Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking for an experienced MSK outpatient physiotherapist with a holistic approach to patient care that adopts the core values of MSE Hospitals.
You will be specialised in advanced musculoskeletal skills assessing and treating patients with complex pathology. You will have experience in leading a team, service development, and project management. You will also have experience of multidisciplinary working and be a role model for the department, working with the Clinical and Operational Managers on workforce and service planning.
Main duties of the job
This post creates a fantastic opportunity for the successful candidate to work within a busy outpatient physiotherapy department, assessing and treating patients with musculoskeletal conditions. Patients will be referred to the service from their General Practitioners or a variety of members of the multidisciplinary team. They may have been assessed and triaged through our clinical assessment and triage service (CATS) or be direct referrals from the orthopaedic wards.
The successful candidate will have a responsibility to the spinal clinics linking with the outpatient clinical managers, making appropriate referrals for investigations and linking directly with the spinal consultants.
Job responsibilities
For full details of this role please see the attached job description, however key responsibilities of the role are:
* To maintain a clinical caseload of MSK patients.
* To undertake spinal clinics in line with service requirements.
* To refer for x-rays and scans as clinically indicated.
* To review results for investigations and escalate as appropriate.
* To actively participate in junior staff supervision, in-service training, and team meetings.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy
* Evidence of relevant postgraduate courses
* HCPC registered
* Clinical educator training
Knowledge & Experience
* Experience supervising band 5 and 6 staff, students, and assistants
* Excellent clinical skills
* Experience in the NHS
* Knowledge of local resources
* Experience working in spinal clinics
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£46,148 a year, pro rata for part time
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