Barts Health NHS Trust
Specialist MSK Physiotherapist
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Job Description: Physiotherapist
We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated physiotherapist to join our expanding service. You will support this innovative team with excellent clinical and team leadership skills that deliver high quality patient-centred care and support the service leads to deliver department objectives and service developments. The post rotates between primary and secondary care.
Responsibilities
- Primary Role: Managing a mix of primary and secondary care referrals, supporting the development of junior staff, participating in teaching programmes, leading service developments and managing a clinical team.
- Work Environment: You will work as part of a large MSK department that includes band 5, 6, 7, advanced practice and consultant physiotherapists who work across primary and secondary care.
- Clinical Responsibilities:
- Provide a high standard of musculoskeletal (MSK) physiotherapy for acute and sub-acute MSK patients and chronic pain patients as an autonomous practitioner.
- Perform thorough clinical assessment, diagnosis, planning treatment and appropriate discharge from the service adapting practice to suit the needs of the patient.
- Include advanced physiotherapy assessment and treatment of patients within the speciality who may have complex, chronic pain presentations.
- Incorporate aspects of hand therapy and rheumatology patients.
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Management and Education
- Supervision and Support: Supervise, appraise and advise therapy and support staff working in this area and to co-ordinate students allocated to the speciality, assisting the clinical educators as required.
- Student Education: Supervise, educate and assess the performance of therapy students; this will be to a graduate level and may be to a post graduate level, with support from the Extended Scope Practitioners.
Training and Development
- We have a well-established in-service training programme, but also encourage post-graduate courses for all members static within the MSK team.
- Our service also has close links with the internationally renowned QMUL Sports Medicine Department with staff often collaborating on research and service developments.
Job Location
This role will be based in a musculoskeletal outpatient physiotherapy department treating acute, sub-acute and chronic pathologies. The post is 1.0WTE.
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About Barts Health
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
Vision
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
WeCare Values
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Abraham Newell
- Job Title: Clinical Lead MSK
- Email Address: abraham.newell1@nhs.net
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