Extended Scope Practitioner Musculoskeletal

South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching Nhs Foundation Trust; Hanley; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Part time

Job summary

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly motivated musculoskeletal Extended Scope Practitioner (ESP) to join our MSK team on a part-time basis. You will provide advanced assessment, diagnosis and management of complex MSK problems, offer clinical leadership, supervise junior staff and contribute to service development across primary and secondary care.

With 18.75 hours per week, the role offers flexible working patterns within a supportive, multidisciplinary

Qualifications

• Experienced musculoskeletal physiotherapist with commitment to excellent service provision.
• Extended Scope Practitioner responsible for clinical leadership and management within the MSK service.
• Promoting a team ethos and supporting learning and development.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced assessment, diagnosis and management of complex MSK problems.
• Lead on clinical case reviews and CPD activities essential to service development.
• Deliver injection therapy and prescribe within scope of directives where applicable.
• Lead on professional development and pathway development across MSK services.

Skills

Advanced clinical reasoning

Communication skills

Clinical leadership

Musculoskeletal physiotherapist

Job description

Job summary

18.75 hours per week

Are you looking for a new challenge? You will be a highly motivated experienced musculoskeletal physiotherapist who is committed to excellent service provision working within a highly regarded team, providing clinical leadership to colleagues in your own and stakeholder services.

As an Extended Scope Practitioner, you will be responsible for providing clinical leadership and management within our service and ensuring the provision of a highly specialised and patient centred musculoskeletal assessment and treatment.

We are looking for an enthusiastic caring professional with advanced clinical reasoning and communication skills to join our established team, working across the MSK service and supporting clinicians working in primary care as part of our First Contact Practitioner service. Promoting a team ethos and creating a supportive framework in which to further develop your clinical and leadership skills.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

Main duties of the job

Working as part of a community-based team of Musculoskeletal ESPs, physiotherapists and GPSI, you will be responsible for managing a mixed caseload of complex patients who are attending for musculoskeletal problems. You will provide advanced assessment, diagnosis and management of their problems in accordance with best practice, requesting diagnostic investigations as appropriate and interpreting the relevance of these in the light of clinical presentation.

You will organise, attend and contribute to clinical case review and other CPD activities as appropriate.

You will possess excellent communication skills and have an ability to adapt to different learning styles. Providing clinical leadership and guidance to inform policies and pathways and also supporting other clinical staff in their development and understanding.

You will be involved in the development and delivery of In Service training programmes to a variety of staff groups which may include Advanced Nurse Practitioners and GPs.

You will be instrumental in supporting Service Development and Pathway Development, especially developing links with secondary care.

About us

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means we are accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we are run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

Details

• Date posted: 27 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 8a
• Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year pro rata
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: C9378-B2392

Job description

• Job summary: This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The post holder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.
• The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the post holder when necessary and in line with service developments.

Key result areas

• To provide a screening, assessment, referral & treatment service for patients with a variety of complex musculoskeletal problems, referring on to the most appropriate service where necessary including secondary care.
• To triage referrals through highly advanced & specialist assessment, using investigations & diagnostics to enable the provision of a clinical opinion/diagnosis in order to advise referrers & patients regarding further management of their condition.
• To provide a district wide service acting as a lead in the management of musculoskeletal problems and facilitating rapid referral to the most appropriate service for the management of patients with complex musculoskeletal problem.
• To take a lead role for the professional development & the facilitation of best practice in the clinical area of musculoskeletal outpatients for all health care professionals including being involved in the Continuing Professional Development of Medical Practitioners.

Job dimensions

• Supervision of more junior staff and students if necessary
• Advise Manager on budgetary issues related to musculoskeletal services

Core duties and responsibilities

Clinical

• To screen musculoskeletal referrals to the Referral Management Centre and to make decisions on their further management, ensuring all health and safety issues are adhered to.
• To use highly advanced clinical reasoning skills to undertake advanced specialist assessment of patients, and formulate an accurate diagnosis & prognosis discussing treatment options & referring on when necessary or agreeing an individual treatment program with the patients consent.
• To gather, interpret & analyse highly complex clinical and non clinical information and undertake highly skilled and clinically advanced procedures and interventions within the scope of the Extended Scope Practitioner. This includes selecting and using appropriate assessment techniques and requesting diagnostic investigations (x-rays, blood tests, MRI/ultrasound scans as identified within the protocols set by the Trust).
• To accept referrals from GPs, Physiotherapists & Podiatrists and provide a specialist opinion on patients with complex musculoskeletal problems, using & supporting physiotherapists, medical colleagues & other professions where necessary in the management of musculoskeletal conditions.
• To monitor and progress patients using appropriate outcome measures and discharge planning, providing detailed reports and letters to referrers and referring onto other services where necessary.
• To use excellent communication skills to deliver highly complex, sensitive and contentious information to patients and carers.
• To deliver injection therapy &/or prescribing of medication under guidance of patient group directive where necessary.
• To be responsible for risk assessing all aspects of own work in line with Trust procedures and Professional standards & be professionally & legally accountable for own practice as an autonomous practitioner.
• To write medico-legal reports for patients within own specialist clinical caseload where necessary.

Professional

• To maintain patient treatment records in line with Trust and Professional standards.
• To be responsible for maintenance of own extensive CPD and show evidence through professional portfolio.
• To lead on aspects of change in the working and clinical practice of the musculoskeletal/physiotherapy team and to ensure that where they impact on other health professionals or services they are informed and assisted with managing the changes to their organisation or service.
• To use Evidence Based Practice to inform decision making regarding the best management of musculoskeletal problems.
• To participate in multi-disciplinary debate advising on policy and procedural decisions on musculoskeletal clinical matters.

Organisational

• To take a lead when necessary on clinical networking, co-ordinating, integrating and improving musculoskeletal care pathways and processes across teams, professions and Trusts.
• To design and undertake audit programs to develop the musculoskeletal service.
• To lead on relevant aspects of research using audit and evidence based practice results to set standards within the musculoskeletal services.
• To complete work within agreed time scales and alert manager where logistics problems threaten to disrupt working practices.
• To support Managers with the maintenance & development of a high quality, efficient & effective musculoskeletal service.
• To ensure equality, privacy & dignity is shown to all patients & carers who attend the service.

For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached.

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