NHS
Band 6 Physiotherapist
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Job Description
- Req#: K0003-25-0024?language=en&page=43&sort=publicationDateDesc
- Access to learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
- NHS Pension
- Free On-site parking
- Access to Gym
- Pay as you dine facilities
- The ability to perform highly skilled physio-therapeutic assessment of patients referred by Consultants, General Practitioners and other Healthcare Professionals with diverse presentations and complex and acute/chronic physical conditions and sports injuries. Using clinical reasoning skills to provide an accurate clinical diagnosis.
- To formulate, develop and deliver a specialised individualised treatment programme based upon evidence-based practice, manual assessment, and appropriate clinical reasoning.
- To hold professional and legal accountability to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and Health Professions Council (HPC), adhering to all directed standards and codes of practice
- Adhering to Regional Healthcare Governance policy, ensuring that all service delivery conforms to the standards set.
- Communicating optimally with patients to ensure informed consent for assessment and treatment, good understanding of their conditions and maximise their rehabilitation potential. Managing and prioritising own clinical caseload efficiently and effectively.
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
- NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
- The ability to perform highly skilled physio-therapeutic assessment of patients referred by Consultants, General Practitioners and other Healthcare Professionals with diverse presentations and complex and acute/chronic physical conditions and sports injuries. Using clinical reasoning skills to provide an accurate clinical diagnosis.
- To formulate, develop and deliver a specialised individualised treatment programme based upon evidence-based practice, manual assessment, and appropriate clinical reasoning.
- To hold professional and legal accountability to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and Health Professions Council (HPC), adhering to all directed standards and codes of practice
- Adhering to Regional Healthcare Governance policy, ensuring that all service delivery conforms to the standards set.
- Communicating optimally with patients to ensure informed consent for assessment and treatment, good understanding of their conditions and maximise their rehabilitation potential. Managing and prioritising own clinical caseload efficiently and effectively.
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
- NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question, you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
- Please use double spacing where possible
- A Degree in Physiotherapy.
- Please provide your membership registration number.
- You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
- Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
- Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (MCSP).
- State Registered Physiotherapist (HPC)
- Must have relevant experience in the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders, sports injuries and orthopaedic conditions.
- Completed the relevant courses and experience that would be equivalent to graduate diploma level of study.
- Post-graduate clinical experience
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question, you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
- Please use double spacing where possible
- A Degree in Physiotherapy.
- Please provide your membership registration number.
- You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
- Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
- Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (MCSP).
- State Registered Physiotherapist (HPC)
- Must have relevant experience in the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders, sports injuries and orthopaedic conditions.
- Completed the relevant courses and experience that would be equivalent to graduate diploma level of study.
- Post-graduate clinical experience
Job summary
At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel.
Are you able to cope well under pressure, have a sound judgement and decision-making skills, alongside the ability to communicate at all levels?
If so, we may have the role you are looking for. We are seeking an enthusiastic Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our welcoming team here at our Regional Medical Centre, RAF Coningsby.There may also be a requirement to work at other locations within the Lincolnshire Combined Practice (Waddington & Cranwell) as dictated by business needs.
The vacant post is Full time working 37.5 hours per week and requests to work Part-time will be considered but due to service delivery requirements it must be on a job share basis as full-time hours need to be covered.
Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
Benefits
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be ensuring the provision of a comprehensive and professional physiotherapy/rehabilitation service for entitled personnel. This will include undertaking highly skilled and specialist work in the musculo-skeletal/sports and training injury areas.
About us
Our success depends on our people our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Date posted
22 January 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per annum, pro rata for part time.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Job share
Reference number
K0003-25-0024
Job locations
Regional Medical Centre
Royal Air Force Coningsby
Lincoln
LN4 4SY
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.
Selection process
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application. Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
Please see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work,volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.
https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required.
Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills:
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply.
Please see the attached further information document for full details.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place to-work-for-veterans
The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivperssgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.
Selection process
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application. Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
Please see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work,volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.
https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required.
Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills:
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply.
Please see the attached further information document for full details.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place to-work-for-veterans
The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivperssgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Provide a CV
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Qualifications
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Registration details
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Registrations and Memberships
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Experience
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Provide a CV
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Qualifications
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Registration details
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Registrations and Memberships
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Experience
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Additional informationDisclosure 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)
Address
Regional Medical Centre
Royal Air Force Coningsby
Lincoln
LN4 4SY
Employer's website
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)
Address
Regional Medical Centre
Royal Air Force Coningsby
Lincoln
LN4 4SY
Employer's website
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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