Senior Physiotherapist in Trauma and Orthopaedics

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Trauma and Orthopaedic Physiotherapist based at Ipswich Hospital, which is part of the East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust.

You will be jointly responsible, alongside the Occupational Therapist Team Lead, for leading the Trauma and Orthopaedic Integrated Therapy Team. You will be responsible for supervision, training, line management of staff, and the day to day running of the team.

The role will include audit and service development of the Physiotherapy and Integrated Therapy services within Trauma and Electives, predominantly leading the trauma side. You will be required to work closely with our Orthopaedic and Orthogeriatric Consultants.

You will be expected to work across the seven day service and may need to work extended days.

In 2024 elective orthopaedic surgical services will transfer to our brand new state-of-the-art specialist centre for elective orthopaedics at Colchester Hospital.

This role will be subject to a formal staff consultation process during 2023. Opportunities will exist for you within the organsiation if you choose not to move to the new centre.

More information can be found at www.tiny.cc/bigbuildcolchester.

Main duties of the job

To work in close communication with the musculoskeletal physiotherapy team, undertaking the team leader role in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the physiotherapy service provided to trauma and orthopaedic wards on a day-to-day basis.

To take the lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of the patients within the speciality, and act as a resource of expertise on the management of orthopaedic patients throughout the Trust.

To take responsibility for all Therapies staff working in the trauma and orthopaedic environment, providing clinical and professional leadership, and ensuring evidence based practice and quality of service provided.

To be the physiotherapy lead within trauma and orthopaedics, contributing to the achievement of service objectives, development of the service and to facilitate change where necessary.

About us

One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Date posted

24 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR878-23

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Personal Specification

Essential

Experience working as an autonomous practitioner in the NHS or equivalent healthcare system.
Evidence of working within the acute hospital setting as a qualified physiotherapist in a range of clinical areas including in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Significant experience working within an integrated therapy team and as part of MDT.
Evidence of appraisal, supervision and teaching of junior staff, assistants and students including formal clinical educator training.
Demonstrates evidence of ability to identify service improvements and priorities.
Co-ordination of in-service training and development of teaching programmes.
Experience in audit and/or research.

Desirable

oSupervision and teaching of other professionals within an MDT work environment.
oLine management responsibility for other professions.
oEvidence of specific responsibilities
oLeadership training.
oManagement of major trauma and poly trauma cases
oManagement of elective patients

Qualifications

Essential

oMSc, BSc or Diploma in PT
oHCPC registration.
oEvidence of CPD and relevant postgraduate courses and additional training experiences.

Desirable

oMember of special interest group
oSpecialist training to Masters level or equivalent.
oRelevant postgraduate qualifications.

Person Specification

Personal Specification

Essential

Experience working as an autonomous practitioner in the NHS or equivalent healthcare system.
Evidence of working within the acute hospital setting as a qualified physiotherapist in a range of clinical areas including in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Significant experience working within an integrated therapy team and as part of MDT.
Evidence of appraisal, supervision and teaching of junior staff, assistants and students including formal clinical educator training.
Demonstrates evidence of ability to identify service improvements and priorities.
Co-ordination of in-service training and development of teaching programmes.
Experience in audit and/or research.

Desirable

oSupervision and teaching of other professionals within an MDT work environment.
oLine management responsibility for other professions.
oEvidence of specific responsibilities
oLeadership training.
oManagement of major trauma and poly trauma cases
oManagement of elective patients

Qualifications

Essential

oMSc, BSc or Diploma in PT
oHCPC registration.
oEvidence of CPD and relevant postgraduate courses and additional training experiences.

Desirable

oMember of special interest group
oSpecialist training to Masters level or equivalent.
oRelevant postgraduate qualifications.

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.