Job Description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives \xe2\x80\x94 beginning with our own. That\xe2\x80\x99s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Summary

Salary: Starting from \xc2\xa340,994.00

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week on a rota

Location: 33 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW

Contract: Permanent Full Time

Who are we?

Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, focused on providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 65,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare. We opened our first healthcare facility in London in 2021 and our state-of-the art 184 bed hospital in 2022. With over 100 years of history, our \xe2\x80\x9cPatients First\xe2\x80\x9d philosophy will be at the heart of Cleveland Clinic London and the goal of our team is to create an environment that continues to delivers world-class clinical care.

What are we looking for?

As an autonomous practitioner within a multidisciplinary team, the Specialist Orthopaedic Physiotherapist will assess, treat and manage their own caseload developing specialist physiotherapy skills within Orthopaedic Physiotherapy.

You will form the highly effective, innovative and evidenced based therapy provision across all Inpatient Orthopaedic services, working with the Lead in the specialist areas. You will have opportunities to develop clinical and non-clinical specialist skills as well as experience within research, service development and progression into future leadership. There is an expectation this role will complete on-call and weekend service provision, developing specialist skills along the way. You will involve supported supervision of Therapy Assistants and have supportive individualised supervision and performance development with senior physiotherapists. There will be opportunities to work within our \xe2\x80\x9cteam of teams\xe2\x80\x9d model of care alongside specialists within their areas.

What will your duties include?

Be legally and professionally responsible for all aspects of your work including safe and effective management of you clinical and non-clinical caseloads.

Effectively apply clinical reasoning to assess, progress, adapt and treat patients seeking guidance at appropriate times to ensure safe and effective care.

Be able to identify risk within clinical setting including deteriorating patients and potential safety issues around care and discharge and communicate this effectively with support as appropriate.

Maintain high levels of professionalism at all times including high levels of communication verbal, non-verbal, written and alternative (Use of interpreter as appropriate) with all stakeholders.

Educate and train physiotherapists and other MDT members with innovation and passion around the role of physiotherapy and rehabilitation.

Take a proactive lead in using routine outcome measures to improve patient care.

Provide highly supportive supervision and coaching to physiotherapists and students.

Keep informed of evidence, changes to practice, relevant research and guidance to discuss at regular opportunities to progress and develop own / MDT practice.

Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, ensuring a high standard of care and actively encourages and motivates others to do the same.

Identify areas of research and quality improvement priorities to add to wider physiotherapy development strategy.

Be actively involved in appropriate and discussed audit and research activities within the department, supporting the therapy leadership team with departmental strategies and priorities.

What we need from you?

Degree in Physiotherapy

Post-graduation experience and education in a variety of inpatient specialties including orthopedics, respiratory, neurological and general surgical specialties

Evidence of training / experience in appraisal and supervision of other Caregivers such as assistants/students

Evidence of continuous professional / academic development relevant to clinical field

Evidence of training / experience in basic research skills (critical appraisal, literature reviews)

Current registration with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) desirable

Able to maintain high level of CPD and integrate this within daily practice

Effective and adaptable communication using a variety of verbal and written techniques to the needs of the patient, family, carer and wider MDT

Ability to prioritise, delegate, organise and work effectively to a deadline

Fluency in written and spoken English essential, additional language skills are desirable

What we can offer you?

We are offering an array of benefits to compliment working for a not-for-profit market leader, some of our benefits include:

25 days Annual leave plus 8 days Bank holiday a year

Auto-Enrolment of 5% pension - Cleveland contribute 10% through Salary Exchange

Private Medical Insurance and Private Dental Insurance

Life Assurance

Discounted gym facilities in our Admin Office Building

Employee Assistance Programme

Seasonal Ticket Loans

If you would like to know more, please email recruitment@ccf.org or click apply.

Please see Important Information below:

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

\xe2\x80\x9cLet\xe2\x80\x99s deliver World Class care together!\xe2\x80\x9d

As an equal opportunities employer, we aspire to work together to promote a more inclusive work environment, which represents our commitment to celebrate diversity.

CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.

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