Senior Physiotherapist Band 6

Job Description

The Integrated Musculoskeletal, Pain and Rheumatology Service (IMPReS) covers the East Lancashire footprint of Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn, Ribble Valley, Blackburn and Darwen. We are looking for suitably qualified MSK Band 6 HCPC registered physiotherapists to join our team on a temporary basis. This is a great opportunity to develop your clinical and leadership skills. As our service is delivered across multiple sites, you will also have the opportunity to work with various members of the IMPReS team and to demonstrate your flexible approach to supporting the wider service. This role will provide an opportunity to gain experience in both MSK and Rheumatology in keeping with our integrated service model.East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of health care services primarily for the people of East Lancashire, which comprises of the Boroughs of Blackburn, Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Ribble Valley and Rossendale. Our Trust aims to provide appropriate, high-quality personal and organisational development interventions, which will improve patient care.This is a fixed term contract for six months part-time 17.5 hours. Our staff are warm, friendly, supportive and dedicated professionals who will make you feel very welcomeThe IMPReS service consists of:· Integrated MSK comprised of G.P.s with a special interest in MSK, ESPs in Physiotherapy and Podiatry and highly skilled Physiotherapists.· The Rheumatology MDT; a dynamic team consisting of Rheumatology Consultants, Specialist Doctors, Specialist Physiotherapists, Specialist Occupational Therapists, Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS), Podiatrists and Psychologists.· The Pain Management Services; an MDT consisting of PMS Consultants, Specialist Physiotherapists, Specialist Occupational Therapists, Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS), Psychologists and a Pharmacist.Working as a team we continually strive to improve clinical pathways and clinical expertise.We support the Trust 24/7 agenda and operate extended hours services to meet our patients’ needs and to offer them choice.Working as an autonomous clinician within the IMPReS team across MSK and Rheumatology teams you will be responsible for assessing patients, discussing patient agreed goals and expectations, delivering highly skilled treatments and providing education for patients, carers and ensuring safe and timely discharges for patients.You will be required to supervise and train more junior health care professionals.The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and have the ability to explain their decisions and actions in a way that all concerned will be able to understand.They must also be able to demonstrate proven team working, flexibility, good time management skills, organisational skills, and evidence of self-motivation.They must also be able to demonstrate evidence of recent learning and examples of continued professional and clinical development.The successful applicant will have the opportunity to consolidate and further develop clinical and leadership skills and will be supported clinically and managerially by highly skilled and motivated clinicians at all levels.The right candidate for this post will have appropriate experience and clearly able to demonstrate a desire to actively participate in all aspects of the job. You must be willing and able to lead on various elements of the work in this exciting and demanding area of work.Above all you will deal with each and every situation following Compassion in Practice and the six key elements Care, Compassion, Courage, Competence, Communicating effectively and Commitment. As well as delivering the Trust, Divisional and Departmental objectives.If this post interests you and you would like to know more about it – we would love to hear from you, so don’t hesitate to ring us or arrange an informal visit. Please call Kelly Holehouse on .Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we may use this to contact you regarding your application. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. The Trust is committed to creating a well managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We operate Zero Tolerance to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. We will make reasonable adjustments to ensure our recruitment and selection process is accessible to all. Flexible Working applications will be considered. The Trust operates a No Smoking Policy. Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please contact a member of Recruitment Services on at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Please Note: new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.For further details / informal visits contact:NameKelly Holehouse