Job summary
At Thorpes Physiotherapy an exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, ambitious and experienced Physiotherapist to join our MSK team. This is an ideal opportunity for a Physiotherapist wanting to maximise their clinical development and progress their leadership skills in a supportive, friendly and welcoming environment. The role will have a strong clinical bias alongside leading our small MSK team. You will be able to utilise modern technology into both assessment, treatment and rehabilitation.
This role requires managing an interesting and varied clinical caseload, consisting of NHS patients, private patients and Orthopaedic consultant referrals. You will line manage and mentor junior colleagues.
The applicant should have at least five years of post-graduate experience, including 3 years of MSK Outpatients.
Main duties of the job
- You will be required to assess, treat and manage an interesting and varied MSK caseload, taking the lead with more complex cases.
- You will need to have excellent assessment, clinical reasoning and treatment skills.
- You will need to line manage more junior members of staff, including setting objectives, clinical training sessions and problem patient sessions.
- You will be in charge of organising the IST timetable and actively contribute to these sessions.
- You will be expected to keep abreast of current MSK developments and disseminate information to the team.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required.
- Develop treatment plans and packages of care based around patient goals and ensure they are completed through regular communication and follow up.
- You need to be an excellent team player.
About us
Thorpes Physiotherapy are a multi-award winning private practice, serving the local community for the last 11 years.
Mission statement: Thorpes Physiotherapy exists to educate, motivate, treat and inspire our patients to become more active, mobile and free from pain.
We want you to enjoy working at Thorpes and do all we can to help you to achieve this. We have 10 MSK Physiotherapist, 4 Neurological Physiotherapists, 1 Womens Health Physiotherapist, 3 Receptionists, a Practice Manager and a Massage Therapist, therefore you would always be around people and part of our supportive and friendly team.
You will receive regular IST with the rest of our team (which includes Advanced Practitioners) and one-to-one support by the Director who is a Course Principle and Chair of Education of the Society Of Musculoskeletal Medicine.
We invest in technology (including Shockwave and Vi-Move), are forward thinking and love to have fun!
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post requires excellent clinical knowledge and experience of treating MSK conditions alongside managerial responsibilities. The caseload will provide an interesting and varied mix of MSK conditions from a wide demographic of people. Alongside this is the requirement to manage a small MSK team, working closely with the Clinics Practice Manager and Directors, and contribute towards achieving the clinics KPI's. You will participate in the supervision and development of more junior Physiotherapists. The successful candidate will provide clinical and operational leadership within the MSK team, demonstrating excellent team working, communication skills, enthusiasm and drive.
Please see document for the full Job Description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post requires excellent clinical knowledge and experience of treating MSK conditions alongside managerial responsibilities. The caseload will provide an interesting and varied mix of MSK conditions from a wide demographic of people. Alongside this is the requirement to manage a small MSK team, working closely with the Clinics Practice Manager and Directors, and contribute towards achieving the clinics KPI's. You will participate in the supervision and development of more junior Physiotherapists. The successful candidate will provide clinical and operational leadership within the MSK team, demonstrating excellent team working, communication skills, enthusiasm and drive.
Please see document for the full Job Description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with Health Professional Council
- Diploma/BSc (Hons)/ MSc (Pre-Registration) in Physiotherapy
- Evidence of on-going professional development in area of specialism
Desirable
- Accredited clinical educator/ leadership course
- Member of CSP
Experience
Essential
- 3 years experience of working MSK physiotherapy.
- 5 years post graduate experience.
- Experience of educating and supervising.
- Evidence of contributing to service development.
- Experience of service needs analysis.
- Ability to work within a multi-speciality team.
- Experience working across organisational and agency boundaries.
Desirable
- Experience of clinical audits and benchmarking
- Experience of improving patient experience through complaint management or patient feedback.
- Experience of performance management and use of relevant tools.
Other
Essential
- Car driver / access to appropriate vehicle for working in multi-location clinics.
- DBS clearance at an enhanced level
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- High level of knowledge and clinical reasoning skills in the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions.
- Understanding of the wider implications effecting the health and wellbeing of patients.
- Ability to manage a complex caseload.
- Ability to plan patient orientated goals and implement through to completion.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Able to lead and motivate a team and implement change.
- Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Able to demonstrate initiative and commitment to innovation and make recommendation for service improvements.
- Flexible attitude to change and new ways of working.
- Ability to comprehend and work within clinic policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety.
- To carry out risk assessment and ensure effective risk management.
- Ability to pass on knowledge and deliver training to other members of the team.
Desirable
- Ability of using electronic patient documentation
- Good, general IT literacy skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with Health Professional Council
- Diploma/BSc (Hons)/ MSc (Pre-Registration) in Physiotherapy
- Evidence of on-going professional development in area of specialism
Desirable
- Accredited clinical educator/ leadership course
- Member of CSP
Experience
Essential
- 3 years experience of working MSK physiotherapy.
- 5 years post graduate experience.
- Experience of educating and supervising.
- Evidence of contributing to service development.
- Experience of service needs analysis.
- Ability to work within a multi-speciality team.
- Experience working across organisational and agency boundaries.
Desirable
- Experience of clinical audits and benchmarking
- Experience of improving patient experience through complaint management or patient feedback.
- Experience of performance management and use of relevant tools.
Other
Essential
- Car driver / access to appropriate vehicle for working in multi-location clinics.
- DBS clearance at an enhanced level
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- High level of knowledge and clinical reasoning skills in the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions.
- Understanding of the wider implications effecting the health and wellbeing of patients.
- Ability to manage a complex caseload.
- Ability to plan patient orientated goals and implement through to completion.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Able to lead and motivate a team and implement change.
- Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Able to demonstrate initiative and commitment to innovation and make recommendation for service improvements.
- Flexible attitude to change and new ways of working.
- Ability to comprehend and work within clinic policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety.
- To carry out risk assessment and ensure effective risk management.
- Ability to pass on knowledge and deliver training to other members of the team.
Desirable
- Ability of using electronic patient documentation
- Good, general IT literacy 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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
