Senior Trauma & Orthopaedic Physiotherapist

The main duties of the role include the requirement to:
+ Work as an autonomous practitioner and manage a specialist orthopaedic caseload
+ Complete comprehensive patient assessments, formulate clinical problem lists and provide physiotherapy intervention as per orthopaedic pathways
+ Contribute to MDT handovers or problem patient sessions
+ Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, putting patient care and experience first
+ Support junior staff with caseload management, prioritisation and clinical reasoning
+ Actively participate in service development and contribute to monitoring of standards of practice, and take personal responsibility in your professional development and professional registration requirements
+ Show passion for providing a high level of care and safeguarding to patients known to our service
+ Use initiative, communicate with empathy and be an effective team player
+ Demonstrate leadership skills and deputise for the team lead whenever necessary
+ Participate in the development of physiotherapists and support staff within orthopaedics through training, competencies and supervision
+ To take part in the weekend orthopaedic service
+ Form good working relationships with Orthopaedic consultants and ensure inpatient physiotherapy meets clinical expectation., Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and the essential and desirable criteria for applicants.
Clinical or technical
To undertake comprehensive assessments of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/ multipathologies.
To use investigative and analytical skills to assess complex patients and support other more junior therapists with their patients as required.
To devise individualised physiotherapy management and / or treatment plans, using clinical reasoning skills.
Leadership or managerial
To attend all relevant training in order to maintain competency and confidence.
To be responsible for and actively record your own personal development. This may include active participation in journal clubs, clinical reasoning and problem patient sessions as participant and facilitator.
To participate in the appraisal as appraisee and appraiser.
To disseminate any training received to other staff and health care professionals
To be responsible for the supervision of Band 5 Physiotherapists on rotation, Students and Assistants as required.
Service improvement
To make recommendations when appropriate to changes in practice leading to improvement in the service.
To be involved with implementing policy and service development changes., To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties that reasonably fit within the broad scope of a job of this grade and type of work.
To have responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and others at work. This includes being conversant with relevant trust safety policies and procedures. To report incidents and near misses at work; take part in the risk management process; attend all mandatory training courses in the agreed duration as defined by trust policy and carry out tasks and use equipment only when competent to do so.
To ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity. To comply with the requirements of the Data Protection act.
To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties as qualified and able.
To comply with the trust's corporate and local policies and procedures on such subjects and clinical management and human resources.

The successful applicant will have the ability to use their initiative, deputise in the absence of the band 7 and be an effective team worker. They will have strong clinical knowledge and skills in orthopaedics.
There is an expectation to participate in the weekend service, support and supervise physiotherapists, students and therapy assistants, and work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to provide high quality care & improved outcomes for patients., To demonstrate physical ability to carry out assessments and interventions, including moving and handling techniques. This involves frequent light to moderate physical effort.
Communications and Engagement
To be able to communicate highly complex information sensitively to patients in order to gain their cooperation for treatment and valid consent.
To communicate effectively with all disciplines involved in a patient's care, both those from within the organisation and those outside to ensure efficient multidisciplinary working
To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patient in order to progress treatment programmes. This may include patients who will have difficulties in understanding or communicating
To be able to manage frequently highly stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner.
To maintain accurate records in line with professional body (CSP), Trust and service standards and policies. To ensure that records of directly managed staff also comply with these standards

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
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