Senior Physiotherapist MSK Outpatients

Senior Physiotherapist MSK Outpatients

Job description

Job summary

The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust has an enthusiastic and dynamic Outpatient team looking to recruit a part-time Band 6 Physiotherapist ( hours) on a fixed term 12 months contract.

We are able to offer a varied role with an emphasis on professional development, enabling the successful candidate to progress their musculoskeletal skills to a high level and offer options to gain experience in all areas of MSK practice and management to give the best long term career options.

Referrals are received from local GP practices, Orthopaedics, Pain Clinic, Rheumatology, Oncology and Maxillo-Facial Consultants.

This includes trauma and elective post-operative patients from orthopaedic wards, A&E; and fracture clinic.





We provide a virtual fracture clinic service 6 afternoons a week, running alongside the Orthopaedic clinics seeing A+E referrals and post-op / fracture clinic patients.

We offer all our patients the option for face to face, video or telephone appointments.

Main duties of the job

The Band 6s within the team rotate every 8 months through Spinal, Shoulder, Wrist & Hand, Pain, Rheumatology, Hip, Knee and Foot & Ankle rotations.

There are further options to gain experience within Pelvic Health and Occupational Health should you wish. Each rotation is supported by weekly training lead by the relevant Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (APP) and line managed by an experienced Team Leader.

Further training is available with regular IST either in the form of weekly one hour sessions or educational half days. We also run an optional Friday learning lunch where we review and discuss recent relevant research, podcasts and blogs.







On each rotation our Band 6s can shadow MSK or Orthopaedic Consultant clinics and are able to do watched assessments.

As a Band 6 Physiotherapist you will have the opportunity to supervise Junior Physiotherapists, Physiotherapy Assistants, and Physiotherapy Students on placement.

As part of this you will be involved in the Junior / Student teaching programme.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career.

Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.







We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care.

Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.

There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early,





so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

To assess and treat patients in MSK Outpatients. To support the team in the organisation and provision of an efficient, high quality and co-ordinated physiotherapy service for patients in MSK Outpatients.

To undertake a defined clinical caseload. To ensure that patient and service standards and priorities are met. To provide clinical supervision to assigned junior physiotherapists, technical instructors, physiotherapy assistants and students.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

- HCPC registration
- BSc Physiotherapy

Desirable

- Member of CSP
- Member of Specific interest group
- Post graduate qualifications in MSK Treatments

Knowledge and Skills

Essential







- Previous Acute NHS experience at Band 5 level
- Achieved core skills in all core Junior rotations, including speciality area / s
- Evidence to support knowledge base in specialist area

Desirable

- Previous Senior Experience in Specialty Area

▶️ Senior Physiotherapist MSK Outpatients
🖊️ Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
📍 Guildford