Band 6 Physiotherapist

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

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Job summary

Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.

Are you a highly-skilled Band 6 Physiotherapist looking for an exciting role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities? Do you possess sound decision-making skills, work well under pressure and are able to communicate effectively? If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a dynamic and adaptable Band 6 Physiotherapist to work with our welcoming and supportive team at RAF Wyton.

The vacant post is full time, working 37.5 hours per week. Part-time candidates will be considered but due to service delivery requirements it must be on a job share basis as full-time hours need to be covered.

Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

The successful postholder will ensure the provision of a comprehensive and professional physiotherapy and rehabilitation service for entitled personnel. This includes undertaking highly skilled and specialist work in the musculoskeletal and sports and training injury area.

There may be a requirement to work from other DPHC facilities within the combined practice network as required by business needs.

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.

Date posted

14 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year pro-rata for part-time.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share

Reference number

K0003-24-0102

Job locations

Medical Centre

RAF Wyton

Huntingdon

Cambridgeshire

PE28 2EA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main details of the role include but are not limited to:

Performing highly skilled physiotherapeutic assessment of patients referred by Consultants, General Practitioners (GPs) and other Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) with diverse presentations and complex and acute/chronic physical conditions and sports injuries. Using clinical reasoning skills to provide an accurate clinical diagnosis.
Formulating, developing and delivering a specialised, individualised treatment programme based upon evidence-based practice, manual assessment and appropriate clinical reasoning.
Communicating effectively with patients to ensure informed consent for assessment and treatment, good understanding of their conditions and maximising their rehabilitation potential. Patients may have barriers to communication e.g. English as their second language.
Advising the Senior Medical Officer (SMO) with regard to specialist physiotherapy recommendations.
Managing and prioritising your own clinical caseload efficiently and effectively.
Ensuring the provision of clinical reports to supply clinical prognoses and comprehensive discharge planning for other medical professionals and, where appropriate the military Chain of Command (CoC).
Assisting in identifying training needs and organising in-service training for the unit medical facility.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of duties.

Benefits

A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
Learning and development tailored to your role
Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
Generous annual leave allowance
Wide range of discount schemes on high street names
Access to a gym
Pay-as-you-dine facilities
Free on-site parking

Things you should know

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.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your application form. At interview, you will be tested against the following National Health Service (NHS) Knowledge and Skills Framework:

NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 - Assessment & Treatment Planning
NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 - Interventions & Treatment
NHS Core NHSC5 Quality

Please copy and paste the following link to our YouTube channel for on 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

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use ofall tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

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)

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to 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.

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.