Main area Musculoskeletal Outpatient Physiotherapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week Job ref 381-CT-6860972
Employer Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site SWB NHS Trust Town West Bromwich Salary £53,755 - £60,504 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/01/2025 23:59
Advanced MSK Physiotherapy Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
Job overview
This role will involve working as part of the multidisciplinary team either within the Pain Service or as a hybrid first contact physiotherapist.
You should have (or be nearing completion of) a post-registration MSc and be able to demonstrate that you are working at Level 7 across the 4 pillars of practice. NHS experience in different sectors across primary, community and secondary care would be an advantage as would an interest in promoting best practice.
Main duties of the job
You will work as a lead clinician planning, delivering, evaluating and developing musculoskeletal (MSK) care with a focus on managing patients with persistent MSK pain as part of the Pain Service MDT or within an FCP role alongside colleagues from the SWB MSK Service.
You will help to create and promote a culture of learning, acting as a mentor and playing an active role in the supervision, assessment and education of peers, MDT colleagues, support workers and students.
You will undertake continuous personal professional development across the 4 pillars of practice – clinical, leadership/management, education, and service evaluation/research demonstrating Level 7 in the clinical pillar and working towards Level 7 in the other pillars.
You will identify opportunities to promote fitness and wellbeing among patients, Trust employees and the general public, making every contact count, providing added value, promoting function and reducing musculoskeletal sickness absence.
You will undertake evidence-based audit and research activity to further develop MSK practice, making and acting upon recommendations for changes in practice to improve service delivery and outcomes.
You will liaise with the Consultant Physiotherapists, ACP Lead and Operational Leads to streamline patient-centered MSK Care across the integrated NHS Trust and local community.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Portfolio evidence including validated post-graduate clinical MSK training/development at M level
* Currently hold a Post-graduate MSc in MSK related field or be within 6 months of completing
* Post Grad Qualification in Musculoskeletal Injection Therapy
* Member of MACP or equivalent
* FCP roadmap accreditable
* Post Grad Qualification in Independent Prescribing
Experience
* Extensive post graduate MSK experience within the NHS including specialist experience within a musculoskeletal/orthopaedic/spinal/pain management setting
* Evidence of a portfolio to illustrate professional development towards or at Level 7 across the 4 pillars of practice
* Clinical leadership within physiotherapy/other professional groups, mentoring and developing others
* Ability to request and act upon the results of diagnostic tests e.g. bloods, X-rays and MRI Scans
* Experience working as an FCP
* Experience working in MDT Pain Clinic
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Carolyn Casey Job title Consultant Physiotherapist and MSK Service Lead Email address [emailprotected] Telephone number 07866 924750
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