Job summary
We are looking for a part time (30 hours per week) dynamic and highly skilled clinician experienced in all aspects of inpatient rehabilitation and neurological physiotherapy outpatient rehabilitation settings.
A forward-thinking clinician with the skills to combine highly specialist clinical practice with innovation you will be committed to following best practice and the promotion of high-quality physiotherapy services. The successful post holder needs to be flexible, motivated, and committed to put the patient's strengths, voice, choice and control at the centre of any interventions.
As the clinical specialist for the community wards you will have demonstrable leadership qualities, excellent communication and time management skills with proven abilities to build networks across sites and disciplines.
Through your knowledge of emerging clinical advances within the speciality, you will be expected to advise the Operational Manager and Senior Management team to inform future service development.
Main duties of the job
The post is based in Chepstow Community Hospital. You will be split between the inpatient rehabilitation ward, Cas Gwent, and the Neuro physiotherapy outpatient department based at the hospital. The post holder must demonstrate excellent time management and flexible approaches to meet the needs of both services.
You may support other sites within ABUHB if the service needs require.
The post holder will also have some team lead duties as the static team is quite small. They will work closely with band 7's across the neighbourhood and ABUHB wide.
The successful candidate will be expected to provide training, education, supervision and appraisal for staff and students, locally and across the service.
As part of the role, you will contribute to the development of professional practice and the transformation and evaluation of service delivery and support research and innovation agenda.
About us
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board strives to be a diverse and inclusive workplace where we can ALL be ourselves. We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, those who have a disability or impairment or are from the LGBTQ+ community and those who are underrepresented within the Health Board.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board strives to be a diverse and inclusive workplace where we can ALL be ourselves. We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, those who have a disability or impairment or are from the LGBTQ+ community and those who are underrepresented within the Health Board.
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- Clear reason for applying for this post
- demonstrates adaptability and flexibility work role
- Ability to move between sites as required by the job role
Desirable
- Ability to speak Welsh
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced clinical reasoning and management of complex cases
- Identify adverse clinical signs
- Reflective practice
- Communication skills
- Leadership experience
- Working effectively in a team
- Initiative/ time management
- Design and lead a training programme
- Understanding of clinical governance
- NHS challenges related to service delivery
- National and local clinical guidelines
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Managed personnel issues
- IT literate
- Research and impact on clinical practice
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-graduate experience relevant to specialty as band 6
- Significant experience managing a complex caseload working within relevant specialty
- People management skills
- Experience in undertaking and participating clinical audit
- Experience in developing and implementing clinical guidelines
- Experience in staff development including teaching and training
- Experience in supervising staff
- Experience in presenting to a range of audiences
- Experienced in taking students
Desirable
- Experience in leading a team
- contribution to change management and innovation in clinical practice
- Understand research principles/ published work
- work closely with MDT
- Represent the profession in public/professional arena
- integrating service user in service development
- Worked as a HCPC registered physiotherapist
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Diploma/ Degree in physiotherapy
- HCPC registration.
- Appropriate range of post graduate clinical education
- Accredited post graduate specialist courses/ training relevant to role
- Completion of clinical educators course
Desirable
- MCSP
- working towards post-graduate qualification up to post grad diploma level in relevant area
- Relevant leadership courses/ qualifications
- Active participant in relevant interest group
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- Clear reason for applying for this post
- demonstrates adaptability and flexibility work role
- Ability to move between sites as required by the job role
Desirable
- Ability to speak Welsh
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced clinical reasoning and management of complex cases
- Identify adverse clinical signs
- Reflective practice
- Communication skills
- Leadership experience
- Working effectively in a team
- Initiative/ time management
- Design and lead a training programme
- Understanding of clinical governance
- NHS challenges related to service delivery
- National and local clinical guidelines
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Managed personnel issues
- IT literate
- Research and impact on clinical practice
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-graduate experience relevant to specialty as band 6
- Significant experience managing a complex caseload working within relevant specialty
- People management skills
- Experience in undertaking and participating clinical audit
- Experience in developing and implementing clinical guidelines
- Experience in staff development including teaching and training
- Experience in supervising staff
- Experience in presenting to a range of audiences
- Experienced in taking students
Desirable
- Experience in leading a team
- contribution to change management and innovation in clinical practice
- Understand research principles/ published work
- work closely with MDT
- Represent the profession in public/professional arena
- integrating service user in service development
- Worked as a HCPC registered physiotherapist
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Diploma/ Degree in physiotherapy
- HCPC registration.
- Appropriate range of post graduate clinical education
- Accredited post graduate specialist courses/ training relevant to role
- Completion of clinical educators course
Desirable
- MCSP
- working towards post-graduate qualification up to post grad diploma level in relevant area
- Relevant leadership courses/ qualifications
- Active participant in relevant interest group
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 .
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. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
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 .
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. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Address
Chepstow Community Hospital
Tempest Way
Chepstow
NP16 5YX
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