Job summary
Working Full Time : 37.5 hours per week
The Therapies and Integrated Community Care services are looking for the right Physiotherapist to join our team of Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners working in an upper limb clinical specialism.
You should have extensive NHS-based experience in managing the whole upper limb pathway with a sound awareness of community and secondary care MSK care and be able to show a proven track record of working within NHS Orthopaedic clinical teams. You will be working towards or have completed your MSc and be able to demonstrate how you apply critical thinking to MSK and Orthopaedic patient care.
Main duties of the job
You must be able to show that you have wide and current knowledge of pre and post operative rehabilitation, and that you can evidence working within the Trust standards of Safe Effective and Kind. A broad and up to date CPD portfolio should demonstrate a commitment to ongoing personal development.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Physiotherapy Diploma or Degree
- HCPC Registered
- MSc Advanced Practice/Clinical Masters or working towards within 2 academic years of appointment , or equivalent combination of skills and experience
- Non-medical prescribing or working towards within 2 academic years of appointment where relevant to role
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
- Relevant specialty related qualification/module/post-graduate education and training
- IRMER trained
Desirable
- Trained in Advanced Life Support
- Post graduate Certificate in Education
- Continuous Professional Development portfolio
- Injection therapy qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of advanced clinical, psychological, and social needs of patients attending urgent /acute care
- Good understanding of strategic health economy targets for the delivery of Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal care
- Good knowledge of national and local targets, NICE Guidelines and policies in relation to Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal care
- Relevant previous experience of working at an advanced clinical level.
- Evidence of prior senior clinical decision making
- Evidence of recent research and audit
- Evidence of change management and/or innovative practice
Desirable
- Advanced communication training
- Experience of leading patient involvement/patient feedback
- Experience in delivery of Physiotherapy led services
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Advanced clinical skills in patient assessment, diagnostics with development of treatment plan
- Developed analytical and judgmental skills
- Functional capability in computer skills
- Ability to communicate at all levels.
- Research /audit skills
- Self-reliant, self-motivated proactive personality
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service.
- Acknowledgment of limitations in practice.
- Commitment to own professional development
- Ability to motivate, encourage and enable individuals to achieve
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Physiotherapy Diploma or Degree
- HCPC Registered
- MSc Advanced Practice/Clinical Masters or working towards within 2 academic years of appointment , or equivalent combination of skills and experience
- Non-medical prescribing or working towards within 2 academic years of appointment where relevant to role
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
- Relevant specialty related qualification/module/post-graduate education and training
- IRMER trained
Desirable
- Trained in Advanced Life Support
- Post graduate Certificate in Education
- Continuous Professional Development portfolio
- Injection therapy qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of advanced clinical, psychological, and social needs of patients attending urgent /acute care
- Good understanding of strategic health economy targets for the delivery of Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal care
- Good knowledge of national and local targets, NICE Guidelines and policies in relation to Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal care
- Relevant previous experience of working at an advanced clinical level.
- Evidence of prior senior clinical decision making
- Evidence of recent research and audit
- Evidence of change management and/or innovative practice
Desirable
- Advanced communication training
- Experience of leading patient involvement/patient feedback
- Experience in delivery of Physiotherapy led services
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Advanced clinical skills in patient assessment, diagnostics with development of treatment plan
- Developed analytical and judgmental skills
- Functional capability in computer skills
- Ability to communicate at all levels.
- Research /audit skills
- Self-reliant, self-motivated proactive personality
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service.
- Acknowledgment of limitations in practice.
- Commitment to own professional development
- Ability to motivate, encourage and enable individuals to achieve
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).
