 2024 |
| Location: | Harrow, HA1 3UJ |
| Company: | London North West Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6330794/337-NP-7501MS-B |
Summary
An exciting 12-month fixed term opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and driven Physiotherapist to join the Acute Therapies Orthopaedics Team at Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow.
You and your team will be responsible for delivering specialist Physiotherapy services within the orthopaedic team. You will be an essential part of the large multidisciplinary team and part of the wider inpatient therapy team. This well-established team within the orthopaedic services covers both inpatients wards and non-weight bearing pathway in the community.
The successful applicant will have significant experience at Band 6 level in trauma & orthopaedics and MSK conditions and be able to demonstrate leadership qualities and management acumen.
You will have an opportunity to work alongside a clinical specialist developing skills in a wide range of orthopaedic conditions, working closely with occupational therapists, social workers and intermediate care teams. You will be required to work in conjunction with the team lead to develop and support the rest of the team.
At LNWUH NHS Trust we are committed to delivering top-quality patient care, excellent education and research. You will be supported and actively encouraged in developing your leadership and clinical skills in this area, to facilitate service improvement and integration with community services and other providers.
• As an autonomous practitioner to assess and treat own case load and provide a highly specialist orthopaedic physiotherapy service to patients. To work alongside the multi-disciplinary team and other external agencies to ensure highly specialist treatment plans.
• To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), assessing and treating patients with highly complex disability associated with orthopaedic patients and maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records.
• To be a clinical lead for the orthopaedic physiotherapy service.
• To provide assessment and treatment for patients with a wide range of complex physical, sensory, perceptual and cognitive problems within inpatient settings.
• To work closely with the orthopaedic MDT and cross-site clinical and therapy leads to support the development of the orthopaedic physiotherapy service.
• To work collaboratively with patients, carers and with colleagues in health and social services to ensure effective service planning, policy and delivery of services to their specific patient group.
• To contribute to the management of all aspects of the Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Service. This includes prioritizing and organizing all referrals to the orthopaedic inpatients and non-weight bearing service and allocation of patients.
• To be responsible for the development and appraisal of the team members, including band 6, band 5, therapy assistants and students
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
This advert closes on Friday 24 May 2024