Musculoskeletal - Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

• The Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust MSK Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service (MSKCATS) is a community team, which manages Orthopaedic, Pain and Rheumatology referrals from GPs in East & North Hertfordshire localities. The APP is the first point of contact.
• APPs are experts within their field whose role it is to triage, assess/diagnose and treat patients with highly complex multi pathologies who would normally have been seen in a consultant outpatient clinic. The management of such patients requires advanced clinical reasoning skills and the resolution of conflicting views.
• The APP triages patients into primary and secondary care services; discharging and prioritising patients, including those with serious pathology.
• The APP is a musculoskeletal expert resource for the Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust Musculoskeletal Service providing the highest level of expertise on MSK conditions and advice to other services and professions including GPs and hospital medical staff.

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Person Specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• oHCPC Registration oDegree in Physiotherapy or equivalent. oSpecialist post-graduate qualifications relevant to the role oMasters degree or equivalent clinical practice experience or willingness to undertake. oMinimum of 5 years post registration experience in a specialist musculoskeletal role. oParticipation in service development including audit. oEvidence of CPD activity especially in area of specialism. oExperience in staff management. oExperience in research/audit.
• oExcellent communication skills. oExcellent organisation abilities and able to work autonomously. oAbility to seek out own clinical supervision and development needs. oAbility to provide supervision, training and support to colleagues and members of healthcare team. oAbility to understand psychology of wide range of patients in order to help cope with anxiety they may have regarding treatment. oLeadership skills. oCommitment to staff development and training. oInnovative thinker. oProblem solving skills. oAbility to work in pressured environment. oAbility to manage time and workload. oPresentation/teaching skills.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Address

North Hertfordshire/Letchworth and Stevenage

Howlands

Welwyn Garden City

AL7 4HQ

Employer's website

https://www.hct.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)