Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Advanced Practice Physiotherapist

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Job summary

Would you like to be part of an exciting new integrated service ?

Are you an eager and enthusiastic clinician looking for a new challenge? Then we have the perfect opportunity for you.

The Musculoskeletal Service Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin brings together partner organisations across the county, including; Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, Shrewsbury & Telford Hospitals and the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, to provide quality care to patients with musculoskeletal concerns within the population of Shropshire. These posts would be suitable for a dynamic individual who is enthusiastic and motivated to continue their professional development. This will be supported through access to a wealth of knowledge and experience in the form of consultants, GP's with special interest, as well as clinicians with special interests.

Through job plans and CPD programmes as well as opportunities to access apprenticeships and funding, this is the perfect role for clinicians with a vision for enhancing their knowledge and skills in the field of Musculoskeletal disorder management.

We would welcome conversations from prospective applicants, to fully discuss the wide range of benefits that these job opportunities can bring to reality.

Main duties of the job

To manage, assess and treat own highly specialist caseload of complex musculoskeletal patients in clinic as an autonomous practitioner within scope of the role.
To triage and assess referrals into the service to determine acuity and urgency, and direct to the appropriate clinical team within the service.
The post holder will work as a highly experienced autonomous practitioner to perform advanced assessment including requesting and interpretation of appropriate diagnostics for patients with diverse presentations.
To use expert clinical reasoning to provide a diagnosis and then develop, deliver and adapt individualised treatment programmes for patients within a specialist clinical area.
To have developed, through extensive experience and postgraduate training, the expert knowledge and specialist clinical skills to work in an advanced practice role.
To lead in the development of own expert service introducing innovative change and improvements liaising with the AMD, CSM, assistant CSM and Therapies Lead to ensure a cohesive approach.
To undertake research and audit projects as a regular part of the role and to critically evaluate current research and apply where appropriate to practice.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Date posted

21 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

825-6000658-OPS

Job locations

Wrekin Community Clinic

Euston House, Euston Way

Telford

TF3 4LY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
Evidence of highly specialist/expert clinical training in relevant areas to enable extended scope practice
MSc or evidence of study at MSc level in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Radiation Protection training (IRMER)
Training in the interpretation of x-rays
Registered with the Health Care Professions Council
Injection therapy qualification and experience

Experience

Essential

Evidence of extensive experience in relevant area of clinical practice
Evidence of teaching / presentation experience
Experience in audit
Experience at Highly specialist level
Recent NHS experience
Evidence of working flexibly and effectively in a multidisciplinary team
Supervisory experience and delegation

Knowledge & Skill

Essential

Evidence of CPD maintained in a Portfolio including attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to the clinical field, extended scope and management aspects of role
Clear understanding of the boundaries of the role
Relevant evidence based practice
Specialist level of knowledge and advanced clinical reasoning skills to support expert clinical practice
Literature Searching / Audit
Clinical supervision, teaching, mentorship and appraisal skills
Awareness of current initiatives within the Local and National health economy

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
Evidence of highly specialist/expert clinical training in relevant areas to enable extended scope practice
MSc or evidence of study at MSc level in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Radiation Protection training (IRMER)
Training in the interpretation of x-rays
Registered with the Health Care Professions Council
Injection therapy qualification and experience

Experience

Essential

Evidence of extensive experience in relevant area of clinical practice
Evidence of teaching / presentation experience
Experience in audit
Experience at Highly specialist level
Recent NHS experience
Evidence of working flexibly and effectively in a multidisciplinary team
Supervisory experience and delegation

Knowledge & Skill

Essential

Evidence of CPD maintained in a Portfolio including attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to the clinical field, extended scope and management aspects of role
Clear understanding of the boundaries of the role
Relevant evidence based practice
Specialist level of knowledge and advanced clinical reasoning skills to support expert clinical practice
Literature Searching / Audit
Clinical supervision, teaching, mentorship and appraisal skills
Awareness of current initiatives within the Local and National health economy

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).

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Wrekin Community Clinic

Euston House, Euston Way

Telford

TF3 4LY

Employer's website

https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Wrekin Community Clinic

Euston House, Euston Way

Telford

TF3 4LY

Employer's website

https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)