Senior Physiotherapist- Specialist Medicine

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care.
• To undertake a comprehensive assessment and re-assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentation.
• To communicate effectively, using a range of verbal and non-verbal skills, with patients and carers/family to motivate, engage to participate in therapy and to ensure an understanding of their condition.
• To deal sensitively and constructively with patients and carers/family, who have high levels of anxiety frustration or aggression caused by a variety of issues, such as pain, poor prognosis or limited mobility.
• To plan and prioritise own caseload independently on a day-to-day basis to ensure patients are appropriately seen, in conjunction with the priorities of the team and to give assistance to other team members as required.
• To undertake the measurement and evaluation of your own work and current practice through the use of projects, audit or outcome measures, whether individually or with the support of senior staff.
• To critically appraise published research and use results to inform practice.
• To assist in the induction, daily supervision and delegation of tasks to band 5 physiotherapists, therapy support workers, students and administrative staff, as required.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

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Essential: - Degree (or equivalent) in Physiotherapy.; - State registration with the Health Professions Council; - Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio.; - Able to demonstrate specialist learning from previous physiotherapy rotations, formal post-graduate level learning and informal CPD (both general and specific to clinical fields of speciality).; - Demonstrate learning of personal effectiveness and first line leadership from experience and from both formal and informal CPD activity.

Desirable: - Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy; - Membership of CSP special interest groups relevant to speciality

Essential: - Recent substantial and sustained experience in relevant physiotherapy specialities and clinical settings; - Experience of working as part of a physiotherapy and multidisciplinary team; - To have participated in service development projects.; - Experience of clinical education of staff, students or assistants.; - Experience of supervision of students/ physiotherapy assistants, with development of basic supervision skills; - Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital; - To have undertaken audit and/or research, either within area of physiotherapy speciality or as part of the MDT

Desirable: - Previous experience in the NHS as a qualified physiotherapist; - Previous senior physiotherapist experience in relevant post; - Involvement with Clinical Governance issues and an understanding of their relation to patient care; - Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital

Essential: - Able to make sound clinical decisions based on knowledge/ experience/circumstances and utilise advanced clinical reasoning skills.; - Competent IT skills.; - Be fluent in written and spoken English.

Desirable: - Evidence of CPD relevant to role and specialist area.; - Well-developed abilities for communication and consensus building skills, to speak to groups.