Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (APP)

Connexus PCN; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A primary care network in Bristol is seeking an Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner to enhance clinical practices in a leadership capacity. The role involves overseeing a team of First Contact Practitioners, providing high-quality clinical services to patients, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Candidates should possess a Master's degree in Physiotherapy and relevant qualifications. This position offers a competitive salary of £50,952 to £57,349 per year, depending on experience, alongside various benefits including flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Flexible working hours

Regular supervision and CPD time

Qualifications

• Completion of an Undergraduate & Masters degrees in Physiotherapy.
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
• Experience in core physiotherapy and MSK physiotherapy.
• Clinical leadership and management experience.
• Experience managing clinical supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead team of First Contact Practitioners to deliver clinical services.
• Independently triage, assess, evaluate, and diagnose patients.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for patient care.
• Promote culture of continuous learning and service development.

Skills

Good IT skills

Excellent communication skills

Advanced critical thinking

Comfortable in varied settings

Education

Undergraduate & Masters degrees in Physiotherapy

Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council

Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Tools

EMIS web

Job description

Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (APP)

This is anexciting opportunity for an experienced Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner to develop their clinical practice in a leadership role.

Benefits include a competitive salary, 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays, flexible working (within Standard Network Hours) and regular supervision and protected time for CPD.

Applications will be considered from experienced candidates who are working towards a prescribing qualification provided completion is due within the next twelvemonths.

You will work directly with a small team of First Contact Practitioners to patients across our Primary Care network of Practices in South Bristol.

You will need to have obtained or in the process of obtaining a Advanced Practice qualification (post-grad diploma or degree, or Masters if qualified after 2020). You should also hold or be working towards a prescribing qualification.

For more information about this role please contact our Operations Manager [e-mail].

Main duties of the job

You will lead a small team of FCPs to maintain and develop high quality clinical services to our patients. Advanced clinical practice is a level of practice characterised by a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making. This must include education to masters degree level and having the capabilities of advanced clinical practice set out in section one of the Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England. This encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research.

About us

This is an exciting new opportunity for an Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (APP) to develop their career in a primary care setting with Connexus Primary Care Network (PCN). We support over 50,000 patients registered with five GP Practices in South-East Bristol.

Job responsibilities

Main responsibilities

Clinical

- Independently triage, assess, evaluate, and diagnose patients with highly complex disorders and possible multiple pathologies using advanced critical thinking, expert clinical and diagnostic reasoning skills including instigating appropriate clinical investigations and interpreting results to enable the development of immediate management plan which will meet the physical and psychological needs of the patient and family.

- Be able to justify clinically referrals to other specialist services. This will include referral to acute and specialist services such as surgical orthopaedics, rheumatology and neurology, other AHP services, nursing services and to the primary care medical teams. This requires advanced knowledge of the role of other specialist health professionals.

- An ability to recognise RED flags, serious pathology and potential underlying non-MSK related disease, that may present as MSK symptoms and to refer appropriately. When needed accelerate the patients referral to other health professionals/services.

- May initiate medication prescribing, administration and management in line with Patient Group Directives or Prescribing as required for specialist role and inline with prescribing competence. NMP qualification desirable but not essential.

- Maintain timely and accurate patient document records to reflect care provided and to be professionally and legally accountable.

- Work collaboratively with practice and PCN colleagues in a multidisciplinary team, maintain relationships with orthopaedic consultant teams, relevant MDT and physiotherapy services in community and acute settings. Where appropriate develop relationships with wider health and social care agencies, for example mental health teams, local authorities, third sector providers and patient groups, provide specialist advice to healthcare professionals, other agencies, carers, clients and relatives.

- Actively takes a personalised care and population centred care approach to enable shared decision making with the presenting person. Actively engages in care from a Population care viewpoint.

ServiceDevelopment & Education

- Take a key role in leading and developing the service to improve practice and work collaboratively, implementing and evaluating evidence based standards, guidelines and policies.

- To identify and be actively involved in audit and research activity which will contribute to the development of the service. Flexible skill set to adapt to and meet needs of the PCN Population and support public health.

- To plan and lead specific areas of PCN/practice developments and including implementing best practice and management in order to enhance the patient journey.

- To promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the service and the team; identifying opportunities for service development.

- To support/facilitate education and training within the PCN

- To provide supervision and support to the members of the FCP team

Researchand Audit

- To initiate and contribute to research in specialist field which will directly contribute to patient management and also the improvement and development of the service.

- Interpret newly generated research findings in specialist field determining how to implement through application of advanced knowledge and skills, disseminating findings internally to influence best practice.

- Develop and undertake regular audits which promote and facilitate service improvement.

Leadership

- The postholder will establish strong working relationships with Physiotherapist and management of staff to encourage good clinical practice.

- The postholder will work with the GP leads of the five Practices to identify and follow up opportunities for the improvement of care.

- The postholder will provide clinical support and advice to colleagues including Care Co-ordinators and Physiotherapist.

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

• Good IT skills including use of GP clinical systems (EMIS web)
• Comfortable working in a range of settings including GP surgeries, Care Homes and patients own home with minimum support and supervision.
• Excellent communication skills to work with patients from a variety of background, their careers, health professionals and care home staff.

Experience

• -Completion of an Undergraduate & Masters degrees in Physiotherapy.
• -Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council; able to demonstrate in practice portfolio experience in core physiotherapy and MSK physiotherapy (ARRS Roadmap stages 1 & 2, would consider working towards level 2)
• -Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
• -Experience of managing and providing clinical supervision to staff
• -Experience of clinical leadership and management of health services and projects
• -Experience and an awareness of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice.
• -Recognise priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from normal pattern and is able to refer as appropriate.
• -Able to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies and procedures and codes of conduct.
• -Involve patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidelines.
• -Excellent IT skills and ability to use GP clinical system (EMIS Web)
• May hold or be working towards a Non-Medical prescribing qualification
• May have training in specialist procedures e.g. joint injections.

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.

£50,952 to £57,349 a yeardepending on experience