Job overview

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital is looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Specialist Physiotherapist for this exciting new role to work as an MSK Occupational Health Case Manager within the Trust.  The role will present opportunity to establish and develop an MSK Occupational Health advisory service to include rapid access to musculoskeletal assessment and treatment.  The post holder will be responsible for establishing, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the service. 

The successful individual will manage a caseload of staff who are :

-            At risk of absence due to MSK health

-            Absent from work due to MSK health

-            Returning to work after a period of absence due to MSK health

The post will aim to reduce sickness absence due to MSK conditions through support of staff members and their manager.

Alongside their case manager role, the post holder will also manage a small caseload of musculoskeletal outpatient physiotherapy patients.

Main duties of the job

Staff development is positively encouraged at undergraduate, post-graduate and research levels within the Therapies department and is supported by regular in-service training.  Clinical support and development is available from a large APP team and managerial project support through senior management teams.  The department has close links with Research and Development with audit and research actively encouraged.

Flexible working hours apply and the physiotherapy outpatient service operates extended hours and you may be required to work evenings and at weekends.

The core responsibilities of the job are:

·        To establish an MSK Occupational Health advisory service for staff at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and to lead, develop and evaluate the service, reporting to the Therapy Service Senior Leadership Team.

·        To provide expertise and act as lead specialist in MSK Occupational Health, managing a caseload of ROH Employees to support them to remain at work and assist both managers and employees with return to work and redeployment plans.

·        Provide comprehensive MSK and biopsychosocial assessment of ROH employees to enable development of individual management plans.

·        To coordinate the delivery of a rapid access MSK physiotherapy service to staff from The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest specialist orthopaedic units in Europe. We offer planned orthopaedic surgery to people locally, nationally and internationally.

Our Trust is a very special hospital; big enough to deliver world class services and small enough to offer exceptional patient and staff experience. We offer a working experience unique in the West Midlands and we're always on the lookout for passionate people to join our award-winning team.

The ROH is an equal opportunities employer. We employ people of difference and are committed to growing an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated, and people feel able to bring their whole and authentic self to work.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a range of inclusive, family friendly and flexible working arrangements and policies, to support our people in the workplace. Flexible working requests will be considered.

The Trust is committed to the Disability Confident Interview Scheme and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy and consider them on their abilities.

If you have a disability and need any support with your application or require any reasonable adjustments to be implemented please do get in touch with the Recruiting Manager for this position so that the team can support you.