A Vacancy at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Highly Specialised Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapist, Band 7 to support the MSK Outpatient Service within Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Working within one of our Health Centres you would support a busy MSK outpatient service which receives a wide range of referrals including patient self-referral, GP and Secondary care.
Please note the vacancy may close earlier if we receive a high volume of applicants.
Please be aware that if you are successful you will be required to present original certificates for all of the qualifications which you hold (as listed on your application) in order to demonstrate that you meet the criteria outlined in the person specification.
As part of the established MSK team you will provide expert clinical intervention for these patients while maintaining a leadership role within the Physiotherapy team.
You will require extensive postgraduate experience, including substantial specialist experience in Musculoskeletal disorders at a senior level. You will have advanced knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of complex, orthopaedic and chronic patients.
You will be encouraged to participate in audit and research. You will have a varied caseload and see a wide range of referrals. The service is committed to CPD and encourages supervision at all levels. This post will give an invaluable opportunity to anyone who wishes to further their career within an MSK field.
Choose Well – Choose WWL.
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
On-Call
Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
1. Provide physiotherapy musculoskeletal assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients presenting to the outpatient department.
2. To act as a source of expertise on the management of complex and general musculoskeletal patients providing an advisory service to patients, relatives, physiotherapists, other healthcare professionals and medical staff.
3. To take a major role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients within the speciality who may have complex and or chronic presentation, and to determine clinical diagnosis and physiotherapy treatment indicated.
4. To maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.
5. To undertake a leadership role in the planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluation of the therapy service provided to the patients within the speciality across the sites on a day to day basis.
6. To educate and train physiotherapists, other health professionals, medical staff and physiotherapy students in the management of musculoskeletal conditions.
Please see attached job description and person specification for more detailed information regarding the specifics of the job role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 25 Mar 2025.
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