Job summary
The Alton A31 PCN are delighted to be recruiting a 0.4 WTE
First Contact Physiotherapist (FCP) to join our established and experienced
team. We are looking to welcome a dedicated and enthusiastic FCP, ideally with
stage 2 FCP Roadmap to Practice sign off, to our proactive forward thinking and
dynamic organisation. Our team of 5 FCPs
provide a highly valued service across the PCN 5 days a week (Monday-Friday). Regular supervision, from supportive and
experienced staff, will be given and there is the opportunity to develop
advanced practice skills within the role in the future as appropriate.
Main duties of the job
-
Work independently, without day-to-day
supervision, to assess, diagnose, triage, and manage patients.
-
Receive patients who self-refer or from a clinical professional within the PCN, and where required
refer on.
-
Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a
patient facing role, using their expert knowledge of movement and function
issues.
-
Develop integrated and tailored care programmes
in partnership with patients, providing a range of first line treatment options
including self-management, referral to rehabilitation focussed services and
social prescribing.
-
Make use of their full scope of practice,
developing skills relating to independent prescribing, injection therapy and
investigation to make professional judgements.
-
Manage complex interactions, including working
with patients with psychosocial and mental health needs, referring onwards as
required and including social prescribing when appropriate.
-
Communicate effectively with patients, and their
carers where applicable, complex and sensitive information regarding diagnoses,
pathology, prognosis and treatment choices supporting personalised care.
-
Implement all aspects of effective clinical
governance for own practice, including undertaking regular audit and
evaluation, supervision and training.
-
Develop integrated and tailored care programmes
in partnership with patients.
-
Request and progress investigations (such as
x-rays and blood tests) and referrals to facilitate the diagnosis and choice of
treatment regime.
About us
The A31 PCN itself comprises of three GP practices located
in Alton and the surrounding villages. Together the surgeries have
approximately 33,000 registered patients, including a comparatively large older
population and seven older peoples nursing and residential homes.The
PCN has an established team of PCN-wide roles, such as Physiotherapists, Social
Prescribers, Mental Health Coaches and practitioners, General Practice
Assistants and Care Coordinators, who provide highly regarded support to our
patients. The PCN are a growing multidisciplinary team aspiring to have the
right person in the right place at the right time to meet the diverse needs of
our patients. Given this, Primary Care provides an exciting and rewarding
working environment for health professions and we look forward to welcoming new
members to our team.
Employees of the A31 PCN are eligible for an NHS Pension and
receive 30 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata). Usual working
hours Monday-Friday.
If you would like to apply, please email your CV with a
supporting statement to: giselle.beaumont@nhs.net. Closing date: Wednesday 2 April.
If you have any questions about the role please contact: Fiona.parker14@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities:
-
Work independently, without day-to-day
supervision, to assess, diagnose, triage, and manage patients, taking
responsibility for prioritising and managing a caseload of the PCNs Registered
Patients.
-
Receive patients who self-refer (where systems
permit) or from a clinical professional within the PCN, and where required
refer to other health professionals within the PCN.
-
Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a
patient facing role, using their expert knowledge of movement and function
issues, to create stronger links for wider services through clinical
leadership, teaching and evaluation.
-
Develop integrated and tailored care programmes
in partnership with patients, providing a range of first line treatment options
including self-management, referral to rehabilitation focussed services and
social prescribing.
-
Make use of their full scope of practice,
developing skills relating to independent prescribing, injection therapy and
investigation to make professional judgements and decisions in unpredictable
situations, including when provided with incomplete or contradictory
information. They will take responsibility for making and justifying these
decisions.
-
Manage complex interactions, including working
with patients with psychosocial and mental health needs, referring onwards as
required and including social prescribing when appropriate.
-
Communicate effectively with patients, and their
carers where applicable, complex and sensitive information regarding diagnoses,
pathology, prognosis and treatment choices supporting personalised care.
-
Implement all aspects of effective clinical
governance for own practice, including undertaking regular audit and
evaluation, supervision and training.
-
Develop integrated and tailored care programmes
in partnership with patients through:
o
Effective shared decision-making with a range of
first line management options (appropriate for a patients level of activation).
o
Assessing levels of patient activation to
support a patients own level of knowledge, skills and confidence to
self-manage their conditions, ensuring they are able to evaluate and improve
the effectiveness of self-management interventions, particularly for those at
low levels of activation.
o
Agreeing with patients appropriate support for
self-management through referral to rehabilitation focussed services and wider
social prescribing as appropriate.
o
Designing and implementing plans that facilitate
behavioural change, optimise patients physical activity and mobility, support
fulfilment of personal goals and independence, and reduce the need for
pharmacological interventions.
-
Request and progress investigations (such as
x-rays and blood tests) and referrals to facilitate the diagnosis and choice of
treatment regime including, considering the limitations of these
investigations, interpret and act on results and feedback to aid patients diagnoses
and management plans.
-
Be accountable for decisions and actions via
Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration, supported by a
professional culture of peer networking/review and engagement in evidence-based
practice.
Wider Responsibilities:
-
Work across the multi-disciplinary team to
create and evaluate effective and streamlined clinical pathways and services.
-
Provide leadership and support on MSK clinical
and service development across the PCN, alongside learning opportunities for
the whole multidisciplinary team within primary care.
-
Develop relationships and a collaborative
working approach across the PCN, supporting the integration of pathways in
primary care.
-
Encourage collaborative working across the wider
health economy and be a key contributor to supporting the development of
physiotherapy clinical services across the PCN.
-
Liaising with secondary and community care
services, and secondary and community MSK services where required, using local
social and community interventions as required to support the management of
patients within the PCN.
-
Support regional and national research and audit
programmes to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the First Contact
Practitioner (FCP) programme. This will include communicating outcomes and
integrating findings into own and wider service practice and pathway
development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities:
-
Work independently, without day-to-day
supervision, to assess, diagnose, triage, and manage patients, taking
responsibility for prioritising and managing a caseload of the PCNs Registered
Patients.
-
Receive patients who self-refer (where systems
permit) or from a clinical professional within the PCN, and where required
refer to other health professionals within the PCN.
-
Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a
patient facing role, using their expert knowledge of movement and function
issues, to create stronger links for wider services through clinical
leadership, teaching and evaluation.
-
Develop integrated and tailored care programmes
in partnership with patients, providing a range of first line treatment options
including self-management, referral to rehabilitation focussed services and
social prescribing.
-
Make use of their full scope of practice,
developing skills relating to independent prescribing, injection therapy and
investigation to make professional judgements and decisions in unpredictable
situations, including when provided with incomplete or contradictory
information. They will take responsibility for making and justifying these
decisions.
-
Manage complex interactions, including working
with patients with psychosocial and mental health needs, referring onwards as
required and including social prescribing when appropriate.
-
Communicate effectively with patients, and their
carers where applicable, complex and sensitive information regarding diagnoses,
pathology, prognosis and treatment choices supporting personalised care.
-
Implement all aspects of effective clinical
governance for own practice, including undertaking regular audit and
evaluation, supervision and training.
-
Develop integrated and tailored care programmes
in partnership with patients through:
o
Effective shared decision-making with a range of
first line management options (appropriate for a patients level of activation).
o
Assessing levels of patient activation to
support a patients own level of knowledge, skills and confidence to
self-manage their conditions, ensuring they are able to evaluate and improve
the effectiveness of self-management interventions, particularly for those at
low levels of activation.
o
Agreeing with patients appropriate support for
self-management through referral to rehabilitation focussed services and wider
social prescribing as appropriate.
o
Designing and implementing plans that facilitate
behavioural change, optimise patients physical activity and mobility, support
fulfilment of personal goals and independence, and reduce the need for
pharmacological interventions.
-
Request and progress investigations (such as
x-rays and blood tests) and referrals to facilitate the diagnosis and choice of
treatment regime including, considering the limitations of these
investigations, interpret and act on results and feedback to aid patients diagnoses
and management plans.
-
Be accountable for decisions and actions via
Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration, supported by a
professional culture of peer networking/review and engagement in evidence-based
practice.
Wider Responsibilities:
-
Work across the multi-disciplinary team to
create and evaluate effective and streamlined clinical pathways and services.
-
Provide leadership and support on MSK clinical
and service development across the PCN, alongside learning opportunities for
the whole multidisciplinary team within primary care.
-
Develop relationships and a collaborative
working approach across the PCN, supporting the integration of pathways in
primary care.
-
Encourage collaborative working across the wider
health economy and be a key contributor to supporting the development of
physiotherapy clinical services across the PCN.
-
Liaising with secondary and community care
services, and secondary and community MSK services where required, using local
social and community interventions as required to support the management of
patients within the PCN.
-
Support regional and national research and audit
programmes to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the First Contact
Practitioner (FCP) programme. This will include communicating outcomes and
integrating findings into own and wider service practice and pathway
development.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Has an undergraduate degree in Physiotherapy
- Appropriate qualifications to meet FCP requirements:
- -Has a Masters Level qualification or the equivalent specialist knowledge, skills and experience for FCP role
- -Can demonstrate working at Level 7 capability in MSK related areas of practice or equivalent (such as advanced assessment diagnosis and treatment)
- -Can demonstrate ability to operate at an advanced level of practice
- -Completed Stage 2 of The Roadmap to Practice
Desirable
- Qualifications in ordering imaging (Xray IRMER)
- Qualification in Joint Steroid injecting
- Qualification in Independent Prescribing
- Ability to drive own vehicle, insured for work purposes, between PCN sites as required
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with the NHS and Primary Care Practice
- Good computer literacy
- HCPC registered
- Holds relevant public liability insurance
- Effective communication and teamwork skills
Desirable
- Prior knowledge of EMIS system
- Confident, and evidence of appropriate training, in Fit Note provision
- Previous experience of research, audit and service development
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Has an undergraduate degree in Physiotherapy
- Appropriate qualifications to meet FCP requirements:
- -Has a Masters Level qualification or the equivalent specialist knowledge, skills and experience for FCP role
- -Can demonstrate working at Level 7 capability in MSK related areas of practice or equivalent (such as advanced assessment diagnosis and treatment)
- -Can demonstrate ability to operate at an advanced level of practice
- -Completed Stage 2 of The Roadmap to Practice
Desirable
- Qualifications in ordering imaging (Xray IRMER)
- Qualification in Joint Steroid injecting
- Qualification in Independent Prescribing
- Ability to drive own vehicle, insured for work purposes, between PCN sites as required
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with the NHS and Primary Care Practice
- Good computer literacy
- HCPC registered
- Holds relevant public liability insurance
- Effective communication and teamwork skills
Desirable
- Prior knowledge of EMIS system
- Confident, and evidence of appropriate training, in Fit Note provision
- Previous experience of research, audit and service development
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).