Band 7 Senior MSK Physiotherapist

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Qualifications

Essential

• *Good standard of general education including GCSE English and maths grade c or above
• *A Levels or equivalent qualification
• *Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
• *Registered with HCPC
• *Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality

Desirable

• *Evidence of leadership training
• *Fieldwork Educator's certificate or attendance at Clinical Educators Course

Experience

Essential

• *Substantial and relevant post-registration experience, providing a broad range of experience in core areas within a healthcare setting.
• *Significant Experience in MSK within various settings of the MSK field e.g. Acute / Specialist clinics for e.g. Pain, Rheumatology
• *Highly developed professional clinical skills.
• *Experience of effective staff management and leadership
• *Interdisciplinary working.
• *Team/service development.
• *Implementation of change management principles.
• *Experience of dealing with people who display inappropriate behaviours e.g. verbal or physical aggression, in sensitive and potentially hostile situations
• *Demonstration of specialist knowledge across a range of Physiotherapy procedures, practices and treatments, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the particular field
• *Appropriate Theoretical and practical experience
• *An ability to cope with a range of complex options, find solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action
• *Understanding of current legislation and application to Physiotherapy
• *Attendance at postgraduate courses relevant to the clinical work.
• *Attendance at mandatory training
• *Evidence of in-service training
• *CPD portfolio

Desirable

• *Experience of conducting recruitment and selection procedures
• *Experience of producing reports / data analysis
• *Experience of conducting appraisals.
• *Team Leadership experience
• *Pilates training/Qualification
• *Evidence of audit / R&D activity on a regular basis

Additional Criteria

Essential

• *Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information
• *An ability to empathise and reassure
• *An ability to persuade, motivate and negotiate
• *An ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding
• *An ability to contribute to the clinical education of less experienced staff, students & assistants.
• *Proven problem solving, clinical reasoning and decision --making skills.
• *Committed to Patient-centred care
• *Highly developed physical skills including dexterity, co-ordination & sensory skills for assessment and manual physiotherapy treatment of patients
• *An ability to analyse clinical and non-clinical complex facts and situations, which require the interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
• *An ability to supervise and delegate work to junior physiotherapists, assistants and students
• *An ability to propose changes in policies/procedures which may improve the service
• *Good working knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group) and their implications for Physiotherapy
• *Understanding of the principles of clinical governance /audit
• *Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
• *Understanding of the impact of local cultural and demographic factors influencing service
• *Good knowledge of IT
• *Good negotiation and influencing Skills
• *Excellent problem-solving skills
• *Excellent analytical and reflection skills
• *Excellent organisational skills and prioritisation skills
• *Demonstrates ability to be a good team member and function effectively in the multidisciplinary team, leading where appropriate
• *Demonstrates ability to be a good team leader
• *Able to judge limits of skills/competence and recognise professional boundaries
• *Supportive to other staff
• *Excellent interpersonal skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).