First Contact Physiotherapy Practitioner

The Wyre Forest Health Partnership; Larkhill; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Job summary

The Wyre Forest Health Partnership invites applications for an Extended Scope First Contact Physiotherapist Practitioner. The role delivers autonomous MSK assessment and treatment across five sites, advising on care pathways and ensuring access to services.

Joint injections training is available and NHS pension benefits apply. Applicants must hold current UK registration as a Physiotherapist, with enhanced MSK skills and a track record in primary care.

Qualifications

• Current UK professional registration as a Physiotherapist.
• Enhanced MSK skills to act as first point of contact for MSK patients.
• Experience in Primary Care in a similar role is desirable.
• Willingness to train to become an injection therapist.
• Ability to work autonomously across Partnership sites.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialised MSK assessment and treatment across Partnership sites.
• Triage and manage complex patients with onward referrals.
• Lead clinical practice, teaching and mentoring within the team.
• Contribute to service development and new ways of working in MSK care.
• Deliver evidence-based care aligned with CSP/NICE guidelines.

Skills

Joint injections

MSK assessment

Autonomous practice

UK professional registration

MSK pathway knowledge

Job description

First Contact Physiotherapy Practitioner

We are not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position

The Partnership is looking to recruit an extended Scope, First ContactPhysiotherapist Practitioner. Reporting to our Lead PhysiotherapistPractitioner, the role will involve working autonomously, across the 5Partnership sites, providing highly specialised assessment and treatment ofpatients within your area of clinical specialty. As such you will advise,influence, promote and create models of practice, which offer a continuum of careand equality of access.

This role is suitable for a Physiotherapist with enhanced skills so thatthey can be the first point of contact for patients with MSK symptoms.Applicants must have current UK professional registration. Experience in asimilar role within Primary Care is desirable.The ability to carry out joint injections or willing to train isessential.

This post is a stand-alone role but you will report to the LeadPhysiotherapist Practitioner who will be able to offer support and guidance todeliver care within the partnership setting.

We are happy to consider both full and part timehours. Benefits include membership of the NHS pension scheme.

For further information or queries please contact Graeme Payne, Lead First Contact Physiotherapist and Partner [e-mail] HR Director Clive Smith on [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

We are not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position

• Toprovide specialist clinical care to patients; working to service standards,protocols and standards from Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and othernational, regional and local guidelines (e.g. NICE etc).
• Towork as part of the clinical team to provide expert, evidence based care topatients.
• To beresponsible for the management of complex patients providing a high level ofclinical expertise and exemplifying good practice in the assessment, treatmentand management of patients including onward referral.
• Towork with other members of the site teams to innovate, develop and implementnew ways of working to improve the care pathway for patients.
• Tocompetently triage patients as to their suitability for intervention withintheir area of specialty including assigning to relevant assessment routes,groups or one to one interventions.
• Todemonstrate extended knowledge, for example, in the fields of:
• Radiographyand other investigations
• To be,or be prepared to undertake training to become an injection therapist isessential.
• Towork as a lone practitioner to deliver care within the Partnershipsetting.
• Tointerpret and analyse relevant clinical and non-clinical facts which may beconflicting to formulate accurate diagnoses and to implement comprehensivemanagement strategies.

About us

Wyre Forest Health Partnership:one successful and ambitious health partnership working at scale together to provide high quality innovative patient care, delivered by a valued and respected team.

WFHP has been operating since December 2014 as a single Partnership, operating out of 5 surgeries, 3 are purpose built. We operate at scale and are at the forefront of primary care delivery in how we organise ourselves, having management and leverage for a large number of primary care employees (c250 people & c50 GPs). We also look after c 72 000 patients. We have a very strong quality improvement ethic, and are always looking to improve.

WFHP is working towards the NHS goals to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible. We actively encourage new staff to take an interest in this and build sustainable practice into their roles.

Job responsibilities

• To work autonomously as apractitioner, across the Partnership, providing highly specialised assessmentand treatment of patients within your area of clinical specialty. As such you will advise, influence, promoteand create models of practice, which offer a continuum of care and equality ofaccess.
• To act as a source of highlevel expertise providing an advisory service to patients, carers, GPs,Practice staff and other Allied Health Professionals.
• To be the interface betweenprimary care and the onward referral routes.
• Providingclinical leadership in the designated field of Physiotherapy. This will include teaching and mentoring ofother practice staff.
• Activeinvolvement in Service Development initiatives in line with the nationwide MSKpathway.
• Toparticipate in the management of resources to ensure a safe, efficient andeffective service which is consistent, accessible and relevant to patientsneeds.
• Toprovide specialist clinical care to patients; working to service standards,protocols and standards from Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and othernational, regional and local guidelines (e.g. NICE etc).
• Towork as part of the clinical team to provide expert, evidence based care topatients.
• To beresponsible for the management of complex patients providing a high level ofclinical expertise and exemplifying good practice in the assessment, treatmentand management of patients including onward referral.
• Towork with other members of the site teams to innovate, develop and implementnew ways of working to improve the care pathway for patients.
• Tocompetently triage patients as to their suitability for intervention withintheir area of specialty including assigning to relevant assessment routes,groups or one to one interventions.
• Todemonstrate extended knowledge, for example, in the fields of:
• Radiographyand other investigations
• To be,or be prepared to undertake training to become an injection therapist isessential.
• Towork as a lone practitioner to deliver care within the Partnershipsetting. To be responsible for ownpractices and be accountable for all aspects of Physiotherapy treatment andcare delivered to the patient.
• Tointerpret and analyse relevant clinical and non-clinical facts which may beconflicting to formulate accurate diagnoses and to implement comprehensivemanagement strategies.
• Toensure, where possible, that all intervention is evidence based.
• Towork to professional and service standards and participate in the auditing ofthese standards when appropriate and take part in clinical supervision.
• Tocommunicate highly complex and sensitive information to patients and carers inan understandable way, this may include the use of interpreters. Communication skills of persuasion,motivation, explanation and gaining informed consent with all patientsincluding those with a condition inhibiting effective communication will berequired in order to disseminate difficult to accept information i.e.expectation of treatment.
• Tocommunicate all information effectively to members of the team and across otherhealth and social care sectors to ensure collaborative working.
• Toparticipate in meetings, clinical audit and professional developmentactivities.
• Totake legal responsibility for own clinical actions.
• Topromote best practice and facilitate the integration of research into practicethrough clinical reasoning and decision making.
• Todevelop and maintain links with appropriate hospital staff in order to improvecontinuity of care.
• Toact as a specialist resource for Physiotherapy treatment and advice.
• Toproduce timely referrals and reports.
• Tounderstand a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and risk management andapply to the work situation.
• Totriage referrals into the MSK pathway using clinical reasoning or directly tosecondary care where appropriate.
• Tomaintain accurate, comprehensive and up to date documentation in accordancewith legal and departmental requirements and procedures.
• To beresponsible when requesting/reporting absences in line with Partnershippolicies; following local guidelines to ensure clinical continuity ismaintained.
• Topropose and implement changes to policy and procedures which have a directimpact on the patient to optimise patient care.
• Toparticipate in the management of all available resources to ensure an efficientand effective service which is consistent, accessible and relevant to patientsneeds.
• Toparticipate in new service developments as required.

Experience

• The ability to carry out joint injections or willing to train is essential.
• Experience in a similar role within Primary Care is desirable.

Qualifications

• This role is suitable for a Physiotherapist with enhanced skills so that they can be the first point of contact for patients with MSK symptoms. Applicants must have current UK professional registration

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.