Pelvic Health and Musculoskeletal Specialist Physiotherapist

Pelvic Health and Musculoskeletal Specialist Physiotherapist

Are you seeking to specialise in Pelvic Health and MSK? Would you like excellent mentorship and training? If yes, then join our team!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pelvic Health and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist to join our Outpatient Musculoskeletal Team on a fixed term basis for approximately 12 months covering maternity leave. This will be based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, working for Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, a large London acute NHS trust with excellent transport links to central London.

PLEASE NOTE:
We may not be able to offer sponsorship for this post

We are a dynamic and forward-thinking department accepting patients from a wide range of sources including Consultants and GPs. You will be part of both the outpatient physiotherapy team, as well as the bladder, bowel and pelvic health service which is a fully integrated cross-site working team. The pelvic health service includes obstetrics, urogynae, urology, pelvic pain, sexual dysfunction, OASI care and much more.

We offer fantastic support and development opportunities with regular supervision and excellent in-service training.

Successful candidates will have a commitment to work on a weekend rota covering Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

JOB
PURPOSE

1 To provide physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients in the Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust.

JOB SUMMARY

1 To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

2 To perform advanced physio therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions; to provide a provisional diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.

3 To take responsibility for own caseload, being responsible for a defined area of the service, with the support of a Band 7/8 physiotherapist.

4 With the team, to participate in evidence-based audit / research activity to further the team's clinical practice within each rotation. To make recommendations to the lead Band 7/8 for any changes to practice by the team.

5 To supervise band 5 physiotherapists physiotherapy assistants and physiotherapy students in the clinical setting.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• CLINICAL

1.1 To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care.

1.2 To undertake a comprehensive and holistic assessment of patients including those with complex presentations / multi-pathologies.

1.3 To use manual and other assessment techniques and clinical reasoning skills to provide an accurate diagnosis of patients' conditions and identify their problems.

1.4 To assess patients' understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.

1.5 To use clinical assessment and reasoning skills combined with a specialist knowledge and clinical experience of pathophysiology, evidence-based practice and treatment strategies to provide an effective treatment plan and goals in collaboration with the patient.

1.6 To evaluate patients' progress, re-assess and alter treatment programmes as required.

1.7 To formulate accurate prognoses and liaise with the multi-disciplinary team regarding discharge planning, where necessary, to ensure safe, timely and effective discharge from hospital, or following an outpatient episode of care.

1.8 To be responsible for the safe and competent use of gym, electrotherapy, and manual handling equipment, as well as the use of other aids and appliances by patients in your working area, ensuring that any Band 5 Physiotherapists and Assistants attain competency prior to use.

1.9 To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication skills to communicate effectively with patients during assessment and treatment. To communicate appropriately at all times with all individuals in a respectful manner.

1.10 To use active listening and optimum communication skills to discuss patients…