Job summary
Here at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.
We are looking to recruit a Band 8b Consultant Physiotherapist with vision, substantial clinical experience, and an excellent team focus, who can adapt to a unique organisation and is able to deliver the highest standards of professional practice.
Are you are looking for a new challenge and would like to add military rehabilitation healthcare to your career portfolio? This could be the role for you!
This is a full time position, offering 37.5 working hours per week.
To find out more about our phenomenal organisation, please copy and paste this link into your broswer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=CUsqXvqwYro
You will feel valued as a Consultant Physiotherapist within DMRC, receiving access to outstanding rewards and employee benefits including:
- NHS Pension
- Free Parking
- Gyms
- Swimming pool & Hot tub
- On site Shop
- Golf Course
- Running Track
- Tennis court
- Cinema
- Officers mess membership
Main duties of the job
DMRC provides rehabilitation for patients with complex injuries and
conditions that cant be addressed in primary care or intermediate
rehabilitation. The Force Generation Team includes Spines and Upper Quadrant,
Lower Limb and Specialist Teams, providing Consultant led multidisciplinary
rehabilitation for residential patients, whilst managing an outpatient
caseload. Referrals are received from Defence Primary Healthcare clinicians, as
well as for patients injured overseas and transferred on the Operational
Patient Care Pathway.
The successful candidate will be responsible for expert clinical
practice, research, teaching and leadership. All four components will be
undertaken by the post-holder in addition to their weekly work schedule. This
will require an elevated level of planning and organisation.
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:
- Strategically developing the non-surgical management of patients across Defence Rehabilitation and ensuring local implementation of relevant national policy.
- Assessing highly complex cases using a range of assessment/diagnostic methods and reach valid, reliable, and comprehensive patient and client-centred conclusions appropriate to needs, context and culture.
- Crafting and developing protocols of care and design patient care pathways with the aim of providing best practice examples to others both within the region or nationally.
- Supervising and acting as a mentor to all grades of qualified and unqualified staff and students within the service.
- Leading and contributing to improvements in practice and health outcomes through appropriate change management and negotiation to work to local, regional, national, and international standards.
- Accepting clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and coordinating this efficiently and effectively regarding clinical priorities and use of time.
For further information of duties and responsibilities please see full job description and person specification attached.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Behaviours & Technical Skills:
- Leadership
- NHS Core - NHSC1 - Communication
- NHS Core - NHSC2 - Personal & People Development
- NHS Core - NHSC5 - Quality
- NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB6 - Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Information & Knowledge - NHS IK2 - Information Collection & Analysis
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications, and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
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 copy and paste 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
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence 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.
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 - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
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.
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 of all 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Strategically developing the non-surgical management of patients across Defence Rehabilitation and ensuring local implementation of relevant national policy.
- Assessing highly complex cases using a range of assessment/diagnostic methods and reach valid, reliable, and comprehensive patient and client-centred conclusions appropriate to needs, context and culture.
- Crafting and developing protocols of care and design patient care pathways with the aim of providing best practice examples to others both within the region or nationally.
- Supervising and acting as a mentor to all grades of qualified and unqualified staff and students within the service.
- Leading and contributing to improvements in practice and health outcomes through appropriate change management and negotiation to work to local, regional, national, and international standards.
- Accepting clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and coordinating this efficiently and effectively regarding clinical priorities and use of time.
For further information of duties and responsibilities please see full job description and person specification attached.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Behaviours & Technical Skills:
- Leadership
- NHS Core - NHSC1 - Communication
- NHS Core - NHSC2 - Personal & People Development
- NHS Core - NHSC5 - Quality
- NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB6 - Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Information & Knowledge - NHS IK2 - Information Collection & Analysis
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications, and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
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 copy and paste 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
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence 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.
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 - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
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.
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 of all 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.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Clinical experience at minimum band 7 level in relevant field of physiotherapy
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.
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Health and Care Professions Council Registered (HCPC)
- Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Registration as Advanced Practitioner with active professional portfolio
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.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Master of Science (MSc) in related clinical area
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Clinical experience at minimum band 7 level in relevant field of physiotherapy
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.
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Health and Care Professions Council Registered (HCPC)
- Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Registration as Advanced Practitioner with active professional portfolio
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.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Master of Science (MSc) in related clinical area
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).
