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Job summary

Main area
Physiotherapy
Grade
Band 7/8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Part time and compressed hours considered)
Job ref
391-RFL-6189026
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Barnet Hospital
Town
Barnet
Salary
£49,178 - £62,785 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/05/2024 23:59
Interview date
21/05/2024

Employer heading

NHS

Band 7/8a Advanced Practice Physiotherapist/First Contact Practitioner

Band 7/8a

Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

1WTE Substantive and 2WTE fixed Term until 31/03/2025

Successful candidates will be appointed at a Band 7 grade(although, in some circumstances starting at a Band 8a grade may be agreed dependant on previous experience in an NHS Band 8a role), moving to 8a once they have completed essential competencies required for the role. Training, support and mentoring will be provided to obtain these.

An incredible opportunity has arisen for skilled and enthusiastic clinicians to join our growing Advanced Practice and First Contact Practitioner team.

We are looking to fill a Substantive and 2 Fixed term vacancies(fixed term post until end of March 2025)  to work within our existing APP/FCP team at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals. Our team delivers FCP services in Barnet and Enfield and work alongside Orthopaedic secondary care consultants.

Posts will include working across the Trust sites and within GP practices

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will have significant postgraduate experience of working with patients with complex MSK conditions; working within a bio-psychosocial approach. They will share responsibility for supporting less experienced staff working with this patient group. They will be expected to participate in the teaching and training of colleagues and other health care professionals as appropriate.

The successful candidate should be enthusiastic and passionate and have the motivation to encourage and facilitate best practice. We are looking for an individual who is an excellent communicator and team player.

Working for our organisation

The Advanced Practice team at Barnet and Chase Farm work collaboratively with the Orthopaedic, Pain and Rheumatology departments and are involved with numerous Quality Improvement and clinical practice group projects for the Trust. Our multidisciplinary Therapy Services department is committed to development and offers a large range of in-house and external training. You will be encouraged to develop your clinical, managerial and leadership skills. We have links with local universities and provide opportunities for post-graduate teaching.

The Musculoskeletal Health Hub in Enfield is a proof of concept initiative that is being delivered through the clinical partnership between The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. The aim of this initiative is to improve the health outcomes for patients with musculoskeletal conditions whilst addressing health inequalities and equity of access. The new hub will create new and innovative pathways to support the delivery of high quality care. The service will be underpinned with a focus on research and quality improvement, which will provide clinicians with opportunities to understand their impact and make continual improvements to the services delivered.

We have a very experienced team of clinicians and Advanced Physiotherapist Practitioners who can provide support and supervision.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To work as an autonomous practitioner providing advanced physiotherapy assessment and management to a specific, highly specialised clinical caseload that frequently have complex and/or chronic conditions, without supervision; interpreting and analysing clinical and non-clinical data to form accurate diagnoses and prognoses

To develop comprehensive management and treatment plans, utilising a wide range of treatment skills to formulate a specialised empowering and progressive programme of care; communicating with other members of the MDT, referring practitioners, relatives and carers on the best course of intervention

To work as an APP, assess and manage patients, who frequently present with complex conditions, in Orthopaedic outpatient clinics after direct referral from their General Practitioner. This involves advanced clinical reasoning skills, requesting of investigations to assist in the formulation of a diagnosis whilst working unsupervised

To work as an FCP, assessing and managing  patients who previously would have seen their GP,  This involves advanced clinical reasoning skills, requesting of investigations to assist in the formulation of a diagnosis whilst working unsupervised and managing the care pathway.

Person specification

Education / prof qualification

Essential criteria
  • HCPC registered
  • Post graduate Courses relevant to clinical speciality
  • Membership of Special Interest Groups
Desirable criteria
  • Independant prescriber /working towards qualification
  • MSc Qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post graduate experience of working in MSK at senior level
  • Evidence of audit or research experience and implementation
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of managing change
  • Experience at management level
  • Experience of working in APP role
  • Experience of working in FCP role

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Expert knoweldge of current MSK field
  • Demonstrates advanced clinical reasoning abilities
  • Team management experience
  • Current in in all physiotherapy professional practice and helath issues
  • Computer skills - (databaes spreadsheets)

Personal Qualities/Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Leadership
  • Working independently
  • Working under pressure
  • Highly developed communication skills
  • Excellent clinical reasoning and problem solving skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Adaptive and supportive of change
  • Clear of role /commitment to speciality
  • Teaching and supervisory skills
  • Able to work on different sites

Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Emma Brooks
Job title
Advance Practice Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02082164720
Additional information

Advanced Practice Physiotherapist Team on 0208 216 4720.

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
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Open Monday to Friday
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Telephone
01629 702338
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