Specialist Musculoskeletal Practitioner Band 7

Job responsibilities

GENERAL

Delivering high level and complex triage, clinical assessment diagnostics, treatment and evaluation of the needs within Health and Wellbeing.

Providing leadership, promoting a learning culture for colleagues and other agencies, leading service innovations and demonstrating high level problem solving.

Ensuring excellence in service delivery through personal and service development, underpinned by evidence based practice and research, embedded in the quality assurance agenda.

Driving innovation, managing the change process to ensure your service continues to be flexible and proactive to reflect the needs of the wider Health and Wellbeing community.

To be responsible for the day to day management and development of team of staff.

MANAGERIAL/LEADERSHIP (including Financial/Physical Resources and Staffing)

To demonstrate leadership by means of:

Delivering change within sphere of practice, when and where indicated, to improve service delivery

Influencing, motivating, supporting and enabling others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the organisation

To provide high level advice and guidance in working with colleagues locally to ensure best practice across all disciplines in the assessment, treatment and long term management of patient/clients within sphere of practice.

To identify innovations and lead the implementation of new working practices in conjunction with patients/service users, health, wellbeing, local authority and third sector partners.

To take responsibility for their own high level and complex decision making and the decisions of their team which effect service delivery.

To train, supervise/case manage and performance manage staff and students. This will include for example the use of formal appraisal documentation, monitoring sickness absence etc.

To hold a delegated budget/be an authorised signatory for travel expenses and overtime.

To participate in the recruitment and selection process and induction of new staff.

To participate in the development of clinical rotas/timetables and organisation of clinical cover.

CLINICAL

To be responsible for the specialist assessment of complex care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care using a high degree of autonomy and act as a named practitioner.

To triage patients with highly complex needs.

To undertake highly complex clinical assessments of patients/service users within sphere of advanced practice.

To determine a clinical diagnosis and make high level decisions regarding appropriate treatment/ care plans.

Implement highly complex care/ interventions according to clinical need.

Evaluate highly complex care/interventions based on evidence from clinical outcomes and best practice.

To provide advanced clinical advice, support, training to patients/service users, families, carers and professional colleagues to improve their journey and their health and wellbeing.

To be professionally accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients in your care.

Registered practitioners who are non-medical prescribers are accountable for their prescribing activities by ensuring they are aware of their Professional accountability and any restrictions or special considerations in their prescribing practice.

To develop and maintain the high level clinical skills required to work as an advanced practitioner.

Where the administration of drugs is a requirement, this should be undertaken in line with trust policies and procedures and in following the NMC Guidelines for administration of Medicines Act 1992 and Misuse of Drugs Act 1991.

Qualification

Essential

• Completion of an undergraduate degree in Physiotherapy, and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council
• Able to demonstrate in practice portfolio experience in core physiotherapy and MSK physiotherapy
• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
• MSc or equivalent education

Desirable

• May hold or be working towards a prescribing qualification
• May hold or be working towards a postgraduate physiotherapy qualification
• Post graduate qualification in injection therapy
• Evidence of x-ray, MRI and blood test interpretation

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

• Specialist knowledge in a broad range of MSK conditions
• Post qualification experience in a range of settings including musculoskeletal out -patient setting
• Experience of teaching and presenting
• Previous experience in a musculoskeletal triage role
• Able to apply a high level of knowledge and skills in a clinical setting
• Evidence of knowledge of audit and research
• Evidence of supervision and clinical education of students or less experienced staff

Desirable

• Previous experience working as a band 7 in MSK
• To understand the role of other professionals associated with the treatment of pain and musculoskeletal conditions

Skills

Essential

• Able to present information written and orally in a clear and logical manner
• To use a range of clinical skills which may include
• Non-Medical independent prescribing joint / soft tissue injections joint aspirations
• Demonstrates ability to identify where there is a gap in the evidence base to support practice
• Presentation skills at local level
• Demonstrates involvement in research and or the ability to apply the research evidence base into working practice
• Excellent time management and prioritisation skills
• Leadership skills
• Basic IT skills

Desirable

• Injection therapy
• NMP qualification
• Leadership training

Values

Essential

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Strong customer service belief
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet
• Change oriented

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).