Senior Orthopaedic Therapy Instructor

We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive person to join our Elective Pathway Team at Northampton General Hospital working 22.5 hours a week. This post involves working alongside Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses and Assistant Practitioners. We provide a seven-day service across the trust. You will need to be a car driver with access to your own vehicle and business insurance.

Fuel expenses are covered by the trust.

This post provides a great opportunity to demonstrate your orthopaedic knowledge working with a dynamic elective orthopaedic team as a senior therapy instructor. This role can provide the understanding of how the elective pathway operates starting from pre operation to post operation. The Elective Pathway Team provides a service working with patients in a ward environment and in the community. We also have a partnership with working with the Trauma team by facilitating early discharges and supporting the caseload on the wards.

• Demonstrate an awareness and understanding relevant to orthopaedic conditions and their impact on function and rehabilitation.
• To have a holistic understanding of the patient and their condition, as well as the impact of psychosocial dynamics on their function.
• To enable patients to co-operate in their rehabilitation programme using encouragement, reassurance, tact and sensitivity; overcome barriers to understanding with patients whose understanding is impaired.
• To identify and implement correct treatment plans within known patient care pathways under the indirect supervision of a qualified therapist.
• To assess and formulate treatment and discharge plans for patients as guided by the agreed treatment framework.
• To identify patients that do not fall within care pathway / agreed framework and who need referral to qualified staff.
• Using protocols and set processes to assess patients’ mobility and functional abilities and assess for and issue appropriate low-level equipment.
• To constantly assess patient’s stamina / understanding during treatment sessions and modify treatment as appropriate.
• To work in a flexible and responsive way when under pressure.
• To provide and receive complex patient care information with the multi-professional team, patients and carers in board rounds, ward rounds, family meetings and discharge planning meetings and use this information to modify patient care.

We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Joshua Kitchen

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Elective Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Lead Email address:  Telephone number: