Senior Physiotherapist (Musculoskeletal)
Band 6
Main area: Additional Support Services
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full Time)
Job ref: 344-7784DCB
Site: Buckland Hospital, Dover
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Closing: 18/03/2025 23:59
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated individual to join our musculoskeletal physiotherapy team. We are looking for a new Band 6 MSK Physiotherapist to provide advanced physiotherapy assessment and management of patients with a wide range of spinal and peripheral conditions. You will be working in a busy, friendly outpatient department seeing both GP and Consultant referrals.
The post holder will be expected to provide regular post graduate training within their clinical specialty and work alongside Band 7s to complete some departmental managerial duties. The Trust has an excellent appraisal scheme and offers regular CPD training.
Main duties of the job
The applicant will have developed a good amount of post-graduate experience working as a physiotherapist, ideally including an extended period working in a musculoskeletal setting.
The applicant will have developed their skills in both assessing and managing patients with a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions, both acute and chronic, spinal and peripheral.
Having developed these skills, the applicant will be keeping up-to-date with best evidence based practice and demonstrated the ability to autonomously manage their caseload in a fast-paced environment and with good time management.
The applicant will both benefit from the expertise from other clinicians, including training from a range of specialities as well as providing support and training for their peers.
Working for our organisation
The highly experienced team consists of a Band 7 and a Band 8 with special interests in developing research and aquatherapy, as well as 1 therapy support worker. You will also work closely with the well established MSK teams working at different sites in East Kent Hospitals, including advanced practitioners in Shoulder, Spines, Rheumatology, Lower Limb and Hand therapy.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful applicant will assist in the clinical delivery of musculoskeletal physiotherapy services within a team of close to 100 therapists. Although the service covers five sites, this role is based at the Outpatient Physiotherapy Department at Buckland Hospital Dover.
The caseload will consist of a range of 1:1 assessments and treatments as well as being responsible for independently running group sessions in our new and spacious clinical area.
Key Responsibilities:
* Perform highly skilled assessment and treatment of patients with diverse and complex musculoskeletal disorders.
* Be responsible for managing own caseload.
* Assist in the planning, co-ordination, delivery and evaluation of the musculoskeletal outpatient physiotherapy service.
* Deliver informal/formal clinical education and training to student physiotherapists, junior staff and clinical support staff.
* Measure and evaluate own work and current practice through evidence-based practice, clinical audit, and outcome measures.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy /Physiotherapy
* Appropriate State registration with the Health Professions Council
* Membership of the British Association of Occupational Therapy / Chartered Society of Physiotherapy / British Association of Hand Therapy
* Fieldwork Educators Course/Clinical Educators Course or equivalent
Experience
* Broad experience as Junior Therapist (Band 5) and evidence of achieving the competencies of the exit gateway at Band 5
* Experience working as part of a MDT
* Contribution to clinical education/ supervision of less experienced staff/ students
* Membership of CIG
Skills
* Evidence of Postgraduate Continued Professional Development in specialist field
* Involvement in audit, research and understanding quality issues
* Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio
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