Job summary
Are you an experienced musculoskeletal
physiotherapist looking for an exciting and rewarding role in the East of
England? This is a fantastic new opportunity to become a part-time Band 7
Advanced Physiotherapist, working with a multi-disciplinary Sports and Exercise
Medicine (SEM) team. You will work alongside an SEM Consultant and a Band 7
Podiatrist, leading with clinical and healthcare governance, providing
first-class care pathway management for military personnel. The working
environment is welcoming, inclusive and supportive, and you will be valued for
the skills you bring.
Although this role is based in RAF Honington, you
will be an integral and integrated member of Colchester RRU. You will occasionally travel to Colchester for
training, HR and to support the services there. You will have opportunities to
visit the 13 primary care rehabilitation facilities (PCRFs) that refer into the
RRU specialist services, and you will work closely with the lead
physiotherapists at these PCRFs, ensuring patients are on optimal care
pathways.
This part-time position offers the successful candidate 18.75 working hours per week.Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
Main duties of the job
Triage,
assessment, diagnosis, and planning of onward care pathways for
injured service personnel referred to the RRU from physiotherapists and medical
officers in our area of responsibility (AOR) and other referral
sources outside the RRUs AOR.
Assuring
the provision of a comprehensive and professional rehabilitation service for
entitled personnel.
Our patients are from diverse military populations and present with an interesting mix of sports and training injuries, trauma, as well as occupational and medical aches and pains. The team use evidence-informed practice, with clinical reasoning to provide optimal care for service personnel. Returning personnel to full fitness, and maximising their well-being is our ultimate aim. You will be a key part of this effort, referring into our course team of Band 6 physiotherapists and Exercise Rehabilitation Instructors.
You will be managed by the military OC at Colchester RRU, and be supported to develop your clinical, managerial and professional leadership skills, as well as gain wider insight and understanding of military healthcare. You will access regular CPD, as well as experiences and insights into Defence that are fascinating, unique and informative.You will have opportunities to be involved in national innovative quality improvement projects, aiming to continually provide the very best rehabilitation service to our military personnel.
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
Responsibilities
include but are not limited to:
-
Acting as the musculoskeletal Clinical Specialist
within the RRU Multi-Disciplinary Injury Assessment Clinic (MIAC).
-
Performing highly skilled assessments of
patients referred to the RRU from
across Defence Healthcare. This will include diverse, complex, multiple, acute
and chronic physical and psychological conditions, sports and training injuries.
-
Using clinical reasoning skills to provide
accurate clinical diagnoses and appropriate care pathway plans.
-
Assisting the MIAC consultant in appropriately
referring patients for clinical imaging and secondary care, in line with
national and locally agreed guidelines.
-
Providing comprehensive progress and
discharge reports to colleagues
and referring clinicians.
For
further information of duties and responsibilities please see full job description
and person specification attached.
Selection Process
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application form and CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS 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
Information & Knowledge NHS IK3 Knowledge & Info Resources
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.
Benefits
- NHS pension
- Inclusive work environment
- Access to gym
- Car park with parking and disability access
- Shop and canteen
Further Information
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
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 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.
Defence Medical Services - YouTube
We advise that you copy and paste the link in to 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 post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.
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 and we will not sponsor 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.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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 contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibilities
include but are not limited to:
-
Acting as the musculoskeletal Clinical Specialist
within the RRU Multi-Disciplinary Injury Assessment Clinic (MIAC).
-
Performing highly skilled assessments of
patients referred to the RRU from
across Defence Healthcare. This will include diverse, complex, multiple, acute
and chronic physical and psychological conditions, sports and training injuries.
-
Using clinical reasoning skills to provide
accurate clinical diagnoses and appropriate care pathway plans.
-
Assisting the MIAC consultant in appropriately
referring patients for clinical imaging and secondary care, in line with
national and locally agreed guidelines.
-
Providing comprehensive progress and
discharge reports to colleagues
and referring clinicians.
For
further information of duties and responsibilities please see full job description
and person specification attached.
Selection Process
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application form and CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS 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
Information & Knowledge NHS IK3 Knowledge & Info Resources
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.
Benefits
- NHS pension
- Inclusive work environment
- Access to gym
- Car park with parking and disability access
- Shop and canteen
Further Information
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
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 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.
Defence Medical Services - YouTube
We advise that you copy and paste the link in to 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 post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.
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 and we will not sponsor 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.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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 contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Up to date Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
Qualifications
Essential
- Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Physiotherapist
- Appropriate Masters of Science (MSc) / Level 7 equivalent post graduate qualification or evidence of actively working towards
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.
- Please use double spacing where possible
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.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Up to date Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
Qualifications
Essential
- Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Physiotherapist
- Appropriate Masters of Science (MSc) / Level 7 equivalent post graduate qualification or evidence of actively working towards
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.
- Please use double spacing where possible
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.
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).
