Job Description

The community post covid service in Enfield has a maternity leave fixed term vacancy for a dynamic passionate post covid physiotherapist.



This role involves supporting patients with long covid to manage their symptoms and improve quality of life.



As the most senior member of the local PCS service, your role will include screening, filter referrals and manage the care of those patients who have been investigated and referred from the PCS Assessment Clinic at UCLH.



To provide the highest level of expertise on Post Covid presentations within Enfield Community Services, providing expert advice to other services and professionals including GPs and hospital medical staff.



Participate actively in the management of the PCS Therapy service contributing to its wider support and development



NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London's busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients' wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/



Please see attached job description and main responsibilities including below:



1.1 To hold full responsibility for own caseload within the PCS specialty, undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, working without supervision and taking full accountability for role and work.



1.2 To carry out a holistic assessment both in and outside the



scope of physiotherapy practice, including the interpreting of appropriate investigations such as X-Rays, MRI scans, Blood Tests, clinic letters and reports or other diagnostics.



1.3 Analyse the results of the investigations to assist diagnoses of aspects of PCS of a highly complex nature. To use this information to aid clinical judgement in selecting from a range of treatment options the most effective way to manage the care of these patients.



1.4 To assess and treat complex Breathing Pattern Disorders and feed this information back to the MDT



1.5 To work at the most advanced level within and outside the scope of physiotherapy practice, triaging, diagnosing and managing patients with diverse presentations and highly complex physical and psychological conditions. This includes patients with serious life threatening pathologies



1.6 To give an expert professional opinion to referring GPs and other healthcare professions as required.