First Contact MSK Physiotherapist

Job overview

Are you an established or developing Musculoskeletal First Contact Practitioner looking for a new and exciting challenge? If the answer is ‘yes’, we have a position across two primary care networks for an individual to join our growing team of First Contact Practitioners.

As part of the role, you will have ringfenced non-clinical time to establish or maintain your FCP roadmap activity in either the portfolio route, or if new to FCP activity via our local HEI academic route.  You will be supported in your development by Advanced practice physiotherapists with over 5 years experience of frontline FCP service development and delivery, who are pro-active across Dorset in developing FCP.

Main duties of the job

Your main role will be the delivery of FCP clinical activity.

• You will be first point of contact for expert clinical assessment and diagnosis of patients presenting with MSK conditions in primary care/GP practices.
• You will be the link between primary, community and acute services, when the patient is managed via primary care ensuring an integrated care pathway for individual patients that meets their needs.
• You will lead on and develop effective communication between primary care services/GP practices and other relevant care providers.
• You will educate others on the role of the FCP, its impact on referral patterns and patient care pathways.
• You will assist the service lead in using local and national evidence-based practice to develop suitable research and audit programmes evaluating the effectiveness of the FCP programme.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Our DCHFT Job Description and Person Specification (attached) tells you all about this role, what to expect and what is needed to succeed. When completing your application please make sure to tell us how your experience and skills fit the person specification.

Please contact us at [email protected] if you are unable to view or download the attachment.

For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.