Senior Physiotherapist

Responsibilities

• Deliver a high standard of patient care that's safe, effective, caring, well-led and responsive to patients' needs.
• Manage an outpatient caseload treating a range of musculoskeletal conditions and post-operative cases.
• Appropriately identify patients who require onward referral to advanced level physiotherapists/ consultants or other healthcare consultants including the use of internal escalation pathways for patients presenting with serious pathology.
• Manage an inpatient orthopaedic caseload, working closely with our Physiotherapy Assistants and the rest of the ward MDT.
• Undertake treatment underpinned by extensive clinical knowledge and skills to deliver high quality patient outcomes.
• Maintain relevant clinical skills and provides on-going evidence of personal CPD and Professional registration.
• Support colleagues and less experienced members of staff including administration staff and physiotherapy assistant colleagues to enhance clinical outcomes and patient experience.
• Support our orthopaedic weekend on-call rota if required

• A BSc or equivalent in chosen field with outpatient MSK post graduate experience
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Excellent clinical reasoning skills and be able to prioritise and manage a varied workload in an effective and timely manner.
• Commitment towards the use of evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate excellent clinical skills in the chosen field.
• The ability to work collaboratively as a team player and share best practice
• Competent computer skills

As a Senior Physiotherapist at our Brentwood Hospital site, you'll have an active Health and Care Professions Council registration along with a CPD portfolio, reflecting on a wide range of physiotherapy experience with a focus on musculoskeletal physiotherapy and sports injuries. In addition to this, you will have excellent manual therapy skills and will be able to prioritise and manage a varied workload.

You re also good with computers and a confident communicator.

As a Senior Physiotherapist, you will work independently as an autonomous, experienced practitioner to deliver high quality physiotherapy care to patients.

• Benefits: cycle to work scheme, online GP, emotional wellbeing support and private healthcare.
• About the hospital:
  Nuffield Health Brentwood Hospital offers 42 beds, 4 theatres, Endoscopy Suite, 16 consulting rooms, MRI, CT, General Imaging, Pathology, Physiotherapy, onsite Pharmacy. Specialises in orthopaedics, general surgery, men s and women s health, children s services, and cosmetic surgery.
• Notes:
  Applications are considered as received; closing adverts early if high volume.