Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner

6 months ago


Bath, United Kingdom Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and self driven Physiotherapist to join the musculoskeletal team as the spinal specialist ACP. The post holder will work closely with the surgical consultants to provide advanced practice physiotherapy within the orthopaedic clinics and in the therapy outpatient department. The opportunity is available for a qualified ACP, or someone looking to train and develop their advanced practice skills. The post holder will have extensive experience working as an MSK/orthopaedic physiotherapist and able to demonstrate interest and motivation to develop skills in this highly specialist area.

The physiotherapy outpatient team comprises of advanced practitioners and clinical specialists in a variety of conditions (e g knee, shoulder, hips, foot and ankle), MSK specialists, rotating therapists and support workers. It is a well regarded team with established processes for the variety of care and services it provides as well as innovative practices developed through projects and audit. The team have regular CPD and enjoy working in the purpose built therapy centre at the RUH together.

The successful post holder will be the lead physiotherapist for the spinal service, assessing and treating spinal patients within and alongside the orthopaedic Consultant clinics. To include ordering imaging or investigations, reviewing investigations, listing for injections and surgery, leading patient discussions around surgical interventions and prescribing medications.

To successfully complete Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) Accreditation in line with the framework for advanced practice and their primary professional regulatory body, with the expectation that on successful completion the post holder will move into a qualified ACP role at band 8a.

The post holder will be working towards fulfilling the expectations and core capabilities of an ACP as set out in the Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England (HEE, 2017) the RUH Trust Framework for Advanced Practice and the Trust ACP Job Description. This means working in conjunction with the 4 pillars of advanced practice.

Clinical practice

Leadership in order to improve and transform services

Education and development of self and others

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.



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