Job description

Job responsibilities

This is an ideal opportunity for a team-player with leadership qualities and experience, who already has some post graduate experience in the musculoskeletal Upper Limb field with excellent clinical reasoning skills, who wishes to develop their learning, and experience a year treating a complex cohort in a specialist, tertiary setting.

Please see job description for further details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma/degree in physiotherapy
• Registered with Health and care Professions Council
• Evidence of CPD maintained portfolio including attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to this post/specialist area
• Attended courses related to staff supervision/development and leadership

Desirable

• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Successful completion of recognised post-registration clinical course in specialist field MSc modules MACP
• Leadership Course

Experience

Essential

• Extensive post graduate experience within the healthcare environment
• A broad range of clinical experience including orthopaedics/MSK, rehabilitation encompassing the core areas of expertise of exercise therapy, movement re-education, manual therapy and pain management.
• Experience at minimum of band 6 level, working in specialist area for a minimum of 18 months
• Attained a high level of clinical competence in your specialist area
• Experience of student or physiotherapy technical instructor /exercise therapist supervision
• Experience of leading clinical audit in specialist area and demonstrates a sound understanding quality issues
• Experience of teaching junior staff and undergraduates
• Participated in Appraisal
• Up to date knowledge of professional practice and new research
• Understands legal responsibilities of profession
• Demonstrates a sound understanding of clinical governance and its implications for physiotherapy

Desirable

• Experience in NHS
• Experience working with patients with complex needs
• Experience in leading group exercise or educational sessions
• Undertaken research / evaluation of practice / work based projects and initiated change
• Experience as appraiser
• Involvement in national clinical interest group
• Member of specialist interest group relevant to field
• MSc in related health care field

Skills

Essential

• Up to date knowledge of professional practice and new research
• Understands legal responsibilities of profession
• Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear, concise and logical manner
• Competent IT and presentation skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise a complex and busy caseload
• Ability to communicate with patients with complex presentations/histories or impaired communication abilities. Able to demonstrate empathy, motivate and persuade patients with impaired cognitive abilities or physical senses.
• Demonstrates clinical reasoning, applying theory and evidence to practice
• Demonstrates a sound understanding of clinical governance and its implications for physiotherapy
• Ability to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day, often multi-tasking
• Ability to work in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients and carers

Others

Essential

• Demonstrate a good reasoned account of why you are suitable to work in this specialist field

Desirable

• Undertaken research / evaluation of practice / work based projects and initiated change

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

Brockley Hill

Stanmore

HA7 4LP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

In the absence of the Junior Sister/Charge Nurse to be responsible for the day-to-day management of the ward.

To ensure the compliance of mandatory training and appraisal requirements for delegated Nursing Assistants.

The post holder will be expected to demonstrate digital competence and actively contribute to the Trust's digital strategy. This includes promoting the effective use of Epic EHR, ensuring high quality electronic documentation, maintaining information governance standards, and supporting colleagues in developing digital capability.

Supervise junior staff, or unqualified staff, in all aspects of care. Ensure that staff has the knowledge, skills and resources to carry out care delegated to them.

To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to promote good communication and a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.

To participate in the audit of the principles of the Essence of Care benchmarking process, and implement the action plan as required.

Person Specification

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential

• First Level Registration
• Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development

Desirable

• Post qualification in relevant speciality
• Recognized teaching and assessing qualification or working towards

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Awareness of current professional nursing issues
• NHS experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
• Current evidence based practice
• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care

Desirable

• IT Certificate
• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Awareness of the structure and organisation of the NHS Proposed career pathway

Skills

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate and explain skills to other staff
• Able to manage difficult situations and resolve problems effectively.
• Demonstrate basic good problem solving and critical thinking skills, be able to fully understand/identify problems arising from incidents, complaints and come up with appropriate safe solutions and be able to escalate accordingly.
• Demonstrate a commitment to own self-development
• Sound clinical skills and able to learn new skills.

Desirable

• 6 months to 1 year general nursing experience
• experience Experience as a student nurse within orthopaedic setting
• Working with QI Managing change

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Brockley Hill

Stanmore

HA7 4LP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

This role will primarily be focussed on supporting the Clinical Team within Prosthetics and Orthotics.

Duties will include: printing and sending of correspondence, chasing results, cashing up clinics, managing the shared department inbox, fully utilising clinics, recording and validating activity on PAS systems, and liaising with internal stakeholders. Good understanding of the 18 weeks referral to treatment (RTT) standard and waiting list management experience is desirable.

Please see attached job description for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Communication & Relationship Skills

Essential

• Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with a wide range of patients, in situations where there may be barriers to understanding (e.g. language difficulties, anxious or distressed patients or relatives).
• Able to work as part of a team, or autonomously in line with standard operating procedures.
• Able to induct new staff into the department, demonstrating tasks to colleagues.

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent, with Grade C or above in English and Maths.
• Knowledge of administrative procedures, acquired through training and previous experience of working in an administrative environment.
• Awareness of the requirement to maintain confidentiality, and knowledge of the Data Protection Act.
• Experience of working in a nonroutine environment, with demonstrable evidence of problem solving and resolving issues as they arise (acquired through experience and/or training to Vocational level 3 or equivalent).
• Experience of working in a customer facing environment, with knowledge of a comprehensive range of administrative procedures.

Desirable

• NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration, Customer Service, Healthcare Support Services or equivalent qualification.
• Previous NHS experience, or experience of working in a healthcare setting.

Analytical & Judgment Skills

Essential

• Ability to make decisions in a constantly changing environment using judgement to deal with queries or escalate where necessary.
• Able to deal with sensitive information with tact, diplomacy and understanding.

Planning & Organisational Skills

Essential

• Able to work independently, managing own workload and prioritising tasks.

IT skills

Essential

• Advanced keyboard skills, and competent in the use of Microsoft Applications (Word, Excel and Outlook)

Desirable

• Experience of using a patient record system
• Knowledge of the Epic patient electronic health record system

Responsibility for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• Demonstrable commitment to anti-discriminatory and inclusive behaviours and practices

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Stanmore

Brockley Hill

Stanmore

HA7 4LP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)