Virtual Physiotherapist REMOTE

We have flexible working patterns with part time and full-time roles available. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills in a growing area of MSK practice whilst maintaining excellent work/life balance.

Responsibilities

As a Virtual Physiotherapist for IPRS Health, you will be responsible for providing Virtual Physiotherapy services to IPRS Health clients and patients to ensure the highest possible standards of clinical care are achieved.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• To undertake both telephone and video 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 and work within physiotherapy scope of practice.
• To analyse information gained from all sources at your disposal (Current Evidence, Clinical Reasoning etc.) 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 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 Responsibilities

• To take initiative in maintaining your individual professional development to stay current with clinical evidence and practice and ensure compliance with HCPC requirements of 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.
• 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.

Who We Are Looking For

Anyone and everyone are welcome to apply to work for IPRS Health. All our teams have a mix of backgrounds and experience but with one thing in common, the drive to help people recover. We are looking for our new Virtual Physiotherapist to be a team player, enthusiastic and keen to apply their MSK skills in a unique environment and to be motivated to contribute to helping patients and colleagues achieve their goals.

To be seriously considered for this role, please have the following:

Qualifications: ((E) Essential, (D) Desirable)

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

Experience:

• 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)

Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to work within a team to achieve the best outcomes for your patients
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work under minimum supervision
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers verbally and in writing
• Ability to time manage 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
• Confidence in independently working with databases and Microsoft programmes, including Teams
• A good understanding of clinical governance

Benefits

Colleagues are essential to IPRS Health, which is why we give so much in return for their hard work. In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a range of benefits, including:

• IPRS Health Clinical Development Training Program
• Full training programme at the start of employment and ongoing support and mentoring
• Protected hours for internal CPD and CPD funding for external courses. Membership to CPDMe to maintain own portfolio.
• 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
• 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