Job responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide clinical expertise, acting as
first-contact physiotherapist and making decisions about the best course of
action for patients' care (including in relation to undifferentiated
conditions). This will involve seeing patients, without prior contact with
their GP, to establish a rapid and accurate diagnosis and management plan.
Progress and request investigations to
facilitate diagnosis and choice of treatment regime, understanding the
information limitations derived from these and the relative sensitivity and
specificity of tests and diagnostic services such as x-rays and blood test,
and interpret and act on results to aid diagnosis and the management plans of
patients.
Deliver programmes of supported patient
self-management, in ways that facilitate behavioural change, optimise
individuals' physical activity, mobility, fulfilment of personal goals and
independence, and that minimise the need for pharmacological interventions.
Work
independently, without day-to-day supervision, to assess, diagnose, triage,
and manage patients, taking responsibility for prioritising and managing a caseload
of patients
Receive
patients who self-refer or from a clinical professional and where required
refer to other health professionals within the practice
Work
as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role, using their
expert knowledge of movement and function issues, to create stronger links
for wider services through clinical leadership, teaching and evaluation
Make
use of their full scope of practice, developing skills relating to
independent prescribing, injection therapy and investigation to make
professional judgements and decisions in unpredictable situations, including
when provided with incomplete or contradictory information. They will take
responsibility for making and justifying these decisions
Manage
complex interactions, including working with patients with psychosocial and
mental health needs, referring onwards as required and including social
prescribing when appropriate
Communicate effectively with patients,
and their carers where applicable, complex, and sensitive information
regarding diagnoses, pathology, prognosis and treatment choices supporting
personalised care
ADDITIONAL
RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide
leadership and support on MSK clinical and service development across the PCN,
alongside learning opportunities for the whole multi-disciplinary team within
primary care
Develop
relationships and a collaborative working approach across the PCN, supporting
the integration of pathways in primary care
Encourage
collaborative working across the wider health economy and be a key contributor
to supporting the development of physiotherapy clinical services across the PCN
Implement
all aspects of effective clinical governance for own practice, including
undertaking regular audit and evaluation, supervision and training
Liaising
with secondary and community care services, and secondary and community MSK
services where required, using local social and community interventions as
required to support the management of patients within the PCN
Support
regional and national research and audit programmes to evaluate and improve the
effectiveness of the First Contact Practitioner (FCP) programme. This will
include communicating outcomes and integrating findings into own and wider
service practice and pathway development.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
You
will be expected to attend regular staff meetings. The meetings provide an
opportunity to discuss matters arising from the job and can be used for
in-house training.
The
post holder will be expected to deliver a high quality, diverse, patient
centred service.
INFORMATION
GOVERNANCE
Information is vitally important for the safe clinical management of
patient care and the efficient administration of services. It is the
responsibility of our entire workforce, regardless of employment status, to
ensure they abide by the requirements of Information Governance as set out in
the Employee Handbook and the Information Governance Policy.
CONFIDENTIALITY
In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the
post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients
and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also
have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation.
All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly
confidential.
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare
workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised
persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to
confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
REHABILITATION
OF OFFENDERS ACT 1974
This post is not exempt from the provisions of the
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore the post holder is required to
disclose any spent convictions
