Band 7 Outpatient Physiotherapist

The post holder will support the team leader in service delivery, assisting in the development and integration of MSK patient management across the service. If you are a Physiotherapist with specialist MSK skills and knowledge and are looking for an exciting challenge, this is the post for you.Main duties of the job The team includes many physiotherapists of all grades including band 5 and 6 staff who rotate into the speciality every six months. This offers an excellent opportunity to further develop your own skills and those of the staff within the unit you mentor in a supportive, friendly and learning environment. The Outpatient Service is situated within the physiotherapy department at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. The post holder will manage patients referred to the Physiotherapy Department for initial contact, assessment, clinical diagnosis and management. The post holder must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and be able to teach, lead, mentor and develop senior and more junior staff and students. The department offers you a chance to work with staff who have a wide range of experience; you will be supported to be actively involved in the development and integration of the service, advancing your clinical, teaching, managerial and research skills. You must have a Post Graduate Masters level degree with recent post graduate courses relevant to musculoskeletal therapy. The Trust has an excellent appraisal scheme and offers regular CPD training in the form of internal courses, journal clubs, joint working, and access to funding for external training/postgraduate study., To act as a band 7 physiotherapy practitioner within the Outpatient Physiotherapy Department. To use advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to physiotherapy and other clinical staff whilst maintaining a caseload of highly complex patients as an autonomous practitioner within the Outpatient Physiotherapy Department. To manage highly complex patients referred to the Outpatient Physiotherapy Department for initial contact, assessment, clinical diagnosis and management. To act as lead in clinical audits of the Outpatient Physiotherapy Services. To contribute to the development of the service in conjunction with the Physiotherapy Team Leader and Head of Therapies. To contribute to the mentoring and development of senior staff in conjunction with the Team Leader of Physiotherapy Outpatients. In conjunction with the Director of Physiotherapy research, to promote evaluation and research within the service.

We are looking for a Band 7 MSK Physiotherapist who has proven skills in the management of patients with complex MSK pain and dysfunction including post operative rehabilitation.,

• Post Graduate MSC in MSK
• 3 years band 6 in OPD MSK - all conditions
• 5 years within MSK
• NHS experience
• MSK Orthopaedic inpatient and on call
• Students supervision
• Patient group teaching and exercise
Desirable criteria
• Member of specialist interest group
• Appraisal supervisor experience, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel., Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.