Job summary
Are you Musculoskeletal (MSK) Advanced Practitioner with a lower limb specialist interest looking for a new challenge as part of a dynamic, innovative and supportive team?
Then we have the perfect opportunity for you to join ourIntegrated MSK team in Somerset.
Do you want a role that allows you exposure to different professional settings to further broaden and strengthen your skill set?
In this role you will work alongside our Orthopaedic Consultant colleagues in our orthopaedic elective care clinics, seeing people who are referred for a surgical opinion or have had undergone surgery.
We believe in developing our employees by offering portfolio working so there will also be opportunities to work across our integrated MSK service as an FCP in Primary Care or possibly in our Orthopaedic Interface service.
You will also get the opportunity to work across the 4 pillars of Advanced Practice to actively participate in audit and research, develop others and have protected time for your own professional development.
Main duties of the job
Would you like to have genuine opportunities for growth and development within and beyond your role?
- We offer funded postgraduate opportunities, including taught FCP routes or Advanced Practice MSc programmes.
- You will be part of a network of MSK Advanced Practitioners who can help develop your competencies, provide peer support and professional development.
- You will have an 80:20 job plan with protected non-clinical time to develop yourself and others.
There is the expectation that you will be flexible to meet the needs of the service and in returnwe will offer an exciting role within a supportive team with flexible working arrangements.
Is this the ideal role for you?
- We are open to applications from established and developing Advanced Practitioners who are passionate and motivated to consistently deliver quality clinical management of musculoskeletal conditions.
- We will support employees towards NHSE Advanced Practice accreditation through academic and/or equivalence routes, such as the ePortfolio route.
- We encourage and welcome informal calls and visits so please get in touch if you would like to find out more ...
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name
Trish Acton
Job title
Lead Physiotherapist
Email address
patricia.acton@somersetft.nhs.uk
Telephone number
01823343329
Additional contact information
Trish Acton on 01823 343329 or 07717361825 patricia.acton@somersetft.nhs.uk
About us
As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached full job description and personal specification.
Expert Clinical Practice:
- To be a clinical leader in the field of musculoskeletal medicine, demonstrating advanced, expert knowledge and skills in interventions with patients and carers.
- Takes professional responsibility as a first-contact physiotherapist, with high-level decision-making and clinical-reasoning skills to assess, diagnose and triage patients.
- Manages a complex caseload (including patients with long-term conditions, comorbidities and multi-factorial needs) with supervision/mentoring as required.
- Gather and synthesise information on the nature of the individuals presenting symptoms taking account of how these relate to relevant past medical history and investigations.
- Critically appraise information obtained taking account of the potential for MSK symptoms to be features of non-MSK conditions, frailty, co-morbidities or indicative of potentially serious pathology with implementation of appropriate onwards referral.
- Use interactions as an opportunity to educate and encourage changes in behaviour that can have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of individuals, communities and populations e.g. increasing physical activity, weight management and smoking cessation applying the principles of MECC.
- Request appropriate investigations based on their level of competence and interpret the findings to facilitate diagnosis and management plans of patients.
- Advise, initiate, evaluate and modify a range of interventions, which may include self-management and life style advice, injection therapy, other therapies, exercise prescription, social and independent prescribing.
- Advise on the expected benefits and limitations of different rehabilitative interventions used in managing specific MSK conditions, providing impartial information and advice on the advantages and disadvantages of specific interventions in the context of other management options.
- Promote the importance of physical activity (e.g. continuing work/exercise participation) for MSK health and advise on what people with MSK conditions can and should do.
- Work in partnership with individuals to explore suitability of surgical intervention, addressing and seeking to allay individuals fears, beliefs and concerns, seeking guidance when appropriate.
- Refer for surgical opinion when appropriate, taking into consideration patients individual needs and wishes and with regard to patients general health status and criteria stipulated in national NICE guidance and local CCG criteria based access and prior approval policies.
- Record the information gathered through taking individuals history concisely and accurately via EMIS for clinical management, and in compliance with local protocols, legal and professional requirements.
- Be accountable for their own decisions and actions and the outcomes of their interventions via HCPC registration, supported by a professional culture of peer networking/review, reflective practice and engagement in evidence-based practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached full job description and personal specification.
Expert Clinical Practice:
- To be a clinical leader in the field of musculoskeletal medicine, demonstrating advanced, expert knowledge and skills in interventions with patients and carers.
- Takes professional responsibility as a first-contact physiotherapist, with high-level decision-making and clinical-reasoning skills to assess, diagnose and triage patients.
- Manages a complex caseload (including patients with long-term conditions, comorbidities and multi-factorial needs) with supervision/mentoring as required.
- Gather and synthesise information on the nature of the individuals presenting symptoms taking account of how these relate to relevant past medical history and investigations.
- Critically appraise information obtained taking account of the potential for MSK symptoms to be features of non-MSK conditions, frailty, co-morbidities or indicative of potentially serious pathology with implementation of appropriate onwards referral.
- Use interactions as an opportunity to educate and encourage changes in behaviour that can have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of individuals, communities and populations e.g. increasing physical activity, weight management and smoking cessation applying the principles of MECC.
- Request appropriate investigations based on their level of competence and interpret the findings to facilitate diagnosis and management plans of patients.
- Advise, initiate, evaluate and modify a range of interventions, which may include self-management and life style advice, injection therapy, other therapies, exercise prescription, social and independent prescribing.
- Advise on the expected benefits and limitations of different rehabilitative interventions used in managing specific MSK conditions, providing impartial information and advice on the advantages and disadvantages of specific interventions in the context of other management options.
- Promote the importance of physical activity (e.g. continuing work/exercise participation) for MSK health and advise on what people with MSK conditions can and should do.
- Work in partnership with individuals to explore suitability of surgical intervention, addressing and seeking to allay individuals fears, beliefs and concerns, seeking guidance when appropriate.
- Refer for surgical opinion when appropriate, taking into consideration patients individual needs and wishes and with regard to patients general health status and criteria stipulated in national NICE guidance and local CCG criteria based access and prior approval policies.
- Record the information gathered through taking individuals history concisely and accurately via EMIS for clinical management, and in compliance with local protocols, legal and professional requirements.
- Be accountable for their own decisions and actions and the outcomes of their interventions via HCPC registration, supported by a professional culture of peer networking/review, reflective practice and engagement in evidence-based practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/diploma level education leading to State Registration by the HCPC as a Physiotherapist
- Evidence of relevant MSk post-graduate qualification/training at Masters level or equivalence
Desirable
- Relevant Masters Degree
- NMP / pharmacology knowledge
Experience
Essential
- Extensive and varied experience of the management of musculoskeletal problems across the MSk pathway.
- Previous project management/ team leadership experience, developing standards, guidelines, policies and protocols.
- Able to provide robust leadership by empowering and supporting staff
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/diploma level education leading to State Registration by the HCPC as a Physiotherapist
- Evidence of relevant MSk post-graduate qualification/training at Masters level or equivalence
Desirable
- Relevant Masters Degree
- NMP / pharmacology knowledge
Experience
Essential
- Extensive and varied experience of the management of musculoskeletal problems across the MSk pathway.
- Previous project management/ team leadership experience, developing standards, guidelines, policies and protocols.
- Able to provide robust leadership by empowering and supporting staff
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
