Job summary

37.5 Hours per week (Permanent)

LOCATION:Thirsk GP Practices

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is working with Heartbeat Alliance and the PCNs in Hambleton & Richmondshire to provide a First Contact Physiotherapy Service for patients with musculoskeletal problems.

This is an exciting opportunity for experienced Senior Physiotherapists with a special interest in musculoskeletal conditions to work closely with GPs in GP Practices and also have close links with the Advanced Practice Physiotherapists (APPs) in the MSK Service . This role is suitable for physiotherapists with significant post graduate experience in the management of patients with musculoskeletal conditions.

Main duties of the job

The First Contact Practitioner (FCP ) will work as an autonomous practitioner using advanced assessment and clinical reasoning skills to assess and diagnose where possible. They will provide the patient with self-management advice including exercises and should on-going treatment be required they will refer the patient onto the most appropriate pathway of care. At this stage the physiotherapists in these roles will not be investigating, prescribing or injecting but will be working closely with the well established MSK Service.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:-

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

About us

South Tees Hospitals is the largest hospital trust in the Tees Valley with two acute hospitals and services in a number of community hospitals.

The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough is a designated major trauma centre and provides all its specialties from one site which is unique for a hospital of its size. It provides a wide range of district general hospital services and specialist services such as neurosciences, renal medicine, spinal injuries, major trauma, cardiothoracics, vascular surgery and cancer services. It has 1,024 beds, a 24-hour acute admissions unit and an emergency department which houses the major trauma centre for Durham, East Cleveland, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire and has its own helipad. In 2012 the Middlesbrough hospital completed a �35 million redevelopment of its cancer services and is now proud to provide some of the best facilities in Europe. The James Cook University Hospital has a modern, central operating suite containing 20 well-equipped theatres and a 16-bedded intensive care unit. There is also an Institute of Learning, Research and Innovation on site, embracing postgraduate medical education, undergraduate teaching centre, nurse training school, the school of radiography and library facilities.

The Friarage Hospital in Northallerton is an essential part of our organisation and an important point of delivery for the community. It is one of the smallest district general hospitals in the country and has 189 inpatient beds.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
• Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
• Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience working as an autonomous practitioner at a band 6/7 level
• Extensive experience in musculoskeletal physiotherapy

Desirable

• Experience of working as a First Contact Physiotherapist

Qualifications

Essential

• To hold a degree or relevant Diploma in Physiotherapy
• Evidence of post graduate level study / qualification, in relevant clinical practice to masters level
• To be registered with the HCPC as a physiotherapist.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates extensive knowledge & experience within specialist area
• Evidence of audit & research
• Good understanding of structure, policies, priorities and format of NHS

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