MSK Virtual Physiotherapist

Location

Remote | United Kingdom

Job description

Based in Ipswich but with roles through the UK, IPRS Health is one of the UK’s leading providers of physiotherapy, mental health and wellbeing services, to the Occupational Health, Insurance and Legal sectors. IPRS Health are a forward-thinking organization, utilizing the latest in digital innovations to provide first-class clinical services to their patients.

IPRS Health are an award wining leading provider of Musculoskeletal, Wellness and Mental Health services delivering services to employers for 27 years.

Are you a qualified MSK Physiotherapist looking to take your career in a new direction?

Our business is growing, and we have exciting opportunities to join our Virtual Physiotherapy Service , working with corporate clients and Occupational Health providers to assess and treat patients. This is a remote role, where you can achieve better work/life balance with our flexible working patterns. Full training will be provided in our virtual and digital platforms which will support you in providing high quality care to your patients.

You will provide Virtual Physiotherapy services to IPRS Health clients and patients to ensure the highest possible standards of clinical care are achieved.

The virtual physiotherapy element involves telephonic and virtual triage, assessment, and appropriate management of MSK injuries in a remote setting. There is availability of remote physiotherapy management, referral into face-to-face physiotherapy services, and onwards referral if needed. There is a strong emphasis on remotely managing patients with MSK conditions in the remote setting where clinically appropriate through delivery of education, advice and bespoke exercise programmes using the latest in rehabilitation software.

The successful candidate will be expected to work autonomously as an MSK clinician and maintain their own caseload of patients. They will have clinical support from peers and Team leads where required.

Additional responsibilities may involve working with the Team/Clinical leads to contribute to training resources, patient information and website content.

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• To undertake telephone and Virtual App based physiotherapy assessments and management of your individual clinical caseload. To be responsible for delivery of timely, quality, medically correct and accurate notes/correspondence in accordance with IPRS standards.
• To deliver/advise on appropriate treatment in line with evidence-based medicine and established guidelines.
• To analyse information gained from all sources at your disposal (Current Evidence, Clinical Reasoning etc.) in order to ensure that patient care and recommendations are correct and accurate and reflect the IPRS Health Clinical Care Pathways.
• To make appropriate recommendations around patient management in terms of treatment, onward referral and appropriate clinical investigations (where appropriate and in line with the iRefer guidelines) as required on a case by case basis.
• To ensure that any recommendations for further treatment, onward referrals or clinical investigations are reasonable using clinical reasoning, clinical experience/knowledge and current evidence.
• To maintain and work towards key KPIs specific to the role of Virtual Physiotherapist.
• To be a “clinical point of contact” for non-clinical personnel seeking clinical advice or information whilst undertaking telephone screening calls, dealing with client queries or making referrals.
• To actively engage in any Clinical Audit duties as directed by the Clinical Lead in line with the IPRS Clinical Audit Strategy.

General:

· To take initiative in maintaining your individual professional development in order to stay current with clinical evidence and practice.

· To deal with any queries in a prompt and professional manner.

· To prioritise work tasks and time manage to ensure that all tasks are completed accurately and within set timescales

· To take initiative and responsibility within your role and actively contribute to the overall effectiveness of the clinical service

· To comply with the Corporate Data Protection Policy which covers all aspects of IPRS’s business in both electronic data and

manual filing systems

· Employees must be aware of the responsibilities placed on them under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and ensure

that agreed safety procedures are carried out to maintain a safe environment for employees, patients and visitors.

· To contribute to IPRS Health’s business strategy by working as required with the business development team on commercial

tenders, including presentations for prospective clients.

· To work with IPRS Health Clinical Leads to ensure that IPRS Health service provision responds to local and national

initiatives wherever appropriate, and with external policy such as CSP and HCPC professional standards, National

Service Frameworks and NICE guidance

· To contribute to the development of new clinical initiatives and innovations to ensure IPRS Health continues to be at the

forefront of Physiotherapy Service provision.

· To undertake any other duties compatible with the grading of the post, as required

PERSON SPECIFICATION

E) Essential, (D) Desirable

Education and Qualifications:

• Formal Clinical Qualification in Physiotherapy (E)
• Member of the UK Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) (E)
• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (MCSP) (E)
• Evidence of continuing professional development (E)

Experience & Knowledge:

• Previous experience in using computer software including Microsoft Office (E)
• Previous experience of using online/computerised reporting templates/databases and interpreting statistics for the purpose of managing & reporting (D)
• At least 3 years postgraduate clinical experience (E)
• Experience of undertaking telephonic/video triage calls (D)
• Experience of Clinical Triage, Clinical Report Checking and/or Clinical Audit (E)

Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to work within a team to achieve the best outcomes for your patients
• Ability to work under minimum supervision
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers verbally and in writing
• Ability to time manage in order to meet agreed deadlines in a demanding environment
• Ability to collate and produce statistics, reporting to Clinical Lead on a regular basis
• Ability to provide detailed reporting to the client on patient progress using standardised report templates and the company database
• Ability to audit outgoing reports to ensure that core clinical standards are maintained
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the client and its needs
• Ability to maintain accurate medico-legal recording
• Ability to work with databases and Microsoft programmes
• A good of understanding of clinical governance

Benefits of working for IPRS Health:

Excellent salary: £31,000-£34,500 per year

Full or Part-time available - minimum 20 hours per week. Set hours to be agreed.

Permanent position

Other benefits include:

IPRS Health Clinical Development Training Program

Full training programme at the start of employment and ongoing support and mentoring

Protected CPD hours and CPD funding for external courses

Full membership of the Physiopedia CPD platform: PhysioPlus, with access to over 600 peer reviewed courses

25 days Annual leave: increasing with completed years’ service, plus 8 days bank holiday

Holiday Buy-Back and Sell-Back Scheme

Competitive salary package plus performance related increments

Employee Assistance Programme providing confidential counselling

Access to IPRS Group physiotherapy scheme

Health Cash Plan, Dental, Optical & much more

Membership of the company pension scheme

Recruit a Friend bonus scheme – up to £1500

Membership of the Profit Share Scheme

Applications can only be considered from candidates living in the UK.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, at IPRS Health, we ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.

*** NO AGENCIES PLEASE ***

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£31k - £34.5k per annum