Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Senior Physiotherapist
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Job Opportunity: Band 7 Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapist
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 7 Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapist to work in JMAPS (Joint Musculoskeletal And Pain Service) and to work as a First Contact Practitioner. Ideal for an enthusiastic, experienced, candidate with significant experience in musculoskeletal physiotherapy. Completion of the First Contact Practitioner (Musculoskeletal) Roadmap would be desirable although is not essential.
Please note: we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide musculoskeletal physiotherapy in JMAPS in addition to supporting First Contact Practitioner clinic provision within Northumberland.
- Provide expert assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with musculoskeletal conditions who have self-referred or who have been referred by primary or secondary care.
- Provide telephone consultations.
About JMAPS
JMAPS provides physiotherapy care across Northumberland alongside primary care based clinics based in local GP practices and Health Centres. The post will be based at Wansbeck General Hospital but there may be a requirement to work at other sites, according to service needs.
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Required Skills and Experience
- Excellent communication skills with MDT and peers.
- Experience in supervision, education and training of more junior staff and be involved in student education, research and audit.
- Experience in providing clinical supervision to colleagues.
- Evidence of continuous professional development and post graduate training.
- Ability to work collaboratively with the senior leadership team in further service development.
About Northumbria Healthcare
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.
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Application Details
All interviews will be held face-to-face.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Kathy Mills
- Job title: MSK and FCP Physiotherapy Manager
- Email address: Kathy.Mills@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07512357492
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