Job Purpose
To provide a physiotherapy service as part of a multi-disciplinary team, on a part-time basis
Key Working Relationships
Physiotherapists are self-employed contractors and report to the Clinical Lead.
Other key working relationships:
- Other physiotherapists within the team
- Other members of the services team
- Action for M.E. colleagues
Job Description
Key duties
- Respond to physiotherapy referrals
- Carry out assessments, provide advice and recommend interventions to manage the symptoms in patients with M.E./C.F.S. and related conditions, working with a whole person approach, and involving family/carers where appropriate
- Provide written reports for the person with M.E. and others involved in their care with consent of the patient
- Participate in clinical team meetings at least once a quarter (approximately 1 hour)
- Participate in quarterly physiotherapy team meetings (approximately 1 hour)
Key Tasks
- Arrange and undertake consultations in the most appropriate manner for the patient - remotely by either telephone, Zoom or email.
- Record consultation details (date, length of consultation, charge) on Action for M.E.’s internal tracker for invoicing purposes
- Consider choices and in collaboration with the person with M.E., agree attainable and realistic goals, however small, during assessment
- Offer a selection of gentle progressive interventions to facilitate an improvement in their quality of life
- Offer follow-up consultations with patients by phone, Zoom or email
- Raise any safeguarding concerns to appropriate colleagues.
Working Practices
- Seek to reduce fear associated with the illness and to create an environment for healing
- Offer clear and consistent information and advice to people with M.E. and their family/carers
- Work within Action for M.E. policies ensuring privacy and dignity.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Key requirements
- Must be registered HCPC
- Must be registered with Chartered Society of Physiotherapy or other professional body which can provide PLI
- Up to date professional indemnity insurance
- Safeguarding training to Level 3
- Eligible to work in the UK
Experience and Knowledge
May be varied but would typically include:
- Several years of post-graduate work experience in different aspects of the profession
- Familiarity with the NICE Guideline for the management of M.E. (2021)
- Experience in the management of long-term conditions
- Experience in the management of chronic pain and its impact on the quality of life
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
Skills and Behaviours
- Excellent communication skills, in both active listening and careful word usage
- Proficient with Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams) and the ability to quickly learn relevant bespoke software systems
Attitudes
- Understanding that ME/CFS is a complex biomedical condition
- A desire to help people holistically to manage their ME/CFS
- A willingness to think outside established protocols
Registered Charity
21 - 50
Our mission is to improve the lives of people affected by ME. Better meeting their needs today while taking action to secure change for tomorrow.
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The Advocacy Director holds primary responsibility for delivering ECC’s advocacy strategy internationally and within the UK. This strategy aims to ensure states’ legal obligations on casualty recording are recognised and upheld globally, and that casualty data is used effectively to shape policy responses to conflict.
ECC’s advocacy work is focused primarily within the human rights and humanitarian multilateral fora in Geneva, but also incorporates work with New York-based UN targets within the security field. In parallel, as a UK-based organisation, we seek to influence domestic decision-makers including those within the FCDO, MoD, and parliament.
The Advocacy Director will be ECC's most senior external face after the Executive Director. As a key figure within a small organisation, the Advocacy Director will lead advocacy activity directly, building and stewarding relationships with state delegations, UK parliamentarians, UN officials, and civil society partners. The role requires exceptional political judgment, fluency across both multilateral and Westminster environments, and the credibility to represent ECC at the most senior national and international levels.
Note: This role is being advertised at the same time as the Executive Director role, as both functions were previously filled by the same person. Candidates can apply for the Advocacy Director role alone, or apply for both roles to combine as a full-time position. Please see full details in the Executive Director job description and advert.
Registered Charity
1 - 5
Ensuring every life lost to armed violence is recorded, identified, and acknowledged.
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