A Vacancy at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the University Hospitals Dorset MSK Therapy Team for a part time band 7 enhanced practice physiotherapist.
This role would involve working in a supported clinical role as a spinal interface clinician within the DMSK spinal service. This will involve using enhanced level of practice skills in the assessment, diagnosis and shared decision making for patients with spinal pain or pathology. This post would be supported by our team of established spinal advanced practitioners, and involve responsibilities for education and supervision within the wider MSK therapy team including clinical supervision.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in an innovative and growing service, providing the highest quality of care for patients and leading the development of a growing and evolving service to shape it for the future.
Furthermore, this is an opportunity to gain specialist knowledge and advanced clinical skills in the management of spinal pain.
Location: Poole Hospital
To take a clinical leadership role in the delivery of therapy services to MSK therapy patients treated at University Hospitals Dorset and within the DMSK surgical interface service.
This post will predominantly involve the delivery of outpatient clinical care for the spinal DMSK service.
The post holder will provide skilled leadership and responsibility for service development, the setting and monitoring of standards of practice and implement policy and policy changes in own clinical area. Furthermore, will participate and lead quality improvement projects across MSK Therapy and make recommendations to the team and service leads.
What we offer:
Management support to continue learning, with support from both the MSK Therapy Service and DMSK leadership structures.
This role involves enhanced practice, and the successful candidate will be supported in the training and delivery of enhanced practice skills to support their core practice. This may include imaging requesting and interpretation skills.
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Christchurch Hospital and Poole Hospital
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert
This advert closes on Sunday 23 Mar 2025
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