Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
Job summary
Permanent, Band 7.
37.5 hours per week

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist to join our MSK service. This role is ideal for a skilled clinician with strong MSK expertise, advanced clinical reasoning and a commitment to high-quality, person-centred care.

We are seeking an excellent communicator with a passion for service development and supporting individuals within the team to continually improve and develop.

We welcome applications from candidates who meet the essential criteria and share our organisational values: Accountable, Honest, Person-centred and Smart.

Reasonable adjustments are available on recruitment.

We can only accept applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK and kindly ask that you confirm that in your application.

We are committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria.

Main duties of the job
You will manage an autonomous caseload, assess and treat complex presentations, support safe clinical decision making and act as a specialist resource for colleagues across the service, and also contribute to service development, clinical governance, audit and quality improvement.

About us
AHP Suffolk CIC is a staff lead, specialist musculoskeletal Social Enterprise, our aim and purpose is to provide high quality accessible NHS commissioned health care to support people return to optimal health and stay healthy. We work in partnership with our staff, patients and commissioners to develop a continually improving range of services to meet their needs effectively and efficiently.

We have a reputation for innovation, service and staff development and well supported continuous professional development.

Set up as a social enterprise over 13 years ago, we provide NHS commissioned MSK Physiotherapy services from multiple sites across Suffolk, from community hospitals, health centres, gyms, and GP surgeries. We have developed and run U Refer, a successful web-based self-referral platform, and single point of referral for secondary care, and offer virtual and face to face clinical appointments, exercise classes and 121 rehabilitation.

Additional benefits:

• Agenda for Change pay and leave terms and conditions of service matched
• Auto-enrolment pension (as per criteria) with Scottish Widows
• Employee Assistance Programme Health Assured
• Cycle to Work scheme
• NHS Discounts
• Refer a Friend scheme

Job responsibilities
You will manage an autonomous caseload, assess and treat complex presentations, support safe clinical decision making and act as a specialist resource for colleagues across the service, and also contribute to service development, clinical governance, audit and quality improvement.

Please see job description attached for further information.

Qualifications
Essential

• Diploma or degree in Physiotherapy
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council
• Member of the CSP or equivalent professional liability insurance
• Evidence of up-to-date, relevant CPD
• Relevant postgraduate learning or equivalent specialist development

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification or working towards Masters level study
• Membership of a relevant special interest group
• Leadership, supervision or management training

Experience
Essential

• Extensive post-registration MSK physiotherapy experience
• Demonstrable specialist knowledge and experience in assessment and management of complex MSK presentations
• Experience of supervising, coaching and mentoring others
• Experience of supporting or delivering clinical education and in-service training
• Experience of audit, service evaluation or quality improvement
• Ability to apply advanced clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice to support safe clinical decision making
• Excellent knowledge of clinical risk assessment, safeguarding principles and risk management
• Knowledge of primary care, community services and wider patient pathways

Desirable

• Experience of extended scope or advanced practice within MSK services
• Involvement in research activity
• Experience of developing clinical pathways, protocols or competency frameworks

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.