About this role
Job summary
Outpatient Pelvic Health Physiotherapy ServiceAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Physiotherapist to become part of the dynamic and forward thinking Bladder, Bowel and Pelvic Health team within Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. Based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, the successful candidate will demonstrate highly developed clinical assessment and treatment skills in pelvic health.
Main duties of the job
Working closely with all team members you will play a key role in the management and clinical provision of services to a varied caseload of patients. Carrying out specialist assessment and treatment to patients within the Pelvic health pathway. You will supervise staff members working within the team and be responsible for continuous development and evaluation of the pelvic health pathway.
Candidates should have previous experience of supervision and of working within pelvic health, showing excellent clinical reasoning, time management, supervisory and communication skills.
Clinical Team Leads, and extended scope Physiotherapists will support your learning and development and you will have regular access to clinical supervision and in house and external training.
About us
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development Widening access (anchor institution) and employability Improving the experience of staff with disability Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development Making equalities mainstream
Job description Job responsibilities
Clinical
To undertake all aspects of clinical duties and to carry a significant caseload of patients as an autonomous practitioner, including those with complex presentations. To work at an advanced level and to be professionally and legally accountable for a highly-specialised patient caseload and to decide priorities for own work area, balancing other patient related and professional demands. To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, and of the local pathway teams work. This will include the management of clinical risk, clinical governance, knowledge of indications and precautions of chosen techniques in line with national and trust clinical guidelines and protocols where they exist. To assess patients capacity, gain valid and informed consent to treatment and where such capacity is lacking/absent to work within a legal framework in the management of the patient. To undertake the comprehensive assessment and accurate diagnosis of patients including those with complex presentation, using investigative, palpatory, analytical and clinical reasoning skills. Under supervision of the Physiotherapy Out-Patient Team Lead to request diagnostic procedures that will inform clinical decision making as appropriate to individual competency level and the job role. To undertake physical treatment techniques utilizing highly developed manual skills. To formulate individualized clinical management programs, utilizing a wide range of treatment skills and options to plan a highly-specialized program of care. To use recognized outcome measures to evaluate the effect of physiotherapy interventions and ensure that treatment programs are progressing appropriately To provide spontaneous and planned expert advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers, other disciplines and agencies. To promote understanding of the aims of physiotherapy and to ensure continuation of the treatment program. To be consulted by staff within the local pathway and the trust To ensure accurate, comprehensive and up to date clinical records are maintained in accordance with Trust guidance and professionally agreed criteria To identify and employ suitable verbal and non-verbal communication skills with patients where there may be barriers to understanding or the inability to accept diagnosis. To facilitate the best possible communication outcome in every situation and use appropriate services, e.g. interpreters. To ensure that individual practice and that of the local pathway team is patient focused and patient views are incorporated into treatment planning To employ appropriate skills such as persuasion, motivation and negotiation to gain co-operation in the continuation of the agreed treatment program To communicate with empathy, patient information which may be of a complex and sensitive nature including details of prognosis or disability that may be unwelcome To receive complex patient related information from patients, relatives, carers and other professionals to effectively plan and develop individual case management To communicate and advise regarding complex patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working within the physiotherapy service and with other professionals across health and other agencies to ensure the delivery of a coordinated multidisciplinary service To be integral in discharge planning including liaison with referring hospitals or community staff to which patients are discharged, providing timely discharge reports To produce comprehensive patient related reposts for other disciplines or agencies relating to assessment findings and or treatment outcomes To undertake an extended scope role as appropriate to the needs of the service and supervised by the team lead (an extended scope practioner undertakes delegated responsibility on behalf of medical practioner(s) including the independent management of complete episodes of care of patients from referral to discharge) To undertake the measurement and evaluation of work through audit, outcome measurement, the application of evidence based practice and research where appropriate. To identify and initiate audit projects to review current clinical practice within the pathway To facilitate the implementation and evaluation of physiotherapy clinical outcomes within a designated pathway and monitor adherence with professional and national standards To work to Trust and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy clinical guidelines and have a good working knowledge of relevant national standards to which quality of practice should be monitored. To raise physiotherapy staff awareness of current clinical developments and the implication these may have on clinical practice To be accessible and provide expert clinical advice to colleagues in particular for complex case management Once considered competent to participate in the orthopedic week-end and bank holiday roster. To fully participate in whatever pattern of working (including 7-day rosters) is required by the service in the future All clinical staff are accountable and responsible for their own clinical competence and should limit their actions to those for which they are deemed competent in line with guidance from their professional bodies.
Education Training and Research
To educate patients/relatives/carers regarding the nature of the condition and the aims of physiotherapy intervention To be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through continuing professional development activities including reflective practice, review of current research and relevant literature, maintenance of a personal portfolio and the attendance of specialist training courses as identified within a personal development plan To participate in peer review as appropriate To take an active role in appropriate uni professional and multi professional research initiatives To provide regular training for designated pathway staff in local site In collaboration with the Physiotherapy Out-Patient Team Lead, to initiate implementation of new working practices on designated site In collaboration with the Physiotherapy Out-Patient Team Lead, to prepare, co-ordinate, participate and contribute to the delivery if a specific in-service training program for staff in the designated pathway To train, assess and confirm competency of staff within the pathway on designated site To undertake the tuition, supervision and performance assessment of undergraduate physiotherapy students. This will include working with universities to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification To provide specialist teaching and instruction to other disciplines to ensure a consistent approach to patient care To assist / support colleagues undertaking higher education, audit and research projects To participate in mandatory / statutory training as required by the trust and national standards To maintain state registration with the Heath and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and to provide evidence of that registration annually upon request
Service Management
To manage day to day workload and maintain level of service within the pathway at the local site and assist other members of the team to make appropriate prioritization choices. To ensure the effective exchange of information across the pathway team and co-ordination of service delivery To use prioritizing and time management skills to meet the unpredictable and conflicting needs of the service To participate in ensuring clear and open channels of communication exist within the physiotherapy pathway team. To ensure the cascade of received information including corporate, strategic ideas to all pathway staff To maintain communication links and collaborative working patterns with other recognized experts and networks in the specialty To participate in, and occasionally lead physiotherapy pathway meetings and to attend staff and managerial meetings as requested by the Physiotherapy Out-Patient Team Lead and Therapy managers To be responsible for management of informal conflicts, disagreements and complaints in the local site pathway by using highly developed negotiation skills To ensure all incidents, accidents and complaints within the pathway are reported and documents in the appropriate timeframe and in line with Trust policy. To ensure Therapy managers are made aware of all incidents, accidents and complaints
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training Essential
Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy HPC registration Undertaken a range of relevant postgraduate courses Undertaken clinical educators training
Desirable
MCSP Member of Special Interest Group MSc or working at M level or equivalent experience / qualification Undertaken appropriate managerial training
Experience Essential
Comprehensive post graduate physiotherapy experience including experience of relevant specialist pathway Experience of working autonomously and unsupervised Experience of having supervised staff who are directly accountable to the post holder Experience of having supervised staff who are directly accountable to post holder Experience in completing audit and evidence based projects Evidence of actively participating in in-service training and evaluation effectiveness of training Experience and ability to work collaboratively within MPT
Desirable
Previous experience at band 7 level. Attended external courses relevant to subject area Involvement in research in relevant specialist pathway Evidence of leading change management and innovation in clinical practice Evidence of presenting to MDT groups, undergraduate and postgraduate staff
Knowledge Essential
Specialist knowledge of evidenced based physiotherapy for designated specialist pathway Knowledge of national guidelines and standards pertaining to specialist pathway and physiotherapy Understanding of clinical governance and it's implication for physiotherapy Awareness and understanding of NHS structure, current issues and developments Understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession
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).
Employer details Employer name Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Address Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Stadium Road
London
SE18 4QH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)