Band 7 Senior Physiotherapist Team Leader - Oncology/Haematology

The closing date is 30th Mar 2023

Job summary

If you have experience of treating patients with a cancer diagnosis or long term condition and wish to develop your leadership skills in a small team, this may be the job for you.

The successful individual will take a lead role in the management of complex patients requiring a wide range of skills including respiratory (acute conditions and breathlessness), neurology, mobility and rehabilitation. You may bring transferrable skills learnt from other clinical areas.

There is a strong commitment to multi professional service delivery in conjunction with the MDT. This is an exciting time to join the team as we start to implement and plan a range of service development projects, business cases; including prehabilitation for this patient group and team expansion to support this.

You will be expected to jointly lead a team of physiotherapy staff, offering supervision and appraisals. You will work collaboratively with the specialist multi-disciplinary team on the in-patient wards and work alongside specialist rehabilitation teams.

This Band 7, Senior Physiotherapist (Team Lead) post is predominantly oncology in-patient focused including the Teenager and Young Adults (TYA) Service. As part of your role you will also support & cross cover the Haematology caseload.

You will have access to regular clinical supervision and a range of training opportunities with a training budget to support this. A keen interest in evidence based practice and leadership is essential.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The post holder will be responsible for co-ordinating and developing the clinical service in their speciality and provide clinical leadership in partnership with other team leads and wider MDT.

The successful applicant will take a lead role in the assessment and treatment of complex patients and be proactive in developing clinical practice within this specialty area.

You will be required to work collaboratively to manage a complex caseload, taking the lead role in assessment and treatment of a wide range of conditions within this specialist area. This requires a multi-skilled approach, demonstrating transferrable skills relevant to the clinical area and supporting junior staff as required.

You will be supported to work closely with the specialist MDT and patients on the Teenage and Young Adults (TYA) service. This involves in-patient and out-patient work, requiring adaptable communication skills. There is access to relevant study days as well as teaching opportunities within this clinical cohort, to further develop your skills.

We would expect applicants to have excellent communication skills, a flexible approach and the ability to work autonomously. Excellent organisational and time management skills are essential. Strong and compassionate leadership is essential. You will have essential prioritisation skills and demonstrate holistic client centred practice.

For further information, please contact janet.hallam@uhb.nhs.uk

About us

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Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

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Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Appropriate Physiotherapy or professional qualification e.g. MCSP/ BSc or MSc.

*Registration with Health Care Professions Council

*CSP or equivalent professional registration

*Evidence of commitment to advanced clinical and non-clinical continued professional development within own speciality, e.g. post registration training, management / Leadership competencies and evidence of a detailed personal development portfolio

*Relevant, accredited, postgraduate education/courses in relevant areas of physiotherapy

Desirable

*Post registration MSc

*Attended student educator course

Experience

Essential

*Significant post registration experience of which considerable experience has been in an inpatient specialty in an acute NHS organisation. To include experience of treating complex patients/long term conditions/patients with cancer diagnosis.

*Experience of staff management including supervision and of development and performance management of staff.

*Significant experience in education and clinical training of others.

*Some experience of clinical/service evaluation

*Proficient knowledge and skill in the specialist assessment and treatment of a wide range of complex acute and chronic clinical presentations relating to Oncology patients

*Excellent knowledge of anatomy and physiology.

*Awareness of current evidence in physiotherapy and application to clinical practice, using advanced clinical reasoning skills.

*Good understanding of IT systems and its application to clinical practice

Desirable

*Good knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management

*Understands the legal responsibilities of the profession

*Good understanding of principles of data and statistics and experience of their use in evaluation of service delivery

*Knowledge and understanding of the research process.

*Teaching experience to uni and multi-professional groups with evidence of ability to deliver high quality presentations

Additional Criteria

Essential

*Ability to work autonomously within specialist clinical area & undertake clinical analysis and reasoning skills in the assessment and treatment of oncology/haematology patients and apply broad standards & guidelines to own practice.

*Well-developed specialist therapeutic handling skill relevant to this specialty.

*Leadership and influential skills, able to lead and command confidence in senior therapists, consultants, senior nurses and managers within and related to Oncology patients .

*Able to demonstrate the ability to select and apply a wide range treatment options for a range of clinical presentations.

*Good verbal & written skills; able to communicate complex clinical information in a clear and logical manner to patients, colleagues and other healthcare professional concerning a wide range of clinical situations.

*Proven organisational skills including prioritisation and delegation

*On-call skills (if appropriate to this post) and able to provide advice and patient assessment as a lone physiotherapist in an on-call situation

*Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the differing needs of patients.

*Strong sense of professional integrity, and compliance with Trust vision and values.

*Ability to be self-motivated and to motivate team.

*Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

*Reliable, good attendance record.

*Physically fit and resilient, able to meet the physical and emotional demands of the post.

*Able and willing to work flexibly in order to meet service priorities.

*Excellent time management and organisational skills and able to meet deadlines and targets.

*Excellent problem solving skills

Desirable

*Able to demonstrate advanced physical skills especially in precision, dexterity and hand-eye/sensory co-ordination in order to undertake e.g. palpation and mobilisation at an advanced level.

*Ability to constructively challenge current practice and identify opportunity to develop, implement and facilitate change in practice by others.

*Good teaching, supervisory and appraisal skills

*Able to interpret and analyse a range of policy, clinical guidelines and data and their relevance for practice.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Janet Hallam 

Janet.hallam@uhb.nhs.uk 

01213713414 

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change 

Band

Band 7 

Salary

£41659.00  to £47672.00 Yearly 

Contract

Permanent 

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working 

Reference number

304-1061236DO 

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital 
Mindelsohn Way 
Birmingham 
West Midlands 
B15 2TH 

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