Hillingdon and Mount Vernon Hospital Sites
Physiotherapist – MSK Rotational (MSK, Elective Orthopaedics and Hand Therapy) 37.5 hours per week – Monday to Friday Permanent Contract
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Physiotherapist to join our friendly team at Hillingdon Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital. The post-holder could be based at either Hillingdon or Mount Vernon hospital but may be required to rotate across sites. At Hillingdon Hospital, there is an MSK outpatients rotation and at Mount Vernon Hospital (situated in Northwood), there are options to rotate into the elective orthopaedic and hand therapy rotations as well as spinal and peripheral rotations in MSK outpatients. On both sites, you will join the orthopaedic weekend rota (trauma at Hillingdon and elective at Mount Vernon) for which competency training is provided.
You should have a good base of experience particularly in outpatients and orthopaedics with a good background knowledge of musculoskeletal and orthopaedic conditions. We are looking for an applicant with excellent clinical skills, compassion, and enthusiasm to help in service developments, projects, and audit. You will need to be adaptable and organised and enjoy playing a major role in supervising junior staff, assistant and technical instructor staff, and undergraduate students on clinical placement.
The Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust is committed to evidence-based practice and research is actively encouraged. Development of clinical skills is supported through a programme of regular in-service training, supervision, CPD, and appraisal. Please read our candidate pack for more information about the hospital, Trust, and the role on offer. This post requires a degree in Physiotherapy, or equivalent, and HCPC registration.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own clinical practice, including the management of patients. To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies; use advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis. To formulate and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on specialist knowledge, evidence-based practice and a variety of treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of treatment skills including a broad range of manual physiotherapy techniques, patient education, exercise classes, electrotherapy techniques and other alternative options. To take delegated responsibility from the more senior physiotherapists for managing patients with particular conditions and be responsible for providing specialist physiotherapy assessment and treatment plans for patients with these conditions within each rotation. To formulate soundly reasoned prognoses and recommend the best course of intervention, developing negotiated goals leading to comprehensive discharge plans.
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Physiotherapist – MSK Rotational (MSK, Elective Orthopaedics and Hand Therapy) 37.5 hours per week – Monday to Friday Permanent Contract
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Physiotherapist to join our friendly team at Hillingdon Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital. The post-holder could be based at either Hillingdon or Mount Vernon hospital but may be required to rotate across sites. At Hillingdon Hospital, there is an MSK outpatients rotation and at Mount Vernon Hospital (situated in Northwood), there are options to rotate into the elective orthopaedic and hand therapy rotations as well as spinal and peripheral rotations in MSK outpatients. On both sites, you will join the orthopaedic weekend rota (trauma at Hillingdon and elective at Mount Vernon) for which competency training is provided.
You should have a good base of experience particularly in outpatients and orthopaedics with a good background knowledge of musculoskeletal and orthopaedic conditions. We are looking for an applicant with excellent clinical skills, compassion, and enthusiasm to help in service developments, projects, and audit. You will need to be adaptable and organised and enjoy playing a major role in supervising junior staff, assistant and technical instructor staff, and undergraduate students on clinical placement.
The Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust is committed to evidence-based practice and research is actively encouraged. Development of clinical skills is supported through a programme of regular in-service training, supervision, CPD, and appraisal. Please read our candidate pack for more information about the hospital, Trust, and the role on offer. This post requires a degree in Physiotherapy, or equivalent, and HCPC registration.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own clinical practice, including the management of patients. To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies; use advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis. To formulate and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on specialist knowledge, evidence-based practice and a variety of treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of treatment skills including a broad range of manual physiotherapy techniques, patient education, exercise classes, electrotherapy techniques and other alternative options. To take delegated responsibility from the more senior physiotherapists for managing patients with particular conditions and be responsible for providing specialist physiotherapy assessment and treatment plans for patients with these conditions within each rotation. To formulate soundly reasoned prognoses and recommend the best course of intervention, developing negotiated goals leading to comprehensive discharge plans.
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