Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner Musculoskeletal

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Full time €58,698 - €65,095
Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner Musculoskeletal

Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Location London Salary £58,698 to £65,095 a year p.a. inclusive of HCA Closing date 26 May 2024

An opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Physiotherapy Practitionerat Guys and St Thomas' NHS Trust, who is interested in furtherdevelopingtheir skills in this dynamic and forward looking advanced practiceteam.

Therole is diverse providing leadership in expanding FCP clinicsin primary care, working in MCATTs clinics in the Trust and as a clinical specialist in the Guys and St Thomas' musculoskeletal outpatient department.

We are looking to further expand the FCP workforce to meet increasing demand.You will get the opportunity to work closely in PCNs and actively contribute to the continued evaluation of the service and dissemination of work by publication and at conferences. We have a well-established orthopaedic practitioner service within the organisation as well as MCATTs offering injection and POCUS intervention within the service.

You will be part of a highly skilled clinical team with diverse extended clinical experience who can help develop your capabilities, provide peer support and professional development.

An MSc or equivalent, and previous experienceof extended scope practice/ clinical specialist is required, but a full induction package will be undertaken.

There is a full time role available but also the possibility of part time work

Main duties of the job

Advanced practice clinical including MCAT clinics, FCP and Orthopaedic practitioner clinics

Teaching on iMSK inservice training program

QI including audit and research are strongly encouraged

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' is one of the UK's busiest andmost successfulfoundation trusts, with a long history of clinical excellence and high quality care.

The Trust comprises two of London's oldest and best known teaching hospitals.It also includesEvelina London Children's Hospitaland both adult and children's community services in Lambeth and Southwark and Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals

We arepart ofKing's Health Partners,one of onlysix academic health sciences centres in the UK.

The physiotherapy Department is within the Therapies Clinical Directorate along with Speech and Language therapy, Occupational Therapy, Foot Health and Patient Appliances, Spiritual Care, Psychology and Social Work support. The Directorate is part of the Integrated Strategic Business Unit. The department has over 300 staff and provides services across the Trust.

The Integrated Musculoskeletal physiotherapy service, comprising MCATTs and MSK physiotherapy services, is managed within the Physiotherapy Service and provides MCATTS assessment and physiotherapy to patients within the Trust and in local community clinics.

Musculoskeletal physiotherapy offers services on both acute sites (Guys and St Thomas'), in community at Pulross Intermediate Care Centre and Gracefield Gardens, at GP practices as part of the First Contact Practitioner (FCP) provision and, at local gyms in the Lambeth and Southwark Boroughs

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Provides an advanced level of clinical practice exercising autonomy of decision making in a context of complexity, uncertainty and varying levels of risk, holding accountability for their decisions.
  • Responsible for the operational management of the Integrated Musculoskeletal (iMSK) Physiotherapy service in conjunction with the Consultant Physiotherapist in iMSK and Clinical Lead and the Head of Physiotherapy and contributes to departmental management and Trust initiatives in strategic planning and development of the iMSK Physiotherapy service across the whole organisation.
  • Uses expert clinical reasoning skills to provide highly specialist support and advice to the physiotherapy team and other medical staff, whilst maintaining a clinical caseload of highly complex patients
  • Professional and clinical leadership in the development and implementation of a comprehensive training and personal development plan for all designated physiotherapy staff and, in conjunction with the management team, strives to ensure excellence of training across the whole organisation.
  • Supports theConsultant Physiotherapists/Clinical Leadto identify and implement clinical research, audit and data collection priorities within the area of MSK expertise to inform departmental clinical development strategy
  • Responsible for maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence based practice and quality assurance in designated area.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc degree/ PGdip in Physiotherapy
  • Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
  • MSc degree in Advanced Physiotherapy / ACP or equivalent

Desirable

  • Injection therapy trained
  • FCP roadmap in-process
  • Completed or working towards a non-medical prescribing qualification
  • FCP supervisor training

Experience

Essential

  • Significant Band 7 level experience of working in MSK Physiotherapy in both inpatient and outpatient environments, including management of highly complex patients
  • Experience of leading clinical governance in clinical area, including risk management, patient experience and audit.
  • Previous experience of staff and student supervision and clinical education
  • Advanced Practice experience in MSK with extension of practice to include requesting relevant radiological and blood tests and acting on the results
  • Experience of research methodology
  • Experience in physiotherapy team management,

Desirable

  • Previous published in recognised journal
  • Previous experience working in a Clinical Specialist role
  • Previous experience in FCP role

Skills

Essential

  • Expert skills in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and multisystems differential diagnosis
  • Exceptional team building and team working skills
  • Highly developed communication skills with ability to deal with highly sensitive, emotional, conflicting and contentious matters.
  • Ability to analyse and interpret complex/ often incomplete information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend and appropriate course of action to address the issues
  • Ability to integrate latest evidence-based practice into services and ability to use to lead change across a pathway/range of providers.
  • Excellent time management and organisational skills
  • Ability to lead and manage change across own service and wider MDT team/services.

Desirable

  • Advanced Physiotherapy skills e.g. Requesting and interpretation of investigations Joint injection NMP POCUS
  • Experience of working with a diverse range of stakeholders/providing leadership within the MSK pathway
  • Experience of working within a primary care setting
  • Experience of senior level decision making and delivery in a changing environment
  • Evidence of working across organisational boundaries within health and social care

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust

London

SE1 7EH

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