Job Overview
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Musculoskeletal Service is looking for a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist to join the team.
The MSK service has a well-structured programme of mentoring, supervision and CPD; the department is research-active and has close links with Higher Education Institutes. Active involvement in training and development, including supervision of students and delivery of staff training, is a key requirement.
Main duties of the job
To provide high quality Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy services to patients
To perform advanced physiotherapy assessment of patients with diverse presentation 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 defined area of service or patient type without direct supervision.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Clinical
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies; use advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
Undertake video and telephone assessments as well as face to face sessions.
Formulate and deliver an individual therapy treatment programme using assessment, reasoning skills and treatment skills based on a sound knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options. Formulate accurate diagnosis prognoses and recommend best course of intervention, developing comprehensive discharge plans.
To take delegated responsibility from the Band 7 therapist for managing patients with particular conditions and be responsible for providing specialist therapy assessment and treatment plans for patients with these conditions.
Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required.
Work as a lone practitioner with telephone support from a senior therapist if required.
To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination, palpatory and other senses for assessment and manual treatment of patients
To communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential and to ensure understanding of their condition
To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment
To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with medical, nursing, therapy staff and other health and social care and education professionals to ensure delivery of a coordinated multidisciplinary service. This will include discharged planning and other forms of verbal/written communication as necessary including report writing, referrals to other agencies
To communicate highly sensitive information effectively with all patient groups/carers were there maybe difficulties in accepting or understanding information
To maintain tact and diplomacy and use highly developed communication skill when working in situations which may become hostile/antagonistic
To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up to date documentation in line with legal and departmental requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters
To undertake as directed the collection of appropriate data and statistics for the use of the department
To adhere to the HCPC code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and facilitate compliance of the occupational therapy/physiotherapy staff with local and national standards of practice
Work within Trust clinical guidelines and CSP guidelines and to have a good working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own and others quality practice as appropriate
Managerial
To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patient under your management, and support more junior staff to do likewise
Implement policy and service development changes as directed
To take responsibility for Health and Safety aspects of your work and implement any policies that maybe required to improve the safety of your work area, including your prompt recording and reporting of accidents to senior staff, and ensuring equipment use is safe
To demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance and risk management and apply to work situation
To undertake the measurements and evaluation of your work and current practices through the use of evidence based practice projects, audit and outcome measures under the guidance of the Senior or Lead Clinician. Make recommendations for change and to implement change
To comply with the organisational and departmental policies and procedures and to be involved in the reviewing and updating as appropriate
To ensure that staff adhere to health and safety guidelines and maintain a safe environment and working practices
Please reference attached job description for full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Registered ProfessionalTeaching/mentorship qualification or equivalent or equivalent work-based experience
Desirable criteria
Clinical Examination
Values
Essential Criteria
Continuous ImprovementAccountabilityRespectfulnessEnthusiasmSupportHigh professional standardsResponsive to service usersEngaging leadership styleStrong customer service beliefTransparency and honestyDiscreetChange oriented
Skills
Essential criteria
Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skillsRisk assessment skillsAbility to travel to work across boundariesSelf-management and motivation skillsIT literate
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience in the identified specialised field of physiotherapyExperience of successful multi-agency workingDemonstrable experience in relevant area of specialised physiotherapy practice or equivalentEvidence of CPD/Short coursesAwareness of current national and local agenda in health and social careUnderstanding of partnership workingUnderstanding of the principles of care managementAwareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policyEvidence of being able to communicate complex information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues
Desirable criteria
Management and clinical leadership experience