Occupational Health Physiotherapist

Overview

Occupational Health Physiotherapist — Permanent, part-time role (22.5 hours per week across 3 days). Working hours are 8am to 4pm, with a 30 minute lunch break.

Location and salary

Location: Portsmouth

Competitive salary based on experience.

Main duties

• Providing accurate clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment to employees suffering from musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries and/or disorders.
• Classifying presenting clinical MSK disorders into work relatedness categories.
• Providing reports to Management following assessment and at time of discharge indicating employee s fitness to work and any adjustments to their role that may be required short term, long term or permanently.
• Leading on-site exercise classes to rehabilitate employees with musculoskeletal injuries.
• Communicating effectively with the wider occupational health team.
• Conducting DSE assessments and providing prophylactic advice.
• Providing recommendations to customer as to what changes/equipment are required following a DSE assessment.
• Identification of hazards within the workplace and assessing the risk of the identified hazards causing or aggravating an individual s musculoskeletal (MSK) ill health.
• Conducting ergonomic risk assessments with Safety Health & Environment advisors on-site to identify risks to the employees within a specified area.
• Providing the wider OH team with information regarding any work practice or working environment changes that are required on a short or long-term basis.
• Effective rehabilitation of staff with MSK disorders, whether they be work related or not.
• Completing comprehensive assessment and treatment records.
• Collection of statistical information for report generation
• Contribute to and/or run health promotion events.

Qualifications and skills

• Registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• A minimum of 4 years’ post-graduate experience, including at least 2 years specialising in musculoskeletal care.
• Proficient in IT and comfortable using relevant systems.
• Capable of working independently with minimal supervision.
• Skilled in providing health education and promotion advice.
• Knowledge of basic workplace ergonomics and fitness for work assessments.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with clients and colleagues.
• Customer-focused, flexible, efficient, and highly organised.
• Able to plan and prioritise work to achieve objectives set in collaboration with the Occupational Physiotherapy Manager.

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