An exciting opportunity has arisen for a physiotherapist to further develop their career in MSK outpatient services.

We are looking for a physiotherapists to come and join a well established, friendly and enthusiastic about delivering the best possible care to the people of Enfield, based at Chase Farm Hospital.

This is time of change and challenge for MSK services in the NHS we are looking for dynamic individuals to help us maximise all opportunities.

Are you passionate about making a difference to patients? we pride ourselves on integrated working, not only within the wider therapy team but also with other health professionals in secondary and primary care, local authority and voluntary sectors.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for assessing and managing largely GP referrals to the service. These are received via our well regarded Self Referral Portal. This will give you an excellent opportunity to develop your clinical reasoning, diagnostic and treatment skills.

You will be supported by a highly experienced team including 5 APP's. We provide robust and flexible clinical support through meaningful appraisal , regular supervision , protected CPD time and a comprehensive IST.

About us

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description and Person Specification for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc Physiotherapy Or Recognised Diploma
• HCPC Registered
• Evidence of ongoing relevant CPD in portfolio

Desirable

• Attendance at relevant Post Graduate Courses

Experience

Essential

• Broad under graduate experience in core clinical areas
• Experience of working as part of a team
• Relevant clinical knowledge base underpinned by broader physiotherapeutic skills
• Worked in a NHS setting or experience of treating NHS patients

Desirable

• Participation in project /audit activities.
• Supervision/teaching of students or physiotherapy assistants

Skills

Essential

• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner
• Ability to prioritise and manage own work load in a busy environment with supervision
• Ability to process, manage and communicate sensitive information in relation to patient care and convey this in an appropriate and clear manner

Personal Qualities

Essential

• A strong commitment to patient care
• Reliable, flexible, motivated, diplomatic team worker who demonstrates appropriate initiative and good time management

Desirable

• Awareness of own learning style.

Other requirements

Essential

• Ability to meet the demands of the post including occasional travel

Desirable

• Fluent in any other local language.

Employer details

Employer name

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Chase Farm Hospital

The Ridgeway

Enfield

EN2 8JL

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393-NMUH-863