Job overview

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for dedicated and self-motivated Physiotherapist with a special interest in spinal conditions to join our Integrated Therapy Team within Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.  This post is split across MSK Physiotherapy based at Kingsgate House and Outpatient Therapies based at Stepping Hill Hospital.  

The Musculoskeletal and Outpatient Therapy Services are busy and forward thinking providers of Community Outpatient Physiotherapy across various clinic sites in Stockport as well as within secondary care. We receive referrals for acute and chronic conditions from GPs, ESPs, Orthopaedic Consultants, Pain Clinic and occupational health. 

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated person who has experience in treating a wide variety of Musculoskeletal Conditions within a diverse population and is able to promote self-management and act as an expert in their field providing support to other members of the team.

Main duties of the job

As an integral member of the team you will work collaboratively with other Clinical Leads and be involved in pathway work within your specialist area,  implementing appropriate clinical guidelines and patient pathways. 

You will be responsible for the provision of an advanced specialist Physiotherapy service for patients referred with spinal conditions providing an accurate diagnosis and managing a defined caseload of patients with highly complex needs, using evidence based /patient centred principles in a variety of locations, maintaining associated records. 

You will provide clinical and managerial leadership in your specialist area through clinical supervision, in service training and mentoring, supporting the team promote an efficient and effective service.

As part of your role you will commit to supervise, educate and assess the performance of students to a graduate standard and work with universities to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.

Working for our organisation

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice