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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of acute clinical services for a catchment area of up over 1 million people. Our vision is “to provide every patient with the care we want for those we love the most”, reflecting the utmost importance that we attach to the quality of care and experience that each and every one of our patients receives.
We provide specialist services in radiotherapy, neonatalogy, paediatrics, orthopaedics, plastic surgery, ophthalmology, rheumatology, medicine and surgery. Every year our 7,000 staff treat people from Norfolk, neighbouring counties and further afield. Our patients are referred to us by around 100 local GP surgeries and other acute hospitals and primary care Trusts around the country. We are involved in the teaching and training of a wide range of health professionals, in partnership with the University of East Anglia and other local education providers.
Clinical Physiotherapy Specialist - advanced practitioner
Accepting applications until: 29-Jul-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 29-Jul-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
- Cyfeiriad
- Colney Lane
- Tref
- Norwich
- Cod post
- NR4 7UY
- Major / Minor Region
- Norfolk
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
Salary
- Cyflog
- £43,742 - £57,349 per annum, pro rata
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS AfC: Band 8a)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Physiotherapy
- Dyddiad y cyfweliad
- 06/08/2024
At NNUH it is our privilege to provide healthcare to over one million people across Norfolk and surrounding areas. Our vision is to ‘provide the best care for every patient’, and if this inspires you and you share our values, we really want you to join our team.
NNUH is currently the busiest Trauma Unit in the East of England caring for almost 850 trauma patients annually many with complex care needs. We are enhancing our urgent and emergency care specialist services for patients with significant injuries as a result of trauma and have an ambition to become a Major Trauma Centre.
Our values support our vision and guide the behaviour of everything we do, these are:
People-focused
We look after the needs of our patients, carers and colleagues, to provide a safe and caring experience for all.
Respect
We act with care, compassion and kindness and value others’ diverse needs.
Integrity
We take an honest, open and ethical approach to everything we do.
Dedication
We work as one team and support each other to maintain the highest professional standards.
Excellence
We continuously learn and improve to achieve the best outcomes for our patients and our hospital.
Wish you were here? So do we.
We want all our staff to achieve a balance between work and personal life and understand how important flexible working can be. We welcome applications on a full or part time basis, various shift patterns and hybrid working, where roles allow.
At the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), we know the benefits diversity can bring to our organisation such as creativity, innovation and compassion. All of which have a direct impact towards our staff and patient experience. We are committed to being a Hospital for All – being equitable and inclusive, and a place where all feel a sense of belonging. We therefore particularly encourage and welcome applications from candidates who are underrepresented in NNUH’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, people with diverse abilities and people within the LGBT+ community.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
We are seeking a senior physiotherapist with extensive and highly specialist knowledge and skills to join our musculoskeletal outpatient team to take a lead role in managing our therapy led trauma pathways.
This new post has been developed with the support of both the Physiotherapy and Trauma and Orthopaedic services, in order to enhance therapy led trauma pathway delivery in the acute Trust.
You will lead on development, performance and governance of these pathways with support from the Orthopaedic Consultant clinical lead and Physiotherapy Service Lead.
As a member of our team it is expected that all staff participate in 7-day working and bank holiday provision as dictated by service needs. For this post, 7-day working may include delivery of care on the Orthopaedic wards or provision of outpatient clinics if running. There is no requirement for the post holder to participate in the physiotherapy respiratory on-call service.
Please note that candidates must be available to attend a face to face interview on-site if applying for this post.
This is post is primarily Bd8a but we will consider Band 7 to Band 8a progression. Criteria and time frame will be determined after interview, based on gaps identified.
Full time: 37.5 hours per week
Interview date: 6th August
Advert
Physiotherapy advanced practitioner working autonomously to triage, assess and manage a highly complex caseload of patients presenting with a broad spectrum of disorders and disabilities within the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust and outreaching to spoke units as required.
- To undertake an individual caseload of patients in this highly specialist role, relying on expert clinical judgement and using advanced analytical skills, to determine clinical diagnosis and treatment indicated. Patients will present with a range of highly complex conditions.
- To ensure a high standard of care for each patient working with all disciplines and agencies involved in an appropriate manner. This will involve sharing complex and highly sensitive information regarding diagnosis and outcomes and overcoming barriers to communication.
- To be responsible for highly specialised clinical teaching – to include both in service education of band 7 members of the physiotherapy team within NNUH, across the region, and to other medical, nursing and AHP’s.
- To actively participate in research, clinical evaluation, audit and quality improvements within the specialty
- To actively lead both practice and service development and design, within own specialist clinical field.
- To be actively involved in local and national professional networks relevant to clinical specialty and role
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
It is an exciting time to join our Physiotherapy service which is integral to the Trust commitment to become a designated major trauma centre and investment and transformation of elective care provision. Our patients rate us highly on quality of care and having friendly, approachable staff and we are looking for like-minded individuals to join us on this journey.
We recognize that our staff are our greatest asset and commit to investing in your clinical, research and leadership skills whilst working with us.
You will be:
- a key player in our physiotherapy workforce development and training, actively seeking out opportunities to share your knowledge and skills to enhance the standard of physiotherapy practice and provision.
- responsible for maintaining a high standard of clinical care and patient experience with support and oversight from the Orthopaedic Consultant clinical lead and Physiotherapy Service Lead.
- work within our busy fracture clinic in addition to running independent physiotherapy clinics for agreed Orthopaedic pathways in the acute Trust (e.g. Patellar instability, and other soft tissue trauma pathways) alongside consultant clinics. Your caseload will be exclusive to adult peripheral trauma pathways.
- Take an active role in planning and the provision of local and regional services and pathways in collaboration with the Service and Operational Leads and Heads of Physiotherapy Services at the NNUHT, other acute/community locations (e.g QEHKL, JPH), and local Providers/commissioners.
To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH’s ‘PRIDE’ values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture.
We offer unique opportunities to work in diverse and highly specialist clinical areas within regional speciality MDTs, and to engage with national audits and quality improvement projects within a supportive environment.
We are proud to have strong links with the University of East Anglia, to develop our research capabilities and associate tutor opportunities for senior staff.
We will provide supervision and appraisal, and our expectation is that a reflective and pro-active approach to lifelong learning is taken utilising critical self review, peer review and service user feedback.
Please view the attached job description for full details of the role, and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.
The Job Description, which includes a Person Specification, provides a full outline of responsibilities and requirements for this role. Please use your supporting statement to demonstrate how you meet the person specification.
Travelling to work
Staff parking is available onsite; however, this is limited during core working hours. We have more capacity in the evening and at weekends and can usually provide spaces during those hours.
We look to allocate these spaces fairly. Our Travel Office have a set of criteria that staff must meet in order to qualify. If you qualify for a space, you may be placed on a waiting list if we are at full capacity.
The NNUH is served by a number of public buses, and we offer generously discounted monthly passes with First Bus & Konect.
The Costessey Park and Ride runs regularly each day from 06:30 (from P&R) to 20:45 (from NNUH) and this service is free for NHS staff. There is a regular Thickthorn P&R service as well which is free. Applications to the Travel Office are required for this service. We also have a discounted service from the airport P&R if you purchase a bundle. Please see Konect website for further details.
The NNUH host multiple bicycle racks and a salary sacrifice scheme. We also benefit from a Beryl station onsite.
If you work at another Trust site, please discuss travel and parking arrangements at interview.
DBS
If this post involves working with children or adults the application form will ask for information regarding previous convictions as you will be required to undertake a Criminal Record and Barring Check known as a DBS check.
If you are a new employee or registering with the Staff Bank you will need to meet the cost of this unless your salary is less than point 9 of Afc
NHS Service
Should you be appointed to the post we will need to establish any previous NHS service via the ESR IAT and we will accept the submission of your application as your agreement to this.
UK Registration
You will need to have current UK professional registration where this is a requirement of the role.
Application
Following candidate feedback and to reduce our dependency on paper, all our communication with you regarding your application will be by email so could you please check your e-mails (and Spam) regularly.
We value equality in our team and recruit from all sections of the community. We recognise there is a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and if you meet the minimum criteria detailed in the person specification and have a disability, you may wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme by indicating this in the relevant section on your application.
We look forward to receiving your application and if you do not hear within the next four weeks this will usually mean that you have not been short-listed. However, if you wish to confirm this please contact the person indicated on the advert.
Flexibility
Whilst every effort will be made to recruit to the post as it is advertised, there may be occasions where we consider alternative working patterns, such as part time working, or contract types, such as secondments, depending on circumstances. Should you wish to work in a different working pattern to that stated in our advertisement, please indicate this in the supporting statement to your application.
Useful Information
Make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter for regular updates about the exciting career opportunities available at NNUH - @NNUHjobs
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Website
Video - Working at NNUH as a Registered Nurse
Video - Working at NNUH as a Health Care Assistant
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Diploma / degree in Physiotherapy
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience supplemented by specialist training & competency sign off by Consultant in field and other specialist qualifications relevant to the post, including MSC (level 7) modules / qualification.
- Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council (UK)
Meini prawf dymunol
- Membership of Clinical Interest Groups (CIG’s)
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Extensive clinical experience in relevant specialist field at senior level
- Involvement in service improvement, audit, research and understanding quality issues
- Student, Physiotherapy Assistant or Physiotherapist direct supervision
- Evidence of leadership and participation in the clinical education of all levels of staff within multi professional team
Attitude & Aptitude
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH’s PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Able to work as an autonomous practitioner
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Sarah Hazeldon
- Teitl y swydd
- Physiotherapy Service Lead
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 01603 286286
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Ext. 2997
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