First Contact Physiotherapy Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension scheme membership

Job summary

Wyre Forest Health Partnership is seeking an extended-scope physiotherapist to provide autonomous assessment and treatment of MSK conditions across five primary care sites. You will triage referrals, manage complex cases, and act as an interface between primary and secondary care, while providing clinical leadership and teaching.

The role requires current UK registration, willingness to train for joint injections, and eligibility for NHS pension schemes.

Qualifications

• Physiotherapist with enhanced skills for first-contact MSK practice
• Current UK professional registration
• Ability to carry out joint injections, or willingness to train to do so
• Experience in primary care is a plus

Responsibilities

• Provide autonomous, highly specialised assessment and treatment of patients within your clinical specialty across five Partnership sites
• Act as the first point of contact for patients, triaging them to assessment routes, groups or one-to-one interventions
• Manage complex patients with a high level of clinical expertise, including onward referral
• Interface between primary care and onward referral routes, triaging referrals into the MSK pathway or directly to secondary care
• Provide clinical leadership, teaching and mentoring of practice staff
• Advise patients, carers, GPs, practice staff and other allied health professionals as a source of high-level expertise
• Work as a lone practitioner, accountable for all aspects of physiotherapy treatment and care delivered
• Deliver evidence-based care to CSP and NICE standards, promoting best practice and research in practice

Skills

MSK first-contact

Autonomous practice

Clinical assessment

Job description

Extended-scope physiotherapist post at Wyre Forest Health Partnership, a primary care organisation running five surgery sites, reporting to the Lead Physiotherapist Practitioner. The holder assesses and treats patients with musculoskeletal symptoms as their first point of contact, triaging them into the right route and managing complex cases with onward referral. The role is largely autonomous and lone-working, and it requires joint injection skills or a willingness to train for them. Applicants need current UK professional registration, and visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Provide autonomous, highly specialised assessment and treatment of patients within your clinical specialty across the five Partnership sites
• Act as the first point of contact for patients, triaging them to assessment routes, groups or one-to-one interventions
• Manage complex patients with a high level of clinical expertise, including onward referral
• Act as the interface between primary care and onward referral routes, triaging referrals into the MSK pathway or directly to secondary care
• Provide clinical leadership, teaching and mentoring of practice staff
• Advise patients, carers, GPs, practice staff and other allied health professionals as a source of high-level expertise
• Work as a lone practitioner, accountable for all aspects of physiotherapy treatment and care delivered
• Deliver evidence-based care to CSP and NICE standards, promoting best practice and research in practice
• Interpret conflicting clinical and non-clinical information to make accurate diagnoses and plan management, including extended knowledge of radiography and other investigations
• Take part in service development, including the nationwide MSK pathway and new ways of working
• Communicate complex information to patients and carers, using interpreters where needed, and gain informed consent
• Take part in resource management, audit, clinical supervision and governance, keeping documentation and producing referrals and reports

What’s required

Qualifications

• Physiotherapist with enhanced skills for first-contact MSK practice

Registration & licences

• Current UK professional registration

Experience

• Ability to carry out joint injections, or willingness to train to do so

Nice to have

• Experience in a similar role within primary care

What’s offered

• NHS pension scheme membership