Working Full or Part Time Hours This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled clinician with well established analytical and diagnostic abilities to join our Interface Team, the Adulty Musculoskeletal Assessment and Management Service, in a post that will support your development towards and Advanced Practitioner. The role will mainly be based between Ellesmere Port Hospital and the Fountains Centre in Chester, working within the AMAMS team to deliver high quality, efficient and effective assessment and diagnosis of undiagnosed patients referred in by GP. You will need to be able to clinically reason at a high level and identify correct pathways of care for a wide range of MSK patients with safety always a priority. You will also play a key role in supporting staff learning and clinical education, acting as a role model and clinical supervisor to a range of staff. You will be expected to successfully complete a range of competencies to fully develop the knowledge and skills required for the role We will support an ACP apprenticeship for the right candidate, so a willingness to study is essential. The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations: The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population. The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000. The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Cheryl Hughes Job title: Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner Email address: cheryl.hughes4nhs.net Telephone number: 01244 36 2998 Informal conversations are welcomed with either Lead Therapist, Tanya Booth- tanya.boothnhs.net Laura Newton- lauranewtonnhs.net Cheryl Hughes- cheryl.hughes4nhs.net