Advanced Practice Physiotherapist - Spinal

Advanced Practice Physiotherapist - Spinal

An excellent opportunity has arisen for the right individual to be involved in a leading area of musculoskeletal care within Wye Valley NHS Trust.

This role as an Advance Practice Physiotherapist in Spines is within the Musculoskeletal Assessment and Treatment Service (MCATS), an interface service providing highly specialised assessment for complex musculoskeletal conditions providing diagnosis, treatment, management plans and onward referral.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will take a lead clinical role in the triage, assessment and treatment of patients with highly complex presentations.

They will organise and act upon appropriate clinical investigations and take responsibility for the changing management of patients.

They will lead and contribute to the operational delivery of trust wide MCATS through MDT, pathway development, audit, research and education.

They will seek opportunities to develop the scope of service supporting strategic direction of MSK services in Wye Valley NHS Trust.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant in this job will fulfil the person specifications and job description attached, please read fully.

Given the temporary nature of the employment the successful candidate will ideally have significant experience in a Spinal triage role.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• HCPC Registration
• Attendance at masters level post graduate courses relevant to specialist area
• Formal specialist post-graduate training
• Membership of a relevant professional body & related specialist sub-groups

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Post registration knowledge which is relevant to the specialist area
• In-depth knowledge of recent NHS legislation and recommendations for specialist area
• Detailed awareness of the national and local priorities and changing trends in the specialist area
• Ability to lead junior colleagues
• Ability to make appropriate decisions at all levels
• Audit skills
• Ability to prioritise workload, achieving a balance between clinical and other aspects of role
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of team
• Completion of IRMER training, and experience requesting and acting upon relevant diagnostic testing including blood tests
• Commitment to specialism as evidenced by CPD
• Critical appraisal

Experience

• Proven post registration experience, in the relevant specialism
• Experience of planning and completing audit & research
• Experience of teaching and mentoring of staff
• Experience of undertaking projects
• Experience of working within the NHS

Personal Attributes

• Proactive, takes own initiative
• Ability to work under pressure
• Highly advanced communication and listening skills

Other Factors

• Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post

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.

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum pro rata