Experienced MSK Physiotherapist

Job overview

Band 6 MSK Physiotherapist, Fixed Term Contract (10months) maternity cover, Torbay Hospital

Part-Time (23hrs) | Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity to advance your MSK career in the heart of South Devon!

Are you a dynamic and motivated physiotherapist ready to take the next step in your MSK career? Do you thrive in a supportive, progressive and innovative environment?

We have an exciting opportunity for a  part-time, fixed term contract  Band 6 MSK Physiotherapist to join our supportive Physiotherapy team based at Torbay Hospital.

This is an ideal opportunity for a physiotherapist who enjoys the challenge of a varied, often complex clinical caseload, and wishes to develop their diagnostic, clinical reasoning and rehabilitation skills in MSK further.

Our innovative MSK physiotherapy service offers digital first rapid access, self-referral and the well-established Single Point of Access (SPoA) pathways from physiotherapy into orthopaedics for patients with hip, knee and spinal conditions.

CPD is at the forefront of our service, ensuring we offer high quality care to our patients. We host external courses, provide funding for training and deliver local and service wide training events to support your CPD.

Having access to Dartmoor & the coast it is  ‘A wonderful place to achieve a great life - work balance!’  Devon Physical Activity Clinical Champion.

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Main duties of the job

• Provide a high standard of physiotherapy service to people presenting at musculoskeletal (MSK) outpatient clinics based in physiotherapy departments across South Devon. There is a rapid access booking system in place with up to 50% of patients self-referring.
• Act as a source of expertise on the assessment and management of general MSK patients to patients, physiotherapists, student physiotherapists, assistants/technical instructors, other healthcare professionals, G.P’s, and consultants.
• Educate and train physiotherapists, students, and other healthcare professionals in physiotherapeutic management of general MSK conditions.
• Within the MSK service we can offer a range of rehabilitation classes, acupuncture, steroid injections and 1:1 treatment.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Ability to use a variety of communication methods to conduct patient Assessments/interactions for example telephone, video or face to face consultations and adapt communication strategies accordingly.
• Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid formal consent and jointly agreed goals. To have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
• Communication will include imparting sensitive and comprehensive information relating to diagnosis, prognosis, physical and functional recovery and potential life style adjustments to patients and their relatives. This may involve informing patients that they may be unable to return home or return to their previous level of activity/work/leisure.
• To maintain accurate comprehensive and up to date documentation, in line with legal, departmental and CSP standards of practice and to monitor that of less experienced staff. To communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports, letters or verbally.
• To be responsible for accurate and timely data input into the IHCS data collection system for patient registration and contact information and discharge.

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.