Job summary
RAF Odiham is a
highly deployable main operating base and home of the Chinook helicopter force.
The Primary Care Rehabilitation Facility (PCRF), in support of the Regional
Medical Centre, are committed to improving the operational and occupational
effectiveness of entitled personnel
through provision of a comprehensive,
compassionate, professional, and high-quality rehabilitation service.
This is an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Physiotherapist to work
within a fast-paced organisation and for a team that is highly focused on
performance optimisation and occupational rehabilitation. The rehab team are
comprised of a military team lead, a B7 physiotherapist, a B6 physiotherapist
and a military Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor.
This is a permanent, full time role, offering 37.5 hours per week.
We offer the following employee benefits:
- Inclusive working environment
- Learning and development opportunities
- Free parking
- NHS Pension
- Access to gym, excercise classes and 25m swimming pool
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be responsible for clinical leadership of
the PCRF, ensuring that the whole team delivers a safe, effective, and
efficient rehabilitation (rehab) service to the highest standard. They will be
a source of advanced clinical expertise in the management of musculoskeletal
injuries (MSKI) and provide expert advice to patients, other physiotherapists
and Allied Health Care Professionals, and GPs/medical officers within the
practice and region.
About us
Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Providing expert clinical and occupational (within boundaries of their scope of practice) advice to a range of other healthcare professionals, patients, and employers (local chain of command).
- Maintaining, managing, and prioritising a caseload of patients, using evidence-based practice and advanced clinical/occupational reasoning, and referring to other medical and healthcare professionals as required.
- Participating in appropriate research and development of evidence-based practice, as directed by OC PCRF, in support of Defence Rehab, Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) and Defence Medical Service (DMS) research and innovation initiatives.
- Organising and managing the department, in support of the OC PCRF, and lead the development of physiotherapy and rehabilitation services, reviewing current and introducing new patient clinical pathways ensuring compliance and alignment with existing DMS, DPHC and Def Rehab policy, directives, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Leading, in support of the OC PCRF, a healthcare governance culture that supports the development of continuous quality improvement for both patients and staff
Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included.
Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.
https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed
Please copy and paste the link into your browser.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills:
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category andwe will notsponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contactdbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Providing expert clinical and occupational (within boundaries of their scope of practice) advice to a range of other healthcare professionals, patients, and employers (local chain of command).
- Maintaining, managing, and prioritising a caseload of patients, using evidence-based practice and advanced clinical/occupational reasoning, and referring to other medical and healthcare professionals as required.
- Participating in appropriate research and development of evidence-based practice, as directed by OC PCRF, in support of Defence Rehab, Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) and Defence Medical Service (DMS) research and innovation initiatives.
- Organising and managing the department, in support of the OC PCRF, and lead the development of physiotherapy and rehabilitation services, reviewing current and introducing new patient clinical pathways ensuring compliance and alignment with existing DMS, DPHC and Def Rehab policy, directives, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Leading, in support of the OC PCRF, a healthcare governance culture that supports the development of continuous quality improvement for both patients and staff
Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included.
Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.
https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed
Please copy and paste the link into your browser.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills:
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category andwe will notsponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contactdbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Person Specification
Registration details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration number.
- You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
- Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy plus additional specialist training or experience to master's level
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and Health Professions Council.
Experience
Essential
- Must have sufficient experience in the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders, sports injuries, and orthopaedic conditions.
- Must have significant experience in the application of manual therapy and a strong background in the principles of exercise-based rehabilitation.
- Must have proven experience in managing occupational health concerns.
- Must have significant relevant postgraduate clinical and managerial experience, including healthcare governance and appraisals.
- Must be able to effectively communicate with the multi-disciplinary team and across wide range of seniority.
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
Person Specification
Registration details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration number.
- You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
- Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy plus additional specialist training or experience to master's level
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and Health Professions Council.
Experience
Essential
- Must have sufficient experience in the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders, sports injuries, and orthopaedic conditions.
- Must have significant experience in the application of manual therapy and a strong background in the principles of exercise-based rehabilitation.
- Must have proven experience in managing occupational health concerns.
- Must have significant relevant postgraduate clinical and managerial experience, including healthcare governance and appraisals.
- Must be able to effectively communicate with the multi-disciplinary team and across wide range of seniority.
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
