Job summary
This is an exciting time to be working at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the UK, delivering care to more than1.6 million people a year through our three main hospitals: Barnet, Chase Farm and Royal Free. We are delighted to advertise this exciting opportunity for someone who is an experienced Musculoskeletal Advanced Practice Physiotherapist (APP) and who has significant operational management and well developed leadership skills, to join our welcoming, knowledgeable, and innovative team as our Clinical lead and Lead Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner. Our department, which places clinical excellence and staff welfare at the heart of its decision-making is looking for someone who is a compassionate leader and an APP dedicated to clinical excellence. Musculoskeletal First Contact Practitioner (FCP) experience would be advantageous in this role.
Main duties of the job
This is a joint clinical and operational role where you will oversee the Musculoskeletal physiotherapy service provision as Clinical Lead and also lead our growing team of experienced and well-established Advanced Practice MSK Physiotherapists. You will be supported in this role by the Outpatient Therapy Lead working closely to develop and progress the MSK physiotherapy and APP strategic direction. Additionally, the role will include Advanced Practice Physiotherapy clinics as part of our secondary care and community MSK provision within Barnet ICMSK and Enfield FCP services; involving advanced assessment and management of complex musculoskeletal presentations, including referring for investigations, physiotherapy, or onward referral to secondary care services. Our team has excellent support from the Orthopaedic, Rheumatology and Pain management teams at the Royal Free, and are well supported by multiple other specialties. If you have the skills and attributes fitting this role we look forward to receiving your application.
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow linkhttps://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- oDemonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- oBSc Degree in Physiotherapy or Diploma or equivalent
- oHealth and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
- oPostgraduate training or development in clinical skills up to MSc level with a focus in musculoskeletal physiotherapy
- oEvidence or portfolio of post-graduate continued development
- oPostgraduate training or development in management and leadership skills
Desirable
- oMembership of specialist interest group
- oIndependent prescriber qualification
- oMusculoskeletal injection therapy qualification
Experience
Essential
- oSubstantial postgraduate MSK experience MSK including advanced physiotherapy practitioner management
- oAdvanced knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of patients with a wide variety of complex MSK conditions
- oExperience in managing highly distressed patients in group and individual settings
- oExperience of supervising senior qualified staff
- oExperience of leading a service/ team
- oActive involvement in clinical audit, research and policy/ guideline implementation
- oExperience of teaching to uni-disciplinary/ multidisciplinary groups
- oEvidence of service development & contribution to change within the workplace
- oExperience of working alone, managing own time and using excellent organisational skills
Skills
Essential
- oHighly specialist knowledge within the MSK field and ability to apply this in a clinical setting
- oKnowledge of recent developments in the profession
- oTo be competent in the decision making process and ordering of any investigations necessary in order to reach a diagnosis or decide on the appropriate management of the patient's condition e.g. x-rays, MRI, blood tests, EMGs, ultrasound, listing for surgery in line with protocols and guidelines. This will require highly advanced clinical reasoning and highly developed problem solving and analytical skills and is beyond the normal scope of physiotherapy practice.
- oSkills in critical analysis and the application of research to practice
- oAbility to support and facilitate change
- oExcellent communication / interpersonal skills both written and verbal
- oTo manage stressful situations by remaining calm, objective and professional at all times
- oExcellent time management and prioritisation skills
- oAble to carry out concurrent activities (multi-tasking) and work in an unpredictable working pattern
- oAbility to lead in service development, liaising closely with the MDT in order to promote clinical excellence
- oCompetent IT skills including use of internet, email and word processing
- oExcellent presentation skills
- oExcellent leadership skills
- oA commitment to professional development of self and others
Desirable
- oDemonstrate an understanding of NHS reforms and policies and their impact on service
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- oDemonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- oBSc Degree in Physiotherapy or Diploma or equivalent
- oHealth and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
- oPostgraduate training or development in clinical skills up to MSc level with a focus in musculoskeletal physiotherapy
- oEvidence or portfolio of post-graduate continued development
- oPostgraduate training or development in management and leadership skills
Desirable
- oMembership of specialist interest group
- oIndependent prescriber qualification
- oMusculoskeletal injection therapy qualification
Experience
Essential
- oSubstantial postgraduate MSK experience MSK including advanced physiotherapy practitioner management
- oAdvanced knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of patients with a wide variety of complex MSK conditions
- oExperience in managing highly distressed patients in group and individual settings
- oExperience of supervising senior qualified staff
- oExperience of leading a service/ team
- oActive involvement in clinical audit, research and policy/ guideline implementation
- oExperience of teaching to uni-disciplinary/ multidisciplinary groups
- oEvidence of service development & contribution to change within the workplace
- oExperience of working alone, managing own time and using excellent organisational skills
Skills
Essential
- oHighly specialist knowledge within the MSK field and ability to apply this in a clinical setting
- oKnowledge of recent developments in the profession
- oTo be competent in the decision making process and ordering of any investigations necessary in order to reach a diagnosis or decide on the appropriate management of the patient's condition e.g. x-rays, MRI, blood tests, EMGs, ultrasound, listing for surgery in line with protocols and guidelines. This will require highly advanced clinical reasoning and highly developed problem solving and analytical skills and is beyond the normal scope of physiotherapy practice.
- oSkills in critical analysis and the application of research to practice
- oAbility to support and facilitate change
- oExcellent communication / interpersonal skills both written and verbal
- oTo manage stressful situations by remaining calm, objective and professional at all times
- oExcellent time management and prioritisation skills
- oAble to carry out concurrent activities (multi-tasking) and work in an unpredictable working pattern
- oAbility to lead in service development, liaising closely with the MDT in order to promote clinical excellence
- oCompetent IT skills including use of internet, email and word processing
- oExcellent presentation skills
- oExcellent leadership skills
- oA commitment to professional development of self and others
Desirable
- oDemonstrate an understanding of NHS reforms and policies and their impact on service
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
