Clinical Specialist Therapist in Urgent Care

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Open to Physiotherapists & Occupational Therapists. Are you ready for an exciting opportunity in a dynamic, fun and friendly team? Do you thrive on working within a fast-paced environment, with each day being different? Are you keen to develop skills across all core specialty groups within therapy? Do you want to work in an innovative team, which is shaping the way therapy services are provided at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth?

We are currently looking for a Clinical Specialist Therapist (Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist) to work within the Urgent Care Therapy team. The team provides services across the Emergency Department (ED), Acute Medical Unit (AMU), and both the medical & frailty Short Stay Units. We work alongside the Frailty & Interface Team (FIT) within ED & AMU, ensuring frailty screening & Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments are completed in the emergency corridor. Not only do we see frail patients within the emergency corridor, but we are also responsible for providing any therapy intervention in ED/AMU. We therefore see a large variety of patients with respiratory, neurological & orthopaedic conditions. You will assist in the smooth running of the patient discharge pathway preventing unnecessary admission to the acute hospital wards. This fast-paced and often complex caseload will involve functional and risk assessments, liaising with a variety of services in both health and social care as well as working alongside both Consultants in Emergency Care and Consultant Physicians/Geriatricians.

Job Summary

• To provide OT/PT professional leadership to the acute therapy team.
• To be a clinical expert (specialist) in this area.
• To work with the team and clinical lead to ensure smooth, effective and safe delivery of therapy in the Urgent Care Setting.
• Provide clinical expertise, specialist advice, training and support within the therapy team and to the wider multi-disciplinary team.
• Act as a lead for the specialist area developing the service (in conjunction with the management team/MDT team).
• Ensure service delivery is evidence-based or follows local/national best practice where evidence base is not available.
• In conjunction with the Clinical Lead, ensure clinical governance targets are met, including the development of clinical standards and protocols, research, and clinical risk management.
• Take the lead role on Clinical Audit and Direct Observations of Practice (Live Supervision) to both monitor and ensure the overall quality of the service provision, and to ensure quality and clinical standards are met.

Qualifications

• Essential: Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy. HCPC Registered. Evidence of CPD (portfolio). Evidence of post-graduate training/qualification relevant to clinical area.
• Desirable: Member of RCOT or CSP. Member of Specialist section within professional body.

Experience

• Essential: Experience of audit. Experience of presenting complex data to a range of different audiences. Experience of supervising and mentoring junior members of staff and pre-registration students. Experience of providing clinical/professional leadership to junior members of staff. Ability to lead and influence change.
• Desirable: Experience of working with regional/national networks. Acute hospital experience 2 years minimum. Experience of working collaboratively across teams.

Knowledge

• Essential: Sound level of theoretical profession-specific knowledge. Sound knowledge of the multidisciplinary team. Sound knowledge of interventions relevant to clinical area.

Key Skills

• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Leadership and motivational skills.
• High level of clinical reasoning.
• Ability to present information in a logical concise manner.
• Standard keyboard skills & the ability to use IT packages such as Word, Outlook, Powerpoint & Excel.

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.