Job summary
Are you an experienced Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist looking for your next opportunity?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 MSK Outpatient Physiotherapist to join our friendly and supportive MSK Physiotherapy team.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your clinical expertise within a varied secondary care outpatient MSK service, working with patients presenting with a broad range of musculoskeletal conditions. You will have the opportunity to build on your assessment and treatment skills while contributing to the continued development of our service.

Interviews will be held on Friday 25th September. Please note this post may close early if a high number of applications are recieved.

Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 Physiotherapist, you will have the opportunity to:

• Provide high-quality assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment for a varied MSK caseload.
• Develop your clinical reasoning and autonomous practice within a supportive team.
• Work alongside experienced MSK Physiotherapists and other members of the multidisciplinary team.We have specialists in lower limb , upper limb , hand therapy, oncology and rheumatology
• Deliver outreach clinics, providing physiotherapy services in community settings.
• Gain experience in and contribute to hydrotherapy sessions.
• Support and deliver rehabilitation classes.
• Contribute to service development, clinical supervision and the learning and development of colleagues and students.
• Develop your skills across different aspects of outpatient MSK physiotherapy

We are committed to supporting professional development and creating opportunities for staff to broaden their clinical experience. Whether you are looking to consolidate your Band 6 skills or develop further expertise within MSK physiotherapy, this role offers a varied and rewarding environment in which to do so.

About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Qualifications
Essential

• BSc / MSc Physiotherapy
• MCSP
• HCPC Registered Physiotherapist

Desirable

• Non-clinical courses
• Validated post registration courses
• LEO / leadership

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working with assistants / technicians
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Comprehensive range of junior rotations including outpatients musculoskeletal and orthopaedics
• In-service training and reflective learning in this speciality
• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner
• Prioritisation of workload
• Directing patient care

Desirable

• Supervision of students in any environment

Knowledge
Essential

• In-depth knowledge of musculoskeletal diagnoses and their management
• Principles and practices of rehabilitation and ergonomics
• Advanced Clinical reasoning
• Literature search/review
• Current evidence based practice
• Detailed anatomy and physiology relevant to the speciality
• Health and Safety and Risk awareness

Desirable

• Falls re-education
• Benefits of exercise and education
• Triage for musculoskeletal patients
• Clinical Governance
• Role of CSP

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.