Specialised Physiotherapist Musculoskeletal Rotation

Guys & St Thomas Hospital; London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Specialised Physiotherapist for a dynamic role focusing on musculoskeletal health. The successful candidate will engage in managing diverse caseloads and contribute to clinical education, within an innovative department committed to high-quality patient care and professional development.

Benefits

Continuing professional development support

Strong clinical education program

Dynamic and supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Broad range of experience in acute and chronic care.
• Experience in chronic pain management.
• Experience of teaching and supervising juniors.

Responsibilities

• Manage musculoskeletal caseload within various settings.
• Participate in department training and development.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Assessment skills

Manual therapy techniques

Organisational skills

Clinical reasoning

Education

HPC registration

Continued Professional Development

Job description

Specialised Physiotherapist Musculoskeletal Rotation

Band 6

Main area Specialised Physiotherapist Musculoskeletal Rotation Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 196-LIS9601

Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Cross-site Town London Salary £44,806 - £53,134 p.a inclusive of HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 16/06/2025 23:59

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.

Job overview

Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation trust Physiotherapy department is recruiting musculoskeletal physiotherapist at band 6 level and also to our band 6 talent pool.

Being successful to the talent pool means that when another vacancy arises (in the following 6 months after interview) we will contact you and offer you the position.

The musculoskeletal services management team comprises a head of service, 1 clinical lead, 2 deputy clinical leads, 10 clinical specialists and is responsible for a team of over 60 staff. The department offers a well-developed clinical education programme comprising of internally and externally run courses. Continuing professional development is actively supported. The department has strong links with Kings College London and provides clinicians for both lectures and practical sessions. The department operates an extended hours service including Saturday provision.

Band 6 Physiotherapist- Musculoskeletal Outpatients:
We work in a diverse area within London with close links with the local GPs, we also except secondary referrals from within the hospitals’ specialist services. Our band 6 rotations include gym, hand therapy, fracture clinic, hydrotherapy, spinal, pelvic health and community hubs.

Main duties of the job

You will be working at band 6 level and should have a broad range of band 5 experience (or equivalent) in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and core rotations. You will be managing your musculoskeletal caseload, participating in department training and development opportunities and working as part of a team.

Working for our organisation

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is the largest teaching hospital trust in the country, employing over 240 physiotherapy staff. Our main physiotherapy sites are both in central London on the bank of the Thames, within easy walking distance of the West End and the city. We also provide community services in the borough of Lambeth.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification for the full list. The responsibilities within each rotation vary however see the description for the roles and responsibilities that are expected for our band 6 staff.

Person specification

Experience

• Broad range of experience, as an autonomous practitioner, at Band 5 level in acute and chronic respiratory care, acute and chronic rehabilitation and musculoskeletal work and to include a range of settings across acute and community locations
• Experience of Chronic pain management and knowledge of different approaches in pain management
• Experience of working as member of a physiotherapy team and of a multidisciplinary team.
• Previous experience at Band 6 level
• Rotational work within the NHS
• Supervision of Band 5, PTA and Student
• Experience of the research process
• Experience of teaching on In service programmes and to the MDT

Skills/Knowledge/Ability

• Good assessment skills based on a sound clinical reasoning approach including assessment of symptom behaviour, history taking and gathering of physical/objective testing and hypothesis formation
• Competent manual therapy techniques of peripheral and spinal areas and including myofascial, neurological and skeletal systems
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
• Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner
• Ability to keep legible and accurate notes in English in the POMR system
• Weekend work and able to provide advice and patient assessment as a lone practitioner in an on-call situation
• Competent manual therapy techniques of peripheral and spinal areas and including myofascial, neurological and skeletal systems
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for physiotherapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
• Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
• Evidence of participation in research / audit

Qualifications & Education

• HPC registration
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development including attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to musculoskeletal practice
• Membership of Special Interest Group

Guy’s and St Thomas’celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personalcircumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Finnian Maloney Job title Deputy Clinical Lead Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 02071885111 Additional information

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