Senior MSK Physiotherapist - Complex Pain, Teaching

The Methodist Church in Britain; East Finchley; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Training and career development

Generous benefits

Job summary

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist to join the MSK team. The role involves assessing and treating complex pain, teaching junior staff, and delivering services across two sites with flexible hours including evenings.

The post requires HCPC registration, a postgraduate MSK portfolio, and a track record in complex caseload management and bio-psychosocial approach.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate MSK specialist development portfolio
• HCPC registration as physiotherapist

Responsibilities

• Take professional and legal responsibility for own practice in line with Trust, CSP and HCPC standards
• Plan and manage own complex specialist caseload, prioritising clinical need and time
• Use advanced clinical reasoning and evidence to assess highly complex patients and deliver management plans autonomously
• Explore complex and distressing personal histories sensitively
• Assess and modify treatment aims and outcomes with patients, carers and the multidisciplinary team
• Use advanced communication and behaviour change skills to support long-term self-management
• Apply cognitive behavioural principles to improve functional capacity, including education, goal setting, exercise, relaxation and activity management
• Share responsibility for supporting junior and less experienced staff
• Teach and train junior staff and other healthcare professionals
• Deliver a mix of Telehealth and face-to-face consultations, one-to-one and in groups
• Work cross-site between the Barnet and Chase Farm sites, with extended and evening hours depending on demand

Skills

Advanced clinical reasoning

Leadership

Group work

Telehealth

IT skills

Education

BSc in Physiotherapy

Job description

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist to join the MSK team. The role involves assessing and treating complex pain, teaching junior staff, and delivering services across two sites with flexible hours including evenings.

The post requires HCPC registration, a postgraduate MSK portfolio, and a track record in complex caseload management and bio-psychosocial approach.