Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist - POPS Team

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job description

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Will be required to be on-call and may involve weekend working)

Job ref: 344-2978DCB

Employer: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Kent and Canterbury Hospital

Town: Canterbury

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 19/03/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Band 7

Job Overview

A rare opportunity has come up to become part of our POPS (Perioperative Care of Older People Undergoing Surgery) Team here at Kent and Canterbury Hospital. This is a relatively new team that is already nationally recognised for the excellent service they provide to patients.

The post involves delivering prehabilitation in a variety of formats to high risk patients who are due to undergo vascular, urology or orthopaedic elective surgeries. Work could be within outpatients (clinics, gym or hydrotherapy), on the wards or within the community, assessing a patient in their home environment, and will adjust according to patient need.

This would suit a Physiotherapist who has a broad range of experience and is adaptable & dynamic and enjoys a varied client group.

This clinical specialist position offers the exciting prospect of helping to lead the ongoing development of this service collaboratively with a well-established multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

This post holder will help lead, develop and evaluate the POPS Physiotherapy service at Kent and Canterbury Hospital working alongside colleagues within the vascular, surgical and orthopaedic teams.

• Provide therapeutic clinical expertise, high quality advice and support to the multi-disciplinary team.
• Clinical supervision, appraisal and teaching including taking students will be components of this role.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and collaborative working, along with other clinical specialists across the Health Economy, in order to provide a high quality, efficient service.
• In conjunction with the Clinical and Site Lead, ensure clinical governance targets are met, including the development of clinical standards and protocols, specialist evidence based practice, audit, research, clinical and non-clinical risk management.

Working for our organisation

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people.

Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference.

We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called We care. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working to fulfil our pledge as part of The Trust's People Strategy to help staff to achieve a healthy work/life balance. Please speak with your Recruiting Manager for further information and opportunities.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

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Person specification

Experience

• 5 years post graduate experience in relevant clinical area
• Proven record of providing high quality intervention
• Clinical educator experience
• Participation in clinical audit
• Evidence of clinical supervision
• Participation in service development/quality improvement initiatives

Desirable criteria

• Lead a Clinical audit

Skills

• Highly developed clinical skills in relevant area
• Excellent communication skills
• Teaching / facilitating training
• Up to date therapeutic moving & handling skills
• Effective and strong team player
• Proven effective leadership and managerial skills

Desirable criteria

• Excellent presentation skills

Knowledge

• Knowledge of up to date clinical / evidenced based practice within clinical specialty
• Evidence of using clinical outcome measures within specialty
• Aware of NHS initiatives and developments appropriate to this role

Qualifications

• Bsc Physiotherapy
• HCPC registration
• Relevant post-grad training

Desirable criteria

• Member of CSP
• Member of SIG
• Leadership training

Personal attributes

• Ability to motivate and organise self and others to ensure best practice
• Ability to work under pressure
• Flexible and adaptable
• Own transport or ability to travel to patients' homes

Ability to manage

• Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures
• Ability to organise own work
• Ability to cope with change and use initiative

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