MSK Physiotherapist

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Cirencester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist to join the MSK Department in Cirencester.

The role requires triage, assessment and management of a wide range of MSK conditions, supervision of band 5 staff and supervision of students, and collaboration with Primary Care colleagues. Closing date 18 October; interview 11 November.

Qualifications

• Experienced Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist capable of triaging, assessing and managing a wide range of MSK conditions.
• Oversees junior staff and student physiotherapists, providing supervision and guidance.

Responsibilities

• Provide MSK physiotherapy assessments and interventions to local community (16+).
• Screen and prioritise referrals and workload daily, delegate and assign work, manage a caseload.
• Supervise Band 5 physiotherapists and oversee student training and assessment.
• Represent the Physio team at relevant meetings and contribute to projects to develop physiotherapy services.

Skills

MSK Physiotherapy

Triage & assessment

Teaching & supervision

Tools

System One

Job description

External candidates - 12 month Fixed term contract only

Internal candidates - 12 month Secondment

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists who is dynamic, innovative and passionate. This is an opportunity for a team player to join a forward thinking MSK Department that works closely and collaboratively with the wider MSK Team, MSK Advanced Practitioners and our FCP Colleagues in Primary Care.

The ability to confidently triage, assess and manage a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions is essential. This role will involve overseeing junior members of staff and student physiotherapists.

Closing date : 18th October. Depending on numbers of applicants, this date may be brought forwards.

Interview date : 11th November

The post holder will receive support from the Adult MSK Physiotherapy Manager and the MSK Team Leads, as well as profession specific support as agreed locally. The post holder will be required to provide Physiotherapy assessments and interventions to the local community (aged 16 +). They will be involved in screening and prioritising of referrals and workload daily, delegation and assignment of work and management of a caseload of clients.

The post holder will also provide support to the other members of the outpatient team including clinical supervision to Band 5 Physiotherapists. They will oversee university students in their training and assessment. Where appropriate the post holder will be responsible for representing the Physiotherapy team at relevant meetings. The post holder will be expected to contribute to projects and developments taking forward Physiotherapy within the county as appropriate.

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a divers e range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues give us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and working alone as a highly skilled clinician providing guidance within their specialist field

To be professionally and legally accountable for a designated patient caseload and to decide priorities for own work area, balancing other patient related and professional demands

To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload

To assess patients' capacity, gain valid informed consent to treatment and where such capacity is lacking/absent to work within a legal framework in the management of the patient

To undertake the comprehensive assessment and accurate diagnosis of patients, including those with a complex presentation, using expert investigative analytical and enhanced clinical reasoning skills

To use expert clinical reasoning skills frequently with no access to other colleagues

To formulate individualised clinical management programmes utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options to plan a specialised programme of care

To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers, other disciplines and agencies to promote understanding of the aims of physiotherapy for each individual patient and to ensure continuation of the individualised treatment programme. This will include manual handling advice.

To be competent in using System one for computerised patient records and ensure notes are written up in a timely manner

• To supervise band 5 physiotherapists and oversee the training and assessment of student physiotherapists

For further information please see the attached job description for full details of the job role and personal specification