Senior Physiotherapist - Medical Education

Role Overview

Join our successful orthopaedic and musculoskeletal medical education team at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in a split orthopaedic education and musculoskeletal physiotherapy role. Working in partnership with the University of Birmingham and Aston University Medical Schools you will assist in the educational (Teaching) delivery of 2‑week musculoskeletal placements for 3rd, 4th and 5th year medical students. The post holder will assist operationally on all aspects of undergraduate medical teaching at the Trust, ensuring the educational standards are met and that student satisfaction is optimised.

You will also have opportunities to assist during postgraduate teaching on the orthopaedic general practitioner (GP) and orthopaedic surgical trainee training programmes run by the hospital.

This is a unique opportunity which will allow you to develop core knowledge, experience and skills in orthopaedic and musculoskeletal medicine. It will help the successful candidate to improve their existing knowledge base in musculoskeletal and orthopaedic practice. The role will function as a springboard for future development for higher clinical bandings and/or academic employment by exposure to the four pillars of advanced practice.

It is essential that the post holder can exercise initiative within the role.

The post holder will also work in our state‑of‑the‑art musculoskeletal outpatient physiotherapy centre (College Green) delivering clinically effective and evidence‑based programmes for patients. There will be opportunities to develop skills in clinical audit, service evaluation, service improvement projects and to participate in academic writing for publication.

The role is for 37.5 hours per week and is expected to be split between clinical and education.

• Deliver all aspects of undergraduate medical education (1:1, small group, lecture based, practical sessions, simulated teaching) in the field of MSK and orthopaedics.
• Assist in the evaluation of teaching methods for students and implement changes in teaching practice with the Teaching Fellow.
• Support students in research, audit and elective placement projects.
• Provide consolidation and revision sessions for students prior to exams.
• Assist the Medical Education Co‑ordinator in producing timetables for students and reviewing student feedback.
• Implement changes to timetables in liaison with the undergraduate teaching team using student feedback and HEI guidance.
• Participate in and contribute to the undergraduate steering committee and meetings with HEI’s as necessary.
• Participate and develop clinical and educational audits and/or service evaluations and quality improvement projects to improve and monitor service provision.
• Assist with the coordination of the monitoring, training and development of trust‑employed educators.
• Assist the Clinical Teaching Fellow to raise the profile of education within the Trust and with external agencies.
• Facilitate evidence‑based education and critical appraisal skills including peer review.
• Identify key educational articles/guidelines for the trust and improve awareness and availability.

• Be professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of your own work, including the management of a caseload of patients without direct supervision. This may include…