MSKCAT Practitioner | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Pendlebury; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Band 7 MSK Physiotherapist for a 12-month maternity cover position. The successful candidate will work in a community clinic setting, delivering high-quality care to patients with a variety of complex needs, including post-operative rehabilitation and chronic pain management. Responsibilities include maintaining patient records, leading assessments, and coordinating therapy services. The Trust offers a competitive benefits package, flexible working opportunities, and a supportive environment focused on care and professional development.

Benefits

Competitive annual leave allowance

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Experience in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy.
• Ability to assess and treat patients with complex presentations.
• Autonomy in maintaining records and managing caseload.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat own caseload of patients.
• Review patients individually and in groups.
• Lead assessment and decision-making processes.
• Maintain a high standard of clinical care.

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for Band 7 MSK Physiotherapist, this position will be for 12 Months to cover Maternity leave. The successful candidate will deliver a wide variety of clinical work within the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Service in the community clinic setting. This includes working with patients who have a variety of complex needs, e.g.:

• Orthopaedic Post-op patients
• Degenerative Conditions
• Chronic Pain
• Self-referral patient

Responsibilities

• Secondment will be considered Assess and treat own caseload of patients who have complex presentations and maintain own records as an autonomous practitioner
• Review patients on a 1:1 basis as well as deliver therapy and education in class settings.
• To lead assessment, liaison and decision making processes for patients.
• To undertake a significant clinical caseload to a high professional standard, using specialist knowledge from theoretical and practical experience.
• To support the Band 8a in the planning, co-ordination and evaluation of the MSK Physiotherapy Service on a day-to-day basis, and to cover for any other area with this specific caseload as necessary.

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About the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS Trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.