About the Role
Job responsibilities
Professional
Adhere to HCPC Rules of Professional Conduct and Standards of Practice.
Maintain continuous professional development (CPD), including keeping a detailed portfolio.
Actively participate in staff training, tutorials, external courses, and reflective practice, including delivering presentations.
Engage in staff appraisal and personal development planning as both appraiser and appraisee.
Ensure timely and meticulous completion of all work.
Lead or contribute to evidence-based projects, research, audits, and outcome evaluations to improve laboratory practices.
Stay updated with developments in motion analysis through collaboration with other UK and European laboratories.
Communicate and collaborate effectively with allied health professionals, social services, education, and voluntary organizations to provide coordinated multi-agency care.
Demonstrate understanding of Trust values, Clinical Governance, and Risk Management.
Attend mandatory training, including Child Protection, and comply with national guidelines.
Organisational
Manage work within NWMAC efficiently, balancing patient care and professional responsibilities in line with service priorities.
Support the gait lab manager with operational tasks and service delivery improvements.
Prioritize workload and ensure alignment with departmental objectives.
Promote health and safety in the workplace, including timely reporting of incidents and ensuring safe equipment use.
Maintain comprehensive and legally compliant documentation, sharing assessment and treatment outcomes with relevant stakeholders in line with Data Protection policies.
Comply with the organisational and departmental policies and procedures and help reviewing and updating as appropriate.
Undertake any duties that might be considered appropriate by the gait lab manager/director.
Co-ordinate and organise in-service staff training, meetings, and internal/external courses.
Implement service improvements aligned with quality initiatives in partnership with the gait lab manager/director.
Comply with risk management responsibilities as outlined in the Trusts strategy.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
oBSc or Diploma in Physiotherapy, recognised by HCPC, or Engineering/physics/science-based degree.
oEvidence of Post Graduate training and development.
oMember of HCPC, registered Clinical Scientist or Physiotherapist
Desirable
oAttendance at basic gait analysis course
Experience and Skills
Essential
oEvidence of in depth knowledge of motion analysis, theoretical and practical.
oEvidence of understanding of 3D motion analysis systems.
oEvidence of advanced knowledge in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
oProven evidence of musculoskeletal background
oEvidence of active participation in teaching and educational programmes.
oEvidence of working with senior clinical staff and other allied healthcare professionals.
Desirable
oExperience as a community-based physiotherapist, particularly in the assessment and treatment of clients with neurological conditions.
oEvidence of participation in research projects.
oExperience in developing novel algorithms, but also understanding, optimising and applying developed algorithms for extraction of digital mobility outcomes (e.g., gait outcomes).
Personnal
Essential
oGood grasp of the English language - written and oral.
oEvidence of high-level communication skills, written and verbal, enabling applicant to converse across a range of understanding
oTo be able to communicate with healthcare professionals effectively using medical and technical terminology.
oEvidence of good team working and communication skills.
oThe ability to work flexibly.
oCapacity for original thought
Interests and Motivation
Essential
oKnowledge of current issues within the field of motion analysis.