First Contact Practitioner | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Camberley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Camberley is seeking an experienced First Contact Practitioner to join their team. This role involves assessing and managing musculoskeletal patients directly, providing independent care and support while collaborating within a dynamic team. Ideal candidates are physiotherapists with a passion for MSK management and a commitment to flexible, patient-centred care.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist in Primary Care.
• Ability to manage acute and chronic patient presentations.
• Willingness to work flexibly and support development within the team.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage MSK patients in Primary Care.
• Make independent decisions regarding patient care.
• Provide patient centred care that supports self-management.

Skills

Clinical expertise

Musculoskeletal management

Patient assessment

Independent decision-making

Job description

The Frimley Health Advanced Practitioner Team provides both Primary and Secondary Care services across the Frimley ICS, covering Berkshire, Surrey, North East Hampshire, and Farnham.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated First Contact Practitioner (FCP) to join our dynamic, forward-thinking team, working in our First Contact Practitioner clinics in North East Hampshire and Farnham.

As an FCP, you will use your clinical expertise to assess and manage musculoskeletal (MSK) patients in Primary Care. You will perform clinical assessments, order and interpret diagnostics, and make decisions to manage MSK patients as the first point of contact—without the need for a prior GP appointment.

If you are a passionate MSK physiotherapist with experience in Primary Care and a keen interest in the First Contact Physiotherapist role, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

• To provide highly specialist clinical expertise, acting as a first-contact practitioner and making independent decisions about the best course of action for patients' care, this may include referring for diagnostics. This will involve seeing patients, without prior contact with their GP, in order to establish a rapid and accurate diagnosis and management plan. This may be face to face or by virtual consultation
• Delivering patient centred care that supports self-management, in ways that facilitate behavioural change, optimise individuals' physical activity, mobility, fulfilment of personal goals and independence, and also minimizes the need for pharmacological interventions and investigations
• To be able to assess and manage acute, chronic and complex patient presentations, refer patients on to Physiotherapy or Secondary Care for further management when appropriate.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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The APP team work across Primary Care and Secondary Care in GP Practices and Orthopaedic clinics. We are a friendly and experienced team with a broad range of clinical expertise and knowledge.

We have run FCP services for the past 9 years and worked closely with our Primary Care partners to develop these services. We have supported our team through the FCP Roadmap with our own supervisors from within our team and would be keen to support new members of the FCP team to complete their Roadmap.

We currently provide FCP services for: Oakley Health Group in Blackwater and Farnham Integrated Care Services who provide a centre for 4 local GP practices.

Please see attached Job Description for further role information and the full list of responsibilities.

This advert closes on Thursday 2 Oct 2025