Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Lead

Job Title: Physiotherapy Team Leader - Trauma & Orthopaedics

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join our Trauma and Orthopaedics team as the Therapy Lead. The successful candidate will be responsible for the daily clinical and managerial leadership of the T&O Therapy service, which consists of a mixed team of 12 staff and includes OT, Physio, and Therapy assistants. The team clinically covers 41 beds across 2 wards and has a twice-weekly pre-op clinic as well as a newly formed Domiciliary service.

The successful candidate will have clinical experience in the area of Trauma and Orthopaedics as well as relevant leadership experience. They will be responsible for the clinical and operational management of the T&O Therapy service, including clinical supervision, performance management, sickness and absence management, staff appraisal, and CSTF. They will also be responsible for the daily leadership and organization of the T&O Team, including staff deployment across a 7-day service, service review, and service development.

Main Duties of the Job

As Team Leader, you will have clinical and operational responsibility for T&O Therapy Services. Clinically, you will manage a small complex caseload as well as being the point of clinical excellence and development within the team. You will be responsible for ensuring each team member has a personal development plan, regular review of clinical competencies, and oversee a progressive in-service training plan. You will also be responsible for ensuring you are up to date with current practice guidelines.

Operationally, you will be responsible for the daily leadership and organization of the T&O Team, including clinical supervision, performance management, sickness and absence management, staff appraisal, and CSTF. You will also be responsible for the daily leadership and organization of the T&O Team, including staff deployment across a 7-day service, service review, and service development.

About Us

Here at George Eliot Hospital, our vision is to 'excel at patient care.' We are a clinically-led acute service provider on a journey to continually provide high-quality, safe, and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly, and compassionate staff who share our corporate values. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper; they bond us together, reflect our ambition, and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

Excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden, and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Job Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to provide clinical and team leadership with a focus on delivering a high-quality of care across the clinical areas as well as overseeing the successful delivery and expansion of the role of Therapy. The successful candidate will be supported in post by the Inpatient Therapy services lead as well as extensive CPD training opportunities and access to organisational development and leadership development opportunities. You will be expected to participate in the weekend T&O rota.

Person Specification

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Physiotherapist with the following skills and qualifications:

• Extensive postgraduate experience working within the relevant clinical field with a minimum 5 years' experience
• Excellent advanced knowledge of the management of relevant patient group
• Extensive experience of working closely with MDT
• Experience of clinical education of less experienced staff (including students)
• Experience working within the NHS
• Evidence of participation in audit/research

Qualifications and Professional Training

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and professional training:

• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
• HCPC registration
• Evidence of postgraduate learning
• Membership of appropriate special interest group

Skills and Abilities

The successful candidate will have the following skills and abilities:

• Ability to work independently
• Ability to demonstrate autonomous highly specialized clinical intervention and decision-making
• Ability to demonstrate highly specialized assessment and treatment skills for complex acute specialist patients
• Demonstrate up-to-date knowledge of best practice and current research in specialist area
• Ability to pass on skills/knowledge to others within both formal and informal environments
• Ability to allocate and supervise other workers within specialist area
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work within a MDT and with an interdisciplinary approach
• Critical Appraisal
• Well-developed leadership skills
• Experience of service development
• Ability to manage own caseload
• Excellent organizational skills
• Appraisal and mentorship experience
• Very good presentational and educational skills
• Able to maintain judgement under pressure
• Able to deliver complex information in an interview way with patients whilst addressing barriers to understanding
• Driving licence and access to car

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.

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