This is an exciting opportunity to join our busy team as an Advanced Physiotherapist Practitioner. The role is 23 hours per week. The role will be based at Wansbeck General Hospital though the successful candidate may be required to work at other sites depending on service needs. There may a requirement to work as a First Contact Practice Physiotherapist (FCP); experience and accreditation as a First Contact Practice Physiotherapist (FCP) would be desirable, but not essential.
The successful applicant will assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of the Physiotherapy and Clinical Assessment and Triage Service (CATS) provided within the Joint Musculoskeletal And Pain Service (JMAPS) in Northumberland. JMAPS CATS clinics are based at Hexham General Hospital, Wansbeck General Hospital, Alnwick Infirmary and Berwick Infirmary as well as some smaller community sites.
The post-holder will also supervise and coordinate the delegation of treatment tasks and other non clinical duties to qualified and unqualified staff. You must be organised and offer highly specialist advice e.g. case conferences, multi-disciplinary meetings, service planning and development meetings.
Driving licence is essential for this post.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received. All interviews will be in-person.
To provide an advanced level of clinical expertise in the assessment, diagnosis and management of highly complex patients, providing an expert Physiotherapy resource to primary care and secondary care.
Working across Northumbria Healthcare NHS trust as a lead specialist clinician for an identified Physiotherapy team providing highly specialised advice & programmes of care.
To work independently and autonomously managing a varied and highly complex caseload requiring expert clinical reasoning skills.
To provide clinical education, training, supervision and support to all grades of Physiotherapy staff and students within the speciality area.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?
Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!
To plan and implement training at a uni and multi professional level in order to enhance services within the specialism and ensure effective clinical practice across Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust.
The post holder will initiate, facilitate and participate in research and audit within the specialism.
To be responsible for standards of practice within a defined sub- specialist field.
To support the Physiotherapy Clinical Managers in planning and service development.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to
promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
