Static Outpatient Physiotherapist

Job responsibilities

Clinical Duties

• To work within the service, applying effective clinical interventions within the specialty in line with current evidence
• To manage autonomously, a clinical workload of patients/clients, assessing and treating patients and maintaining clinical records, referring queries to senior
• To use shared-decision making to support patients to set their own goals and be confident in their approach to self-management.
• To have physiotherapy assessment and treatment skills in the areas listed but not limited to:
  • Physical rehabilitation through manual therapy
  • Physical rehabilitation through exercise and function
  • Physical rehabilitation through pain relief: could include acupuncture, electrotherapy etc.
  • An awareness of bio-psychosocial assessment of patients and carers
  • Cognitive and perceptual understanding of condition/person
  • Falls assessment
  • Use of a variety of appropriate outcome measures
• To communicate effectively using non-verbal, verbal, written and electronic
• To liaise and develop rapport with patients/clients, carers, members of the MDT, where appropriate, and outside agencies under guidance of a senior
• To act, within the service, as a resource and provide advice for other professionals and colleagues within the MDT about the assessment, treatment, management and care of patients/clients with support from senior
• To work alongside other professionals to ensure effective care pathways
• To make appropriate referrals to other agencies/practitioners.
• To deliver programmes of assessment, treatment and intervention for patients/clients with support from senior
• To manage and prioritise own clinical workload as appropriate, working efficiently to manage professional time and delegate according to the training and competency levels of other team members to ensure the effective delivery of the
• To participate in the supervision
• To ensure a high standard of patient care is provided including implementing clinical standards relevant to the work
• To provide assessment and advice for the MDT and participate in MDT meetings as appropriate.
• With experience, plan and delegate workload to
• Dependent on Service requirements and previous experience you may be required to participate unsupervised in the out of hours respiratory on call service and weekend orthopaedic service, where needed. Once a member of staff has completed 3 years in a static out-patient role, they can opt out of the respiratory on-call rota.

Professional Duties

• To comply with protocols, procedures and guidelines both clinical and service
• To contribute to governance initiatives when required by senior staff e.g. clinical
• To ensure treatments offered to patients/clients are based on the best available clinical evidence by keeping up to date with current literature, implementing research tools and liaising with other practitioners, both within and outside the service, in order to develop and maintain best
• To generate and contribute to the collection of data, as required for the service, both manually and
• To undertake clinical audit as
• To participate in in-service training programmes, under
• To undertake appropriate development opportunities as identified at yearly personal development reviews and through personal development plans. To incorporate acquired knowledge into working practice as appropriate, following discussion with Clinical Lead/Team Leader. To disseminate information from training effectively throughout the team, the service and MDT as
• To participate in the Community Healthcare Division supervision process and peer review and maintain an up to date CPD portfolio including evidence of experiential learning, reflective practice and any relevant training or experience. This should demonstrate responsibility for maintaining own competency to
• To participate in the Trust Personal Development Review process taking responsibility to comply with an agreed personal development
• To give advice, teaching and training to patients/clients, carers, volunteers and other health, educational and social care professionals, as appropriate to ensure provision of good patient
• With experience may share responsibility for the clinical education of undergraduate Physiotherapists and on completion of the appropriate clinical educator training may take responsibility for students under the guidance of a senior
• To support senior therapists with the education of students from other professional groups e.g. Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists as required.
• Report to senior staff any circumstances that could prevent the post holder fulfilling the requirements of the job

All employees have a responsibility to:

• Ensure they work in accordance with all Trust policies and
• Maintain confidentiality of all patient identifiable information in line with Trust policies relating to the Data Protection
• Ensure they attend induction and regular update training on risk management policies and procedures.
• Ensure they identify through risk assessment, any risks they feel exist within their department or in the community during the delivery of their
• Ensure they provide incident reports and supporting documentation for any unexpected event or incident they are involved in. To work with the Team Leader, assisting them in the management of complaints and
• Adhere to HCPC Code of Conduct

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

Essential

• Relevant Degree/Diploma
• Registered with HCPC
• Willingness to undertake additional and mandatory training as required
• Willing and able to participate in a competency work-based training programme

Desirable

• Member of Professional Body

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Essential

• Postgraduate experience in a range of clinical areas.
• Post graduate outpatient band 5 physiotherapy experience
• NHS experience
• Evidence of CPD and reflective practice.
• Good clinical reasoning skills
• Awareness of relevant Legislation, NSF'S/ Local and National initiatives
• Basic understanding of Clinical Governance
• Critical Appraisal Skills
• Ability to maintain legible and accurate records
• Ability to undertake assessment and formulate treatment / management programmes with patients/clients, acting as an autonomous practitioner
• Presentation skills

Desirable

• Previous experience of Respiratory on call

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

Essential

• Demonstrates positive attitude and behaviours.
• Excellent time management skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with people with complex difficulties.
• Recognises own limitations and have willingness to share and learn from others.
• Good interpersonal skills
• Evidence of team working
• Ability to make decisions and problem solve when dealing with routine situations
• Ability to organise own work and caseload
• Ability to work in a stressful environment and concentrate in conditions requiring emotional demands
• Computer literate
• Willingness to work on Respiratory on call service
• Willingness to work flexibly to meet service needs

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.

UK Registration

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