Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist - Critical Care

Job Overview

We are seeking a well-motivated and forward thinking Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist to join our General Surgical/Critical care team.

The successful individual will help contribute to an already successful team in promoting best possible care in line with our Trust values.

The post holder will be required to work their hours over a seven day pattern.

Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will
• Play a leading role in the advanced assessment, clinical diagnosis, and treatment of patients in critical care and general surgical ward.
• They will provide clinical leadership in the supervision and teaching of physiotherapists and students within the specialty.
• Work closely with the surgical team lead to promote a proactive approach to physiotherapy within the surgical division.

Working for our organisation

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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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
• Take a leading role in the advanced assessment, clinical diagnosis, and treatment of patients within the clinical specialty, including those with complex and/or chronic conditions in A&E and on the wards.
• Utilise highly specialised physiotherapy knowledge and skills to independently manage a complex caseload as an autonomous practitioner.
• Ensure a thorough in-service training programme is provided to all members of the team to maintain clinical competency.
• Serve as a specialist resource for the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and physiotherapists within FHFT.
• Collaborate with the MDT to develop, monitor, and evaluate the specialist service, enhancing care pathways in alignment with national guidelines.
• Lead relevant research and audit initiatives within the specific clinical area.
• Support the Band 7 Team Lead within the specialty and deputise for them as needed.
• Act as the physiotherapy coordinator and key liaison for the clinical specialty, ensuring the effective overall management of patients.

Please see attached Job description for full description of duties in regard to this post.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
• worked as band 6 in ITU in NHS
• experience of managing staff and students in critical care
• evidence of service improvement within critical care

Desirable criteria
• worked as band 7 in ITU in NHS

Knowledge

Essential criteria
• evidence of post grad learning at masters level in relevant topic

Desirable criteria
• achieved MSc in critical care topic

Skills

Essential criteria
• to be on call competent

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the +00,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £4+m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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