Extended Scope/Advanced Practice Physiotherapist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Extended Scope / Advanced Practice Physiotherapist, Band 8a Permanent / Full time

Bexley MSK Services

This is a really exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join a large multidisciplinary musculoskeletal team; providing rapid access for patients with musculoskeletal pathology, persistent pain conditions and for those with rehabilitation needs. Bexley MSK offers a whole system biopsychosocial approach for patients referred for musculoskeletal management and enables a streamlined service for expert management of those with complex needs.

Clinicians looking to progress their musculoskeletal career are invited to apply to this post working in the MSK service within the Bexley care directorate. We are looking for applicants with the right attitude to delivering high quality patient care, and the successful candidate will be supported with in-house training and clinical support from senior colleagues

Main duties of the job

The successful post-holder will work daily alongside a team of physiotherapists, psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists, Orthopaedics surgeons, and specialist consultants in rheumatology and persistent pain. They will be required to assess and treat patients referred with musculoskeletal conditions, utilising rehabilitation plans. The service has access to clinical investigations including MRI, X-ray, Diagnostic Ultrasound, Blood Tests and Nerve conduction studies, and treatment options including shockwave treatment, acupuncture and steroid injections.

About us

Oxleas - About Us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We're Kind
We're Fair
We Listen
We Care

Date posted

12 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,703 to £59,796 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

277-4915488-CPH

Job locations

Queen Marys Hospital

Sidcup

DA146LT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working in a busy MSK outpatients setting
Working with primary, secondary and community care teams to provide a multidisciplinary approach to improvement of MSK pathology.
Always aiming to achieve maximum independence for all service users suffering with MSK Pathology

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working in a busy MSK outpatients setting
Working with primary, secondary and community care teams to provide a multidisciplinary approach to improvement of MSK pathology.
Always aiming to achieve maximum independence for all service users suffering with MSK Pathology

Person Specification

Education and Training

Essential

HCPC Registered
Evidence of successful completion of relevant short courses pertaining to MSK
Successful completion of management short courses

Desirable

Evidence of Management skills obtained through experience

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

Minimum 3 years' experience working at highly specialist level within MSK
Experience supervising / supporting more junior staff
Ability to work as part of an MDT

Desirable

Ability to lead audit and research

Communication

Essential

Highly developed negotiation and problem solving IV skills in complex situations
Excellent organizational skills

Person Specification

Education and Training

Essential

HCPC Registered
Evidence of successful completion of relevant short courses pertaining to MSK
Successful completion of management short courses

Desirable

Evidence of Management skills obtained through experience

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

Minimum 3 years' experience working at highly specialist level within MSK
Experience supervising / supporting more junior staff
Ability to work as part of an MDT

Desirable

Ability to lead audit and research

Communication

Essential

Highly developed negotiation and problem solving IV skills in complex situations
Excellent organizational skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).