JOB DESCRIPTION

Physiotherapist

Title: Senior Physiotherapist

Clinical Speciality /
Band:
Musculo-skeletal / Band 7
Clinical Lead / Director - HTC Ltd
Accountable to:
HTC Ltd Assistant Manager &/or Senior Therapist On Site
Reports to:

Revised: December 2020 By: Company Director / Clinical Lead

Generic Person Specification

Essential Professional Qualifications:

• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (MCSP)

• Member of the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• BSc (hons) Physiotherapy (2:1 or above)

Desirable (Non-Essential) Profession Qualifications:

• PG Cert (or above) in relevant MSK field, working towards full MSc (Post Registration).
• Acupuncture Qualification(s).
• Injection therapy Qualifications(s).

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to work under pressure.

• Adaptable, and able to communicate effectively.
• Good team member with sound judgement and decision-making skills.
• A maintained commitment to personal, patient and team welfare.
• Engaging, professional and reflective approach to employment activities.

Brief Job Summary

Professional Physiotherapy role.

Responsible for the management of an independent clinical caseload. Responsible for ensuring
personal professional development continuation as per governing professional body guidelines.
Responsible for the administrative management of involved clinical caseload, medical records &
auditing requirements in line with standards of practice. Ensuring the provision of a comprehensive
and professional physiotherapy / rehabilitation services for all attending patients.

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Fulltime
Hours: 37.5 hours per week excluding meal breaks

Parttime
Hours: Per contractual agreement, excluding meal breaks

Overtime: May be required but will be agreed, authorised and requested in advance.

Holiday: Per government standard requirements and including bank holidays.

Conditions Applicable to Maintaining Employment Position

• CSP membership
• HCPC registration
• Regular IT User
• Equal Opportunities policy awareness
• Health & Safety policy awareness
• Local No Smoking Policy awareness
• Successful completion of Pre-employment Checks (DBS Enhanced Level)
• Hepatitis B Immune Status
• Behaviour policy awareness
• GdPR policy awareness
• Business data policy awareness

Job Purpose
To provide a high standard of physiotherapy service to patients including advanced and
specialised work with musculo-skeletal, orthopaedic & sports injury conditions.

Use clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to the physiotherapy team
and other centre staff, whilst maintaining a clinical caseload of patients.

To provide a positive caring environment, in which patients can expect a high quality, professional
service.

To participate in the department’s ongoing audit and appropriate work-related research/ evaluation
projects in areas relevant to the clinical field.

Professional and clinical support in the development and implementation of a CPD plan for all
physiotherapy and other centre staff.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical
• To perform skilled physiotherapeutic assessment of patients.
• To use clinical reasoning skills to provide an accurate clinical diagnosis.
• Referring to other medical and health care professionals.
• To assess, develop and implement physiotherapy treatment for specialist caseload, and to
provide advice in specialist field.

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 • To formulate, develop and deliver individualised treatment programmes based upon
evidence-based practice, manual assessment and appropriate clinical reasoning.
• To communicate effectively with patients to ensure informed consent for assessment and
treatment, providing the patient with good understanding of their conditions and maximise
their rehabilitation potential. Patients may have a barrier to communication e.g., English
as their second language.
• To keep abreast of evidenced based practice in the musculoskeletal and sports injury
training area by use of relevant reading, attendance at in service training, external courses
and database searches
• To ensure good working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor quality as
appropriate
• To have effective communication with all other centre personnel and with external medical
personnel from other agencies / units.
• To work as physiotherapist in musculo-skeletal clinics where assessment, treatment
recommendations, outcome evaluations and prognoses are developed under the lead of a
consultant physiotherapist.
• To support any appropriate research in developing the centres evidence-based practice.
• To manage and prioritise own clinical caseload efficiently and effectively.
• The provision of clinical reports to supply clinical prognoses and comprehensive discharge
planning for authorised external requesting entities and / other health professionals.

Professional
• To have professional and legal accountability to the Health & Care Professions Council
and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) ‘Standards of Practice, Health
Professions Council Standards of Proficiency, Conduct, Performance and Ethics’ and tort
law in all aspects of practice.
• Development and maintenance of your own personal, Service and Professional Standards
at the highest attainable levels through continuing professional development activities and
maintenance of a portfolio.
• To actively seek and initiate projects to enhance the status and standing of the centre.
• Use evidence-based practice, audit, and outcome measures and published research to
inform, measure and evaluate your own work and current practice.
• To take part in and support any relevant audit and research activity.
• To act as an ambassador for the physiotherapy profession at all times.
• To maintain a high standard of confidentiality at all times.

Organisational
• To be responsible for the safe and competent use of all electrotherapy and gym equipment,
patient appliances and aids and ensure that other members of the multi-disciplinary team
attain competence prior to use. The identification and reporting of work service
requirements and repair needs within the centre.
• Ensure high standards of administration of physiotherapy care within the centre.
• The care, maintenance and proper use of materials, equipment and stationery and the
accurate administration of any allocated inventories.
• Ensure maintenance of high standards of recording, filing and storage of patient and
statistical information in accordance with local policy and CSP standards.
• Ensure that processes are in place to guarantee the safety of both patient and therapist and
manage clinical risk within the work area in line with policies and guidelines
• To deal with complaints in line with local policy.
• To undertake any additional duties, appropriate to the post as may be delegated by the
Centre’s Assistant Manager or Clinical Lead.

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Teaching/Clinical Supervision
• Supervise work of less experienced physiotherapists/students; train and appraise junior
staff; train other professions.
• Be an active member of the in-service training programme by attending and occasional
leading tutorials and training sessions.
• Active participation within the Centres multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Participate in teaching and guiding physiotherapy undergraduate students, junior
colleagues, remedial instructors, and workplace students.
• To contribute to identifying training needs and organisations related to in service training.
• To contribute to developing protocols to enhance the clinical development and efficacy of
the clinic / centre.
• To take the lead in ensuring more junior colleagues are assisted with specialised
assessments of more complex and diverse clinical conditions.
• To teach relatives and other health care workers when required.

Effort
• The job involves frequent exposure to a wide range of demographics in regard to potential
patients, which, may affect working processes on a daily basis e.g., language capabilities,
age, DDA requirements or gender identity diversity.
• There may be a daily requirement for physically demanding work e.g., manual therapy
techniques and / or exercise demonstration.
• There may be a regular requirement for periods of concentration with risk of interruption.
• There is a requirement to discuss long term outcomes where rehabilitation potential may be
limited and have an effect upon career options and promotion.

Policies and Procedures

• To be aware of, keep up to date with and adhere to the following at all times:
• All local Centre / Company policies and procedures.
• H&S at Work Act.
• Data Protection Act (1998)
• Other relevant introduced legislation and agreed practice/policy. It is the responsibility of
all staff to attend / complete mandatory training as outlined by the Company Director.
• Hempstead Therapy Centre is an Equal Opportunity Employer. There must be no unfair
discrimination on the grounds of gender, marital status, race or ethnic origin, sexual
orientation, age, religious belief, physical or mental disability against any eligible person
whether in recruiting, training or staff appraisals, promotion or in any other way.

Confidentiality of Information / GdPR

The employee / holder of the herein described employed position has an obligation under law to
safeguard the confidentiality of personal / medical information that they may have access to during
the course of duties, which must not be communicated to other persons except as per current
legislation. Any breach of confidentiality will result in disciplinary action being invoked and
provide grounds for complaint / & / or potential dismissal as also the reporting of such events to
their related, professional governing body.

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A job description is a working document and the duties stated above might evolve with the post
and/or as the post holder acquires further expertise, knowledge or occupational responsibilities.

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