Job summary
Senior Emergency Practitioner -
Band 7
Trowbridge MIU Unit
22.5 Hours per week-Permanent
We
have an opportunity for a Physiotherapist to work within our Chippenham and
Trowbridge MIUs as an Emergency Physiotherapy Practitioner/ First Contact
Physiotherapist.
You
will act as an MSK specialist within MIU seeing patients booked directly as a
first contact practitioner, which may include patients with not only soft
tissue injuries, MSK problems and simple fractures, but also other urgent minor
injury presentations as your competency and skill set allows.
Main duties of the job
You will also be responsible for running soft tissue injury clinics for patients who have already been assessed with the urgent care setting and require fast access to specialist assessment and advice.
The role would suit an experienced Physiotherapist with excellent clinical reasoning and experience of acute injuries and their management (e.g. sports teams). Additional experience of managing patients with co-morbidities and frailty also beneficial. You will promote the trusts objective to ensure the patient has access to the right care, with the right person, at the right time.
Ability to work autonomously at a high level essential, although support will be given via MIU and Physiotherapy. You must be able to work well within the MDT and promote the role of Physiotherapy. This will be run face to face predominantly.
There are 22.5 hours available at both Trowbridge and Chippenham MIUs, part of which will be in the soft tissue injury review clinic and part will be as front line MIU staff, depending on need.
Please don't hesitate to contact
Barry Iedema if you would like any further
information or to arrange an informal visit via 07392 280263
About us
Wiltshire Health and Care provides community based health
services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. Our Vision is to enable people to live independant and fulfilling lives for as long as possible. We are an NHS
partnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health and
care to the people of Wiltshire - not on making a profit.
There has never been a better time to join us. Community
services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of
Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our
community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive
team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which
were developed with our staff, patients and carers. We have an overall good
rating from the CQC, with the majority of our services rated as Outstanding.
If you already live in or near Wiltshire, youll know that
it is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling market
towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good
schools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment and
a chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away.
What are you waiting for?!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached
Job Description (under Supporting Documents) for more information regarding the
role and to access the full person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached
Job Description (under Supporting Documents) for more information regarding the
role and to access the full person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Live registration with regulatory body as relevant to profession i.e. HCPC
- Teaching: ENB998; FETC 730 or equivalent
Desirable
- Masters degree
- Management course NEBS or equivalent
- European Computer Driving Licence
- Non-medical prescribing
- Child Protection level 3
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience within ED/MIU including appropriate experience as an autonomous practitioner at Band 6 or above
- Audit: Carry out, evaluate and action findings
- Clinical Supervision
- Appraisal
- Teaching
- Organisational political awareness
- Legal and Professional awareness
- Finance and budgets, high level and local provision
- High level of clinical knowledge
- Current National and local issues in healthcare provision
- Paediatrics
- Worked collaboratively in teams
- Demonstrates achievement in quality/practice development
- Demonstrates ability to develop staff
- Demonstrates ability to implement change
- Thorough understanding of equality and diversity, its application to managing self, staff and patients across the Trust
- Understanding your Professional Bodies Code of Practice and requirements of it for the practice and behaviour and its application to the management of staff and self
- Evidence of effective budgetary management
Desirable
- Evidence of involvement in service users advocacy and complaints resolution
- Ability to undertake research
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Access to a vehicle that an be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Live registration with regulatory body as relevant to profession i.e. HCPC
- Teaching: ENB998; FETC 730 or equivalent
Desirable
- Masters degree
- Management course NEBS or equivalent
- European Computer Driving Licence
- Non-medical prescribing
- Child Protection level 3
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience within ED/MIU including appropriate experience as an autonomous practitioner at Band 6 or above
- Audit: Carry out, evaluate and action findings
- Clinical Supervision
- Appraisal
- Teaching
- Organisational political awareness
- Legal and Professional awareness
- Finance and budgets, high level and local provision
- High level of clinical knowledge
- Current National and local issues in healthcare provision
- Paediatrics
- Worked collaboratively in teams
- Demonstrates achievement in quality/practice development
- Demonstrates ability to develop staff
- Demonstrates ability to implement change
- Thorough understanding of equality and diversity, its application to managing self, staff and patients across the Trust
- Understanding your Professional Bodies Code of Practice and requirements of it for the practice and behaviour and its application to the management of staff and self
- Evidence of effective budgetary management
Desirable
- Evidence of involvement in service users advocacy and complaints resolution
- Ability to undertake research
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Access to a vehicle that an be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
