First Contact Physiotherapist - Private Healthcare Provider
Up to £50,056 DOE
Basingstoke
Full time- Permanent
Have you completed stage 1 on the FCP Pathway?
Are you looking to work for one of the UK's best healthcare providers?
Are you looking to work for a company that invests in their employee's?
This clinic are looking for a new First Contact Physiotherapist to join their friendly and vibrant team in Basingstoke. This is a great opportunity for a physiotherapist with ample previous experience within MSK to further develop their skills. With APP's on-site you'll be working alongside a team with extensive knowledge willing to help you grow as an advanced clinician.
How will you benefit?
- 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service
- Management Bonus Scheme
- Private Pension Scheme
- Private Healthcare Scheme
- Friends & Family Hospital Discounts
- Family Friendly policies, including enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay
- Non-contributory life insurance
- Staff engagement hub with access to discounts and extensive rewards and voluntary benefits
- Employee recognition programmes
- Industry leading training and development opportunities
Who are we looking for?
- BSc and / or MSc in physiotherapy
- 6 years post graduate experience with minimum 3 years’ experience in MSK
- Up to date with effective orthopaedic and MSK practice and research and related fields of Practice
- Understanding of scope of practice issues and legal accountability and responsibilities
- Ability to justify clinical decisions with Consultants, GPwSI’s, Physiotherapists and GPs
- Flexible with Travel
- Excellent knowledge neuro- musculoskeletal conditions
- Experience of Audit and how to implement change.
- Experience of working in an autonomous role
- Clinical Supervision skills and experience
- Independent and unsupervised advanced decision-making and problem solving skill
- IRMER Trained
- Injection therapy qualification
- Triage experience
- Experience of ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests
Duties of this role include:
- To work as an FCP within the MSK service alongside other clinicians such as APPs, GP’s, podiatrists and physiotherapists
- To undertake highly specialised & comprehensive neuro-musculoskeletal assessments, of routine and complex patients in the GP setting.
- To form accurate diagnoses, management plans and prognosis, using advanced clinical reasoning skills, knowledge of best current clinical and evidence based practice and assimilation/interpretation of clinical diagnostic tests
- To independently and appropriately refer into the iMSK service for diagnostic procedures such as MRI, USS, X-Ray and NCS
- To refer patients onto appropriate specialities within primary and secondary care
- To be able to independently administer joint and soft tissue injections (or willing to work towards such a skill)
- To communicate effectively and professionally with patients and medical colleagues regarding assessment, management and treatment choices
- Contribute to, and participate in, on-going development/IST within the MSK team
- To work in a unified manner with other team members across the MSK service in following, and developing, clinical pathways
- To triage incoming MSK referrals and make decisions regarding most appropriate referral onto care providers either within, or outside, the service
- To refer patients onto appropriate specialities according to agreed service pathways
- To provide an excellent level of service to all patients and stakeholders
- To document all clinical decisions and communicate with GPs, GPwSIs, Consultants and other clinical professionals as required
- To maintain a high standard of physiotherapy practice, working to the CSP ‘Codes of Practice’
What's the next step?
If you would like to be considered for this exciting opportunity please contact Natasha Isaac via email with an updated CV to [email protected].
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