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Main area Physiotherapy
Grade NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract Permanent
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (weekend orthopaedic and MSK rota, late evening clinic, may involve cross site working)
Job ref 349-CSS-7062357*
Site Trafford General Hospital
Town Manchester
Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum (Pro Rata)
Salary period Yearly
Closing 08/04/2025 23:59
Interview date 24/04/2025
Job overview
The post holder will work in the MSK outpatient service which accepts referrals from secondary care specialties such as orthopaedics, hand therapy, pain, pelvic health, employee health and wellbeing service and rheumatology. B6 MSK physiotherapists contribute to the orthopaedic and MSK weekend rota at Trafford General Hospital. The post holder may work cross site including Altrincham, Wythenshawe and Withington.
The successful candidate will carry an independent caseload of patients with musculoskeletal problems, and deliver a high standard of evidence-based physiotherapy. There are opportunities to experience running rehabilitation groups as well as seeing patients in a clinic environment.
Main duties of the job
* Delivery of evidence-based physiotherapy management of patients with musculoskeletal presentations
* Supervision of rehab assistants and band 5 physiotherapists
* Clinical mentorship of student physiotherapists
* Service development projects, such as audit and quality improvement programmes
* Participate in orthopaedic and MSK weekend rota
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
* Graduate Diploma/ BSc / Pre-Registration MSc in Physiotherapy
* HCPC Registered
* Evidence of relevant Continuing Professional Development
Experience
* Post graduate clinical experience
* Broad Range of post graduate experience in a rotational post
* Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Supervision and education of less experienced staff, students or assistants
* Knowledge of the working of community physiotherapy services
* Involvement with audit and research
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 Deborah Loughhead
Job title Out-patient therapy Lead Trafford & Altrincham
Email address deborah.loughhead@mft.nhs.uk
Telephone number 0161 746 2035
Deborah Loughhead contact preferably via email.
Alternatively 0161 746 2035
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