Senior Occupational Health Physiotherapist

Job Purpose
To deliver clinically excellent person-centred care that promotes independence, recovery, and well-being.
To provide assessment, planning, and delivery of care across a broad caseload and in a variety of hospital settings (hospital wards, hospital departments, etc.) across a variety of clinical areas/within a designated service area.
Independently manage a varied caseload, organizing this effectively and efficiently regarding clinical priorities and use of time.
To undertake all clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, taking responsibility for organizing and planning own caseload to meet service and patient priorities.
To work as an active member of the multidisciplinary team within the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service and actively contribute to the planning and coordination of individual patient plans.
Deputise for the Therapies Team Lead, taking responsibility for operational management of the team to meet clinical and service priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive specialist assessments, set patient-centred goals, create treatment plans, monitor, and evaluate a designated caseload of patients, using evidence-based clinical pathways.
• Independently maintain a clinical caseload and manage clinical risk, in a variety of settings including individually or in groups.
• Formulate treatment plans and goals in partnership with the patient, clearly communicating your clinical reasoning to justify your recommendations and utilizing the most appropriate treatment/intervention.
• Provide specialist clinical advice, support, and educate patients and line managers in the management of their condition.
• Assess capacity and gain informed consent from patients for any intervention carried out.
• Contribute to reviews involving multi-disciplinary and multi-agency staff, providing evidence-based expertise within your specialist area.
• Work across agencies as required and have a working knowledge and understanding of the systems within Occupational Health, Access to Work, and Wider Services to facilitate appropriate treatment/interventions, equipment, access, and adaptation issues.
• Participate in own supervision and supervise delegated staff in line with supervision policy.
• Provide leadership, supervision, and support to junior staff in the team, including assistants and apprenticeship staff.

Work Environment
The Trust is committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge, and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community.
We operate Zero Tolerance to aggression, violence, bullying, and harassment. We will make reasonable adjustments to ensure our recruitment and selection process is accessible to all. Flexible Working applications will be considered. The Trust operates a No Smoking Policy.

Additional Information
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process, please contact a member of Recruitment Services at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please Note: New entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
At East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, our vision is to be widely recognized for providing safe, personal, and effective care. We currently provide high-quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 7,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.