Senior MSK Physiotherapist

• To provide a comprehensive service to patients with physiotherapy need at a variety of locations. Skills required include: • Management of patients with complex musculoskeletal, orthopaedic and rheumatological disorders and conditions • Advanced manual therapy and therapeutic exercise skills. • Extensive knowledge of patient self- management and education • Excellent communication with consultants, GPs and other healthcare professionals is essential in providing a holistic approach to patient management • To initiate and participate in the development of new ideas and the evolution of existing systems within Primary care and hospital based musculoskeletal services. • To provide structured supervision, in line with ERS guidelines, for more junior members of the team. • To carry out annual appraisals and subsequently create professional development plans with more junior members of the physiotherapy team • To provide specific advanced level teaching for more junior members of the team. • To organise, coordinate and deliver training for GPs and other healthcare professionals as required. • To be responsible for helping to plan service development and implementing decisions. • To deputise for musculoskeletal team leads, in their absence, with regards to day to day management tasks. Examples of tasks included: • Checking new referrals against the teams referral criteria • Dealing with problems/issues as they arise and passing things on to more senior managers as required • Support and liaison with the admin/booking teams • To lead on the planning and clinical education of undergraduate students in the physiotherapy team • To participate in the recruitment process of more junior members of the physiotherapy team • To participate and lead, when appropriate, in the monitoring of activity and audit of Musculoskeletal physiotherapy service. • To autonomously assess and diagnose patients with a diverse range of Musculoskeletal, orthopaedic or rheumatology conditions, using appropriate assessment/diagnostic techniques, skills and tools. • To autonomously create individual treatment plans using a variety of appropriate physiotherapy treatment regimes for a range of patient groups including patients with complex and multiple musculoskeletal and medical problems. • To adopt a problem solving approach, engaging patients and carers in their treatment plan, negotiating on agreed outcomes, gaining consent and educating patient on self-care. • To evaluate and review treatment outcomes to facilitate discharge of patients. • To deliver care in a range of settings including clinics, GP surgeries and acute hospital as required. Job description Job responsibilities • To provide a comprehensive service to patients with physiotherapy need at a variety of locations. Skills required include: • Management of patients with complex musculoskeletal, orthopaedic and rheumatological disorders and conditions • Advanced manual therapy and therapeutic exercise skills. • Extensive knowledge of patient self- management and education • Excellent communication with consultants, GPs and other healthcare professionals is essential in providing a holistic approach to patient management • To initiate and participate in the development of new ideas and the evolution of existing systems within Primary care and hospital based musculoskeletal services. • To provide structured supervision, in line with ERS guidelines, for more junior members of the team. • To carry out annual appraisals and subsequently create professional development plans with more junior members of the physiotherapy team • To provide specific advanced level teaching for more junior members of the team. • To organise, coordinate and deliver training for GPs and other healthcare professionals as required. • To be responsible for helping to plan service development and implementing decisions. • To deputise for musculoskeletal team leads, in their absence, with regards to day to day management tasks. Examples of tasks included: • Checking new referrals against the teams referral criteria • Dealing with problems/issues as they arise and passing things on to more senior managers as required • Support and liaison with the admin/booking teams • To lead on the planning and clinical education of undergraduate students in the physiotherapy team • To participate in the recruitment process of more junior members of the physiotherapy team • To participate and lead, when appropriate, in the monitoring of activity and audit of Musculoskeletal physiotherapy service. • To autonomously assess and diagnose patients with a diverse range of Musculoskeletal, orthopaedic or rheumatology conditions, using appropriate assessment/diagnostic techniques, skills and tools. • To autonomously create individual treatment plans using a variety of appropriate physiotherapy treatment regimes for a range of patient groups including patients with complex and multiple musculoskeletal and medical problems. • To adopt a problem solving approach, engaging patients and carers in their treatment plan, negotiating on agreed outcomes, gaining consent and educating patient on self-care. • To evaluate and review treatment outcomes to facilitate discharge of patients. • To deliver care in a range of settings including clinics, GP surgeries and acute hospital as required.