We are recruiting for a Clinical Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist to join our team.

This role offers the opportunity to work across our musculoskeletal pathway, developing skills within your area of interest. Currently we have team members working split roles within the MSK Physiotherapy treatment team as well as First Contact Practitioner roles, within chronic pain or in development roles within our MSK triage services.

The variety and ability to drive your career progression promotes positive wellbeing, preventing burnout and ensuring aspirations are met with positive support. In comparison to others our teams are much smaller, serving a specific geographical location. As such, we work closely across our pathway with ample opportunity to educate and support others within the teams.

Our team provides a robust supervision structure and guidance through portfolio development to ensure competencies are met at each level and most readily within our First Contact Practitioner split roles.

If you would like to discuss this role further or shadow the team, please do request a visit.

An excellent candidate will demonstrate considerable MSK clinical experience as well as an ability to educate and support others, to understand the NHS and the leadership required within in order to work across the system and a wish to contribute to quality improvement and research to provide quality services for the people of the Isle of Wight.

Main duties of the job

Provide high levels of clinical expertise as a specialist MSK Physiotherapist working systemwide to support the MSK pathway, providing patients and colleagues educational support and clinical guidance to meet individual needs.

Deputise for line manager, taking responsibility for the necessary operational & clinical leadership. High regard for clinical operations and governance, assuring high standards of patient centred care. Maintaining effective, resilient, and integrated care to provide a seamless MSK patient pathway.

Act as a source of expertise for the management of specialist conditions across the Trust and wider healthcare community, working collaboratively with all members of the multidisciplinary and management teams. Driving service development & quality improvement projects to facilitate best care to strive for excellence

Support the Physiotherapy Professional Lead in providing strategic professional leadership & development opportunities for Physiotherapists across the organisation & act as an experienced and skilled MSK resource for the service and multi-disciplinary team in the specialism of musculoskeletal medicine.

Ensure appropriate management of a personal caseload and that of the wider team caseload, with onward referral to Tier 2 triage services, when required.

Ensure a high standard of training is delivered. Facilitate & participate in reflective practice, clinical reasoning, audit & research projects within the department to ensure ongoing clinical effectiveness.

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to combine all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services, with the plan to create a new larger, more integrated and accessible organisation.

The transformation will happen in stages Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning across in May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent NHS Trust services is expected in late 2024, when our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy.
• State Registration.
• Working towards post-graduate certificate in MSK related specialism.
• Post Graduate courses relevant to the specialty.
• Able to demonstrate ability to meet Stage 1 sign off HEE roadmap to practice.
• Evidence of continuous appropriate CPD including postgraduate courses, reflective practice, in-service training and experiential learning, research contribution, quality improvement contribution.
• Experience of working as part of a physiotherapy and multidisciplinary team within the NHS.
• Evidence of clinical and professional leadership.
• Understands the legal responsibilities of the profession and their duty of care
• Evidence of providing clinical education.
• Enhanced knowledge of physiotherapy in Msk related specialisms such as Occupational Health, Chronic Pain, ED, Rheumatology, Orthopaedics, Community and Primary Care.
• Understanding of clinical governance and the implications for physiotherapy services, including experience of quality issues and audit.
• NHS Experience
• An understanding of the patients perspective of NHS Healthcare.

Desirable

• Working towards MSc or equivalent postgraduate qualifications within the specialisms.
• Membership of MSK special interest groups / networks e.g. CSP groups, APPN, MACP, SOMM, local peer networks
• Evidence of stage 2 sign off HEE roadmap to practice.
• Team management experience.
• Evidence of using research methodology
• Committee membership e.g. Health and Safety.

Experience

Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy.
• State Registration.
• Working towards post-graduate certificate in MSK related specialism.
• Post Graduate courses relevant to the specialty.
• Able to demonstrate ability to meet Stage 1 sign off HEE roadmap to practice.
• Evidence of continuous appropriate CPD including postgraduate courses, reflective practice, in-service training and experiential learning, research contribution, quality improvement contribution.
• Experience of working as part of a physiotherapy and multidisciplinary team within the NHS.
• Evidence of clinical and professional leadership.
• Understands the legal responsibilities of the profession and their duty of care.
• Evidence of providing clinical education.
• Enhanced knowledge of physiotherapy in MSK related specialisms such as Occupational Health, Chronic Pain, ED, Rheumatology, Orthopaedics, Community and Primary Care.
• Understanding of clinical governance and the implications for physiotherapy services, including experience of quality issues and audit.
• NHS Experience
• An understanding of the patient's perspective of NHS healthcare.

Desirable

• Working towards MSc or equivalent postgraduate qualifications within the specialisms.
• Membership of MSK special interest groups / networks e.g. CSP groups, APPN, MACP, SOMM, local peer networks
• Evidence of stage 2 sign off HEE roadmap to practice.
• Team management experience.
• Evidence of using research methodology
• Committee membership e.g. Health and Safety.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Physically fit and able to comply with the Trusts Manual Handling Guidelines
• Forward thinking.
• Approachable
• Self-directed learning.
• Motivated
• Inspirational
• Supportive
• Empathetic
• Able to accept, embrace and implement change.
• Ability to comprehend and work within the Trusts policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety and ensure they are upheld within the service.
• Able to maintain judgement under pressure
• Motivation/Drive/Enthusiasm
• Confident
• Evidence of implementation of service developments.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to pass on advanced skills/knowledge to others within both formal and informal environments.
• Ability to incorporate current validated evidence within professional practice.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate.
• Ability to lead multi / interdisciplinary teams and set team goals.
• Ability to communicate with all levels of staff is vital as the successful applicant will be a key team player.
• Good communication skills required with staff/clients/ patients occasionally resolving difficult situations or complaints.
• Able to empathise communicate and deal with enquiries from diverse range of service users and colleagues and to use own initiative

Desirable

• Evidence of enhanced Practice skill and MSc HEI study. Practical application, reflective practice and current application evidence with up to date portfolio
• Competent IT skills.
• Previous use of electronic systems
• Evidence of initiating and leading research / audit / quality improvement projects.
• Ability to supervise staff.
• Critical appraisal

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Arthur Webster Clinic

35 Languard Manor Road

Shanklin

Isle of Wight

PO37 7HZ

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