Clinical Specialist Physiotherapy Burton on Trent

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Outpatient MSK & Rheumatology Physiotherapy Team based at Queens Hospital Burton (QHB) Site. You will be part of a friendly and skilled MSK/Rheumatology team.

We are looking for a motivated musculoskeletal & Rheumatology physiotherapist who can demonstrate advanced assessment skills on a diverse and complex Rheumatology & MSK caseload. They need to have a proven ability to provide a working diagnosis and develop individualised treatment programmes. Our service receives referrals from primary care, secondary care (including post operative/trauma rehabilitation), and staff self-referrals. The wider team includes hand therapy and women's health.

You will work primarily in Rheumatology & MSK Physiotherapy Outpatients being the departmental clinical lead in advanced assessment and treatment of patients who have highly complex needs. You will receive a full induction to ensure competencies are achieved if not already gained in this role. You will have a strong focus on Rheumatology & rehabilitation, working to ensure making every contact count and personalised care is integrated and embedded across the department.

Our Therapy Team is innovative, passionate, and aligned with the Trust's PRIDE values, offering a supportive environment for professional development and collaborative working.

Main duties of the job

• A focus on patient choice, quality of care, a varied caseload
• Clinical leadership & support
• Operational Managerial support
• The opportunity to participate in audit / service development/ research
• The opportunity to teach and promote the health and wellbeing of patients and carers
• Service commitment to CPD
• Structured appraisal and clinical supervision
• Administrative and clerical support
• Clinical Educator training & participation
• Learn to teach, supervise, develop other Physiotherapy, occupational therapy and osteopath staff
• The opportunity to work with the team to provide Health & Wellbeing for staff across the Trust

Therapy Services are committed to excellence in quality, effective and safe patient care, combined with strong clinical leadership, to deliver the best experience for our patients and workforce.

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Training / Qualifications

• Essential: Degree level or equivalent in PT
• Evidence of CPD / development in clinical skills relevant to post
• Relevant Postgraduate training

Knowledge and Experience

• Essential: Experience of staff and student supervision and training
• Physiotherapy experience at band 6 level
• MDT working experience.
• Awareness of social prescribing and personalised care
• Awareness of appropriate MSK/Rheumatology investigations

Desirable

• Experience of leadership within a team

Communication skills

• Essential: Understanding of audit, service evaluation, quality improvement and research

Skills and Ability

• Essential: Demonstrate previous experience of supervision and development of staff.
• Able to teach skills and knowledge within both formal and informal environments.

Desirable

• Setting up new services and evaluating existing services

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.