Team Lead Physiotherapist- Trauma and Orthopaedics

Job overview

To provide highly specialist physiotherapy intervention for own caseload of Orthopaedic patients, including Trauma, Major Trauma, Fractured Neck of Femur, Plastics, Amputees and Elective. To assess, treat and manage own caseload using highly specialist knowledge and skills as an autonomous practitioner, including the maintenance of comprehensive records.

To undertake a team leader role, alongside the Clinical Lead Physiotherapists in developing, managing, planning and delivering the physiotherapy service for orthopaedic patients, including specialist units such as major trauma unit.

To deputise for the Clinical Lead Physiotherapists in her/his absence.  To supervise, teach and develop less experienced physiotherapists, physiotherapy assistants, and student physiotherapists.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for the efficient, effective and safe management of patients referred to a designated area of the physiotherapy inpatient orthopaedic service

To receive referrals, undertake full assessment and independently plan individual, specialized, evidence-based, treatment programmes for patients appropriately depending on the physiotherapist’s diagnosis, using clinical reasoning and a variety of highly specialist skills such as posture and seating management, complex discharge planning, falls management, dementia and delirium management

To carry a significant clinical Orthopaedic caseload including highly complex and diverse patient groups such as those with multi-factorial pathologies and social needs.

To have an active role in effective team working in the physiotherapy department, leading, assisting and supporting other team members

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be able to prioritise that work efficiently taking into account clinical and service priorities, using highly specialist knowledge to underpin decisions

To attend weekly MDT meetings to discuss rehab needs for Trauma and Orthopaedic cohort and their discharge plans

To advise, guide and teach less experienced physiotherapists, assistants and students within Kings College Hospital in the assessment and management of the Othopaedics patient other aspects of clinical care, including record keeping

This post requires a flexible approach to working, and requires the post holder to be an active member of the weekend duty orthopaedic rota

To be responsible for the standard of physiotherapy carried out by a designated physiotherapy team within trauma /orthopaedics, including students and assistants

To work with the Clinical Lead Physiotherapists to ensure that the capacity in trauma/orthopaedics is used to its best effect in line with best practice

To contribute to the physiotherapy inservice training programme for staff and students, facilitating learning and providing teaching sessions for seniors, juniors, assistants and students.