First Contact Practitioner Physiotherapist

NHS Jobs; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking a First Contact Practitioner Physiotherapist to assess, diagnose and triage patients at the point of contact within primary care. You will manage a complex caseload, contribute to service delivery and ensure care is timely, proactive and tailored to individual needs, supporting patient self-management.

The role emphasizes decision-making, clinical reasoning and collaboration with the MDT to streamline pathways and improve access to care.

Responsibilities

• Takes professional responsibility as a first-contact physiotherapist with high-level decision-making and clinical reasoning to assess, diagnose and triage patients.
• Manages a complex caseload including patients with long-term conditions, comorbidities and multifactorial needs.
• Leads, manages and contributes to service delivery.
• Accounts for decisions and actions via HCPC registration, supported by peer networking/review and engagement in evidence-based practice.
• Streamlines pathway of care by providing a responsive service so patients receive timely access to care.
• Ensures care is proactive, preventive in focus and population-based with emphasis on early intervention.
• Provides care tailored to individual needs, assessing impact on health, well-being, employment, function and independence.
• Supports patients to set goals and engage in self-management.
• Communicates effectively with patients and carers about complex information on diagnosis, prognosis.
• Uses a range of clinical skills which may include non-medical prescribing, injections and aspirations.
• Provides learning opportunities for the multi-professional team within primary care.
• Works with MDT to develop streamlined clinical pathways and services.
• Exercises professional judgement and responsibility in unpredictable situations.
• Manages interactions in complex situations with psychosocial and mental health needs across the primary care team.

Job description

First Contact Practitioner Physiotherapist

• CORE RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Takes professional responsibility as a first-contact physiotherapist, with high-level decision-making and clinical-reasoning skills to assess, diagnose and triage of patients
• 2. Manages a complex caseload (including patients with long-term conditions, comorbidities and multi-factorial needs),
• 3. Leads, manages and contributes to service delivery,
• 4. Accountable for decisions and actions via HCPC registration, supported by a professional culture of peer networking/review and engagement in evidence-based practice
• 5. Streamlines pathway of care by providing a responsive service so that patients receive timely access to care.
• 6. Ensures care is proactive, preventive in focus and population based, with an emphasis on early intervention
• 7. Provides care which is tailored to the individual needs. This would include, appraising the impact of individuals' clinical status on their general health, well-being, employment status (including in relation to function, physical activity, mobility and independence
• 8. Supports patients to set their own goals and be confident in their approach to self-management
• 9. Communicates effectively and appropriately with patients and carers complex and sensitive information regarding diagnosis, pathology and prognosis.
• 10.Uses a range of clinical skills which may include a. non-medical independent prescribing b. joint / soft tissue injections c. joint aspirations
• 11.Provides learning opportunities for the whole multi professional team within primary care.
• 12.Works with MDT to develop more effective and streamlined clinical pathways and services
• 13.Exercises professional judgement, making, justifying and taking responsibility for decisions in unpredictable situations, including in the context of incomplete/contradictory information
• 14.Manages interactions in complex situations, including with individuals with particular psychosocial and mental health needs and with colleagues across the primary care team, sectors and settings