Advanced MSK Clinician - Rehab

Job responsibilities

The Role:

We have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced MSK Clinician to join our motivated and fast growing team in the Herts Valleys CATS, MSK and Physiotherapy team! We are committed to a multi-professional workforce based on competency and welcome applications from Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Chiropractors and Rehab Therapists. We focus on competency, developing talent and offer great flexibility. Youll be registered with the HCPC or equivalent and be qualified as a professional that works within Musculoskeletal practice. If youre able to manage a varied caseload of MSK patients, committed to CPD and have the desire to develop yourself and the service, with a keen eye on improving patient care, then wed be keen to hear from you. Our interview process is competency-based and will seek to provide opportunity for you to demonstrate working at Level 7 practice across all four pillars required for an AP role.

The main purpose of the role:

• To support the AP Team Lead in providing leadership and motivation to the clinical team to facilitate the achievement of personal and service objectives.

• To push the boundaries of conventional rehab, ensuring that clinical reasoning and pathways optimise rehab, activity and public health messaging to support patient care.

• To provide safe and effective delivery of clinical interventions in line with professional standards and governance requirements.

• To personally deliver a quality clinical service, meeting the clinical and operational needs of the service.

• To develop and promote a positive and dynamic image and culture to both internal and external stakeholders. At all times reflecting and encouraging core value behaviours amongst the team.

• To develop and foster productive relationships with local patient groups, Consultants, GPs, other key stakeholders e.g. gyms, leisure centres.

• To contribute to the shaping and delivery of the MSK content within the Connect Clinical Academy, engaging fully with their education pillar.

• To embody and work within a culture of continuous improvement in order to continue to push the boundaries of clinical excellence through research, audit and innovation.

What are we looking for:

We are looking for motivated advanced practice clinicians who are passionate about the consistent delivery of quality, evidence informed rehabilitation of musculoskeletal conditions.

You will work as an advanced practice clinician with an expertise and specialist interest in rehabilitation of MSK conditions. This will include the comprehensive and holistic management of patients utilising advanced decision-making and clinical reasoning skills. The assessment, diagnosis, and future clinical management of patients under your care may be supplemented by appropriate requesting of specific diagnostic medical investigations.

You will have expert rehabilitation skills with the ability to apply them in different settings and in different types of consultations. You will be able to identify when rehabilitation is not the best management pathway and be able to refer to appropriate specialties as needed.

You will have the opportunity to develop the rehabilitation skills of others by working closely with less experienced members of staff. This may also involve developing MSK clinicians nationally through the Connect Health Academy.

To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical and professional activities.

To work with the Clinical Lead and participate in clinical audit.About Connect

Connect Health is the largest, independent provider of integrated community MSK (musculoskeletal) and physiotherapy services in the UK (including orthopaedics, pain, rheumatology, and occupational health) serving over 450k NHS patients per year across 52 CCGs and 100+ businesses. We provide bespoke occupational services to companies and organisations, large and small. Were also a trusted and longstanding provider of numerous integrated community service contracts across the country for the NHS.

Weve been treating patients with MSK disorders to keep them moving and improve their quality of life for 30 years, which means that our systems and approaches are designed to facilitate great care for patients with MSK conditions. We have one vision, and that is to help people improve their quality of life. Its why we exist and its what we care passionately about. Our services are wholly designed to focus on the patient experience and what really makes a difference to them. Being seen in the right place, at the right time, by the right clinician. Its exactly what a patient wants, and its helped countless people improve their quality of life.

Why work for Connect Health?

We are dedicated to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and rewarding our employees, as happier employees provide a better level of patient care and delivery in their role. We continue to reward our staff with competitive salaries and a great range of employee benefits. These include:

• A minimum of 5% of your hours is bespoke personal development time
• Access to the full content (live and recorded sessions) of the Connect Clinical Education Academy
• Access to support and engagement with our entire MDT clinical workforce via
• Emergency clinical on call rota
• Clinical supervision
• Coaching and mentoring
• Online clinical resource and chat network (Workplace from Facebook)
• Internal conferences and study days
• Clinical support tools/pathways
• 25 days holiday (plus public holidays)
• online discounts portal
• employer pension contributions
• salary sacrifice schemes
• an employee assistance programme
• performance related pay rewards
• team building/away days
• reimbursement of HCPC and CSP membership fees for clinicians

Qualifications

Essential

• You will work as an advanced practice clinician with an expertise and specialist interest in
• rehabilitation of MSK conditions. This will include the comprehensive and holistic
• management of patients utilising advanced decision-making and clinical reasoning skills. The
• assessment, diagnosis, and future clinical management of patients under your care may be
• supplemented by appropriate requesting of specific diagnostic medical investigations.
• You will have expert rehabilitation skills with the ability to apply them in different settings
• and in different types of consultations. You will be able to identify when rehabilitation is not
• the best management pathway and be able to refer to appropriate specialties as needed.
• You will have the opportunity to develop the rehabilitation skills of others by working closely
• with less experienced members of staff. This may also involve developing MSK clinicians
• nationally through the Connect Health Academy.
• You will triage referrals from GPs directing the patient into the appropriate primary,
• community, secondary or tertiary care service according to clinical presentation.
• To conduct all clinical interventions and related actions in line with relevant professional
• standards, such CSP, and HCPC, as well as Connect standards and policies and where
• applicable, contract parameters and KPIs.
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical and
• professional activities.
• To demonstrate a commitment to ongoing professional development and to maintain a
• contemporary record of such activity, in line with recommendations from professional
• bodies and regulators e.g., HCPC to contribute as required to internal and external
• educational initiatives.
• To work with the Clinical Lead and participate in clinical audit.
• As part of the wider Connect team, provide leadership and act as a source of expertise in the
• management of musculoskeletal conditions to teach, mentor, educate and inform Allied
• Health Professionals, other health and care professionals, students, patients and carers.
• There may be a requirement, on occasion, to provide support and or cover for Connect
• contracts in other areas of the country, usually remotely but occasionally in person as
• required.
• The role of an Advanced Practice MSK Clinician (Physiotherapist, Chiropractor, Osteopath, Sports
• therapist/Rehab therapist) is fundamentally provision of an excellent level of clinical delivery within
• the service. You will need to be highly self-motivated, and achievement orientated whilst providing
• implicit leadership to the MSK team. You will be educated to masters level in the field of
• Musculoskeletal care (or equivalent experience/portfolio evidence) and be able to provide a highly
• specialised source of expertise, with clear evidence of working at L7 across Clinical Practice,
• Leadership and Management, Education, Research and Audit.
• This is a pro-active position, and you will need to be able to pick up and overcome the challenges of
• an ever-changing NHS landscape and ensure that the service clinically delivers against the agreed
• performance indicators. At the heart of this role is the ability to demonstrate excellent
• communication skills with a strong patient focus to enable personalised care. In addition, a high
• degree of competency and commitment to the development of others to enable them to deliver a
• quality service with the patient at the centre to maintain Connect as a market leader in the MSK
• field.

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

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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).