Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the
role include but are not limited to:
- Clinically manage patients attending rehabilitation courses. Deliver
physiotherapy assessments, interventions, education sessions, tailored exercise
programmes and discharge plans for patients utilising Defence and National
best-practice guidelines within a structured course setting as part of a
rehabilitation team. Use enhanced clinical reasoning, communication strategies
and inter-personal skills to maximise occupational outcomes for personnel with
diverse and complex MSK presentations including post-operative, persistent
pain, sporting and high-performance populations. Enable seamless care pathway
management, ensuring exercise programmes, summary reports and referrals are
completed in a timely manner on course discharge.
- Work as part of a team. Assist the course Exercise
Rehabilitation Instructor (ERI) or Exercise Therapist (ET) in operational
delivery of the course programme whilst retaining clinical leadership of
patients care. Prioritise patients clinical interventions utilising enhanced
clinical reasoning and time management skills. Deliver group education and
therapy sessions as programmed or as staffing requires. Proactively engage with
clinical superiors and wider members of the rehabilitation team including Sport
and Exercise Medicine (SEM) consultants and Medical Officers, podiatrists,
senior rehabilitation staff, military managers and administration staff for
opinions, assessments or interventions or onward referrals during course
admission. Optimise residential delivery outcomes by liaising with referring
clinicians to understand barriers to progression, understand general
occupational functional requirements to agree realistic goals. Utilise wider
Defence and external treatment pathway options when formulating discharge
plans.
- Contribute to wider MSK services. Deliver
additional specialist outpatient interventions alongside course delivery as
indicated in line with training and experience, including Extracorporeal
Shockwave Therapy (ESWT). Support the wider clinical team and develop service
expertise by contributing to clinical triage, Multidisciplinary Injury
Assessment Clinic (MIAC) activity and administrative tasks as
indicated.
Please refer to the
attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.
Selection Process
At application stage you will be assessed against the
following:
CV:
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required
skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and
that you have saved it, making sure that any reference to your personal details
have been removed from your CV prior to submitting your application.
Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set
out in the Job Description. You may wish to further include examples of how you
have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job advert.
Experience:
Relevant clinical experience in the assessment and treatment
of musculoskeletal disorders including sports injuries and orthopaedic
conditions.
Up to date Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set
out in the Job Description. You may wish to further include examples of how you
have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job
advert.
Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your
application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful,
factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where
plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others,
or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be
withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please
see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and
inappropriate use.
https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/
At interview you will be assessed 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
You may be provided with a case study covering HWB6
- Assessment and Treatment Planning , and HWB7 - Interventions and Treatment.
The interview will consist of a mix of direct
questions and clinical situation-based scenarios.
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/watch?v=YEpdNWKQSRI
NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework https://www.msg.scot.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/KSF-Handbook.pdf
The sift will be completed within 10 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.
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be
considered, taking into account business needs. Please note the salary will be
pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
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.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to
the successful candidate.
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.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and
memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your
application.
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.
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. 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 contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcing@mod.gov.uk.
The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who
are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These
declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the
interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some
outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not,
in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that
must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to
manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first
day of employment.
The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero tolerance
approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment,
sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible
and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role
for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also
apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse
decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that
employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.
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.
