Band 5 Musculoskeletal Therapist

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a full-time Musculoskeletal Therapist to our team. The successful applicants will be enthusiastic and self-motivated with an aspiration to innovate and improve all aspects of care delivery within the Musculoskeletal outpatient physiotherapy service based across two sites at St Heliers Hospitals and Jubilee Health Centre.

You will be keen to participate fully in an innovative model of care and will be passionate about delivering high-quality care to your patients.

You will have excellent communication skills and be happy to work in a multidisciplinary team. Committing to further education is required, and personal development will be encouraged. Clinical supervision is well supported within this service.

Evidence of self-motivation will be sought at the interview. Recent experience of working in a Community-based MSK/OPP service would be an advantage but not essential.

Main duties of the job

Musculoskeletal Therapist Band 5

To provide autonomous clinical therapy practice in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with MSK conditions.

To assist with operational management within MSK services

To assist with developing practice, innovation and promoting an evidence-informed culture within MSK services

To assist with communication and collaboration with both patients and relevant stakeholders with regard to the provision and development of MSK services

To actively partake in a specialist MSK therapy training programme, rotating into different specialist fields on differing sites with the Sutton Community bases

To assist with the provision of education and training predominantly for Physiotherapy students and Physiotherapy Technical Assistant's (PTA's)

To partake in research, audit and evaluation of relevant clinical practice

About us

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.