About this role
Job summary
Do you have a passion for working with Older people, encouraging rehabilitation and empowering patients to be independent on older peoples medicine wards.
We are looking for a clinical specialist to work alongside an existing team leader for general medicine with an interest in older persons medicine. You will manage a small team of registered and unregistered staff covering 5 older persons wards.
Main duties of the job
To take a leading role in the advanced assessment, clinical diagnosis, and treatment of patients within the clinical speciality. These patients may have complex and/or chronic presentation and maybe in A&E or the wards. To use highly specialist physiotherapy knowledge and skills to manage a complex caseload as an autonomous practitioner. To ensure a thorough in-service training programme is provided to all members of the team to maintain clinical competency. To act as a specialist resource for the multi-disciplinary team and Physiotherapists within FHFT. To work with the MDT to develop, monitor and evaluate the specialist service, enhancing pathways in line with national guidelines. To lead in appropriate research and audit in the specific clinical area. To support the band 7 Team Lead within the speciality and deputise for them as appropriate. To undertake respiratory on call for the Trust.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Job description Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Hold a recognised degree in Physiotherapy HCPC registration
Desirable
Managerial Training
Experience Essential
Band 6 Acute experience in NHS Experience of Audit or improvement projects
Desirable
Previous experience of working as a Band 7 physiotherapist. Previous experience of working in the NHS in an Acute hospital inpatient or outpatient setting.
Skills Essential
Specialist level of clinical knowledge and skill. Excellent interpersonal skills Ability to work independently Excellent communication skills both written and oral.
Desirable
Presentation Skills. Critical Appraisal skills in appraising research literature.
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 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address Frimley Park Hospital
Portsmouth Road
Frimley
GU16 7UU
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)