We are looking for an enthusiastic, skilled, self-motivated Band 7 Adult Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist to join our friendly team in Shropshire to cover 12 months maternity leave in our Market Drayton clinic. Our busy departments provide a high standard of MSK physiotherapy assessment and treatment to the local community of Telford & Wrekin.
This post would be suitable for an experienced Band 6 physiotherapist looking for career development with evidence of recent work within the musculoskeletal field and an enthusiasm for this specialty. Professional support is provided by senior Physiotherapists, Advanced Practice Physiotherapist's & General Practitioners with Extended Roles, and we encourage clinical supervision and training.
The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner providing evidence-based physiotherapy assessment and treatment within the out-patient team to clients with a range of musculoskeletal conditions. There will be a requirement to support and mentor junior clinicians. Your role will also include supporting the new MSK Transformation service by assisting with triage of incoming referrals for a wide range of MSK specialties including physiotherapy, podiatry, and hand therapy. You may be required to support some of our other clinical sites.
Key Responsibilities:
1. To assess, diagnose/interpret and manage own highly specialist caseload of complex musculoskeletal patients as an autonomous physiotherapist in accordance with Professional Code of Conduct and Health and Care Professions Council Regulations, within an outpatient environment.
2. To develop, through experience and postgraduate training, the highly specialist knowledge and clinical skills required for working within an MSK outpatient setting and to provide support, mentoring, and training to develop more junior staff to ensure evidence-based treatment is provided.
3. To triage referrals from local GP surgeries and to work with colleagues across Shropshire to deliver an effective triage service.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity, and above all values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require a visa to work in the UK, providing the role you've been recruited to meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting, and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
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