Specialist Physiotherapist - Post Viral Fatigue Service

Do you enjoy working holistically to make a difference in peoples lives? Are you keen to use and develop your therapy skills in a complex and developing area? The newly established Post-viral Fatigue service could offer you the opportunity to do just that! This service has been redesigned from two existing multi-disciplinary teams to provide care and support to people with ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long Covid across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our patients often experience additional conditions, such as PoTS and persistent pain, so an understanding and experience of working with these symptoms would be valuable. We are keen to use therapies such as acupuncture, yoga and tai chi to enhance treatment where appropriate, and could support you to develop these skills., You will be working in a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a service to patients with ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Post Covid Syndrome (PCS) and associated symptoms, using a holistic integrative approach. Duties could typically include:

• Assessments: to undertake holistic assessments and reviews
• Interventions: to provide clinical treatments virtually and face-to-face, including management of activity and post-exertional malaise/ symptom exacerbation, breathing practices, strategies to improve sleep, goal setting, mindfulness and other individually tailored interventions for people living with post-viral conditions
• To identify, plan and organise the development and evaluation of Physiotherapy services
• within the service, holding responsibility for defined projects.
• Group work: to deliver and evaluate a group-based educational programme, and other relevant group activities for people with ME/CFS and PCS.
• Research & audit: to contribute to service development and evaluation, audit and research projects.
• To provide professional leadership and supervision to junior staff, students and participation partners within the service
• To offer advice and support to guide staff within the Trust working with clients with post-viral conditions
  
  At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
  
  We are recruiting a part-time Band 7 Physiotherapist to offer virtual and in-person clinics across multiple sites as required, with the possibility of working virtually from home some of the time. The post is 30 hours/week, to be worked within office hours. We offer flexibility, continual professional development and supervision, as well as a wide range of wellbeing resources and support. If you would like to discuss the role further, please get in touch with Marina Townend, Service Lead, at marina.townend@nhs.net, Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities. What we offer;
• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities