Lead Specialist Rheumatology Physiotherapist
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Job summary
The Central Lancashire Moving Well service has a rare opportunity for a senior physiotherapist with experience in rheumatology and leadership to join our Rheumatology team in the role of specialist physiotherapist and lead allied health professional. The rheumatology allied health professional team has expanded and developed significantly over the past 14 years and is embedded within a supportive multi-disciplinary team. We are keen to recruit a forward thinking physiotherapist who is passionate about quality improvement to continue to develop the service and provide the best care for our patients.
Main duties of the job
To provide expert clinical advice to the Management and Leadership Team within the Rheumatology physiotherapy Service.
To provide leadership to relevant care pathways including the review and redesign of these pathways, the development and monitoring of outcome measures in relation to relevant care pathways and the continual improvement of care pathways.
To work with other Clinical Lead's where appropriate to establish clinical networks across LSCFT for relevant clinical specialities and / or care pathways.
To identify training and development needs associated with specialist area of clinical practice and support other practitioners' development through delivering in house training, supervision and mentoring.
To lead clinical service transformation projects as relevant to specialist area.
To be responsible for a highly specialist portfolio in an agreed area of expertise, which will include provision of expert advice to therapists/nurses across teams to support them in taking up the duty of care; the coordination, development and delivery of rheumatology physiotherapy, condition education and information packages including electronic information for patients and colleagues.
To manage a clinical caseload of adults with complex rheumatological needs,
To undertake comprehensive assessment of adults with complex rheumatological presentations, using self-determined investigative and analytical skills, to formulate hypotheses in order to determine a diagnosis.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Details
Date posted
23 February 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£43,742 to £50,056 a year pro rata per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
351-CEN938-LW
Job locations
Minerva Health Centre
Preston
PR1 6SB
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Minerva Health Centre
Preston
PR1 6SB
Employer's website
https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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