Senior Occupational Health Physiotherapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen as Senior Occupational Health Physiotherapist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Working with the Head of Occupational Health and the wider OH multidisciplinary team you will manage, plan and develop the Occupational Health Physiotherapy Service for the 15,000 OUH NHS Staff.

As the lead for a small Staff Physiotherapy Team you will provide highly specialised Occupational Health Physiotherapy service for a diverse range of clinical conditions and client roles in a variety of environments across OUH.

Main duties of the job

Provide expert advice to the multidisciplinary COHWB team and Line Managers regarding individuals' fitness to work, provide workplace ergonomic advice to prevent/reduce risk of musculoskeletal injury to staff.

Manage the day-to-day organisation of the workload for the Occupational Health Physiotherapy Service.

Provide MSK risk awareness training to staff and managers- clinical and non-clinical

Provide ergonomic advice re: equipment provision in relation to MSK conditions.

Evaluate and develop the Occupational Health Physiotherapy Service in order to meet the objectives of the COHWB team and corporate objectives.

Review/evaluate MSK data relating to long- and short-term sickness absence

Provide relevant MSK advice on the COHWB intranet site

Identify clinical research, audit and data collection priorities within area of expertise to drive clinical development strategy.

Comply with OUH policies in addition to complying with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Standards and Code of Conduct.

Assist in the development and implementation of service changes.

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.

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.