Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (End date 30/6/26)
- Hours
- Part time - 28 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-SP04701
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals Dorset - All Sites
- Town
- Dorset
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pa/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/07/2025
Employer heading
MSK Enhanced Clinical Physiotherapist & First Contact Practitioner
Band 7
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.
Job overview
We have amazing opportunities for you to join us as an MSK Physiotherapist and First Contact Practitioner – FCP for 9 months fixed term.
Who are we looking for:
Enthusiastic and motivated individuals with an appetite to learn, who can offer some flexibility as we grow our MSK FCP offer to fit with the demands of the organisation and local population.
We have FCP hours available within a Bournemouth Primary Care Networks.
We recognise the growing preference of maintaining links with MSK outpatient therapy services and secondary care, we support flexibility in roles, and we promote the importance of a good work life balance. Typically we would expect a role to be split with 60% in FCP practice and 40% in MSK therapy. Alongside this we operate an 80% clinical 20% non-clinical protected time to facilitate continued personal development.
Main duties of the job
Working closely with our Primary Care Networks (PCNs) we can offer clinical support to further develop your knowledge and career in this growing area. You will need to be signed off as roadmap competent and we will continue to provide you with regular supervision and continued training and development as part of our FCP team across UHD.
Main duties of the job
Provide clinical expertise as first contact, making decisions about the best course of action for patients' care. This will involve seeing patients, without prior contact with their GP or Consultant. Practitioners will use their clinical-reasoning skills to undertake an assessment of the presenting problem, interpret findings, develop working and differential diagnoses, and formulate, communicate and implement management plans that take account of individuals' needs, goals and wishes, local service availability and relevant local and national guidelines and policies.
Responsibility for the management of a mixed MSK caseload referred to Physiotherapy from both primary and secondary care. You will supervise and support a team of rotational physiotherapists as they pass through their MSK rotations at both Band 6 and Band 5 levels.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
University Hospitals Dorset has been created from the merger of Poole and Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Trusts. Dorset also benefits from two local Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) offering close affiliation for health care professionals in the local area.
What can we offer you?
- A role split between FCP practice and MSK therapy
- A fully supported supervision and training programme with great links with secondary care services.
- Supported non-clinical time.
- Peer support including governance, clinical, education, and well-being support across UHD
- A wide range of primary care clinical experience within local PCN’S
- Working as part of a friendly and dynamic FCP team
- Links to support and training as a large NHS foundation trust
- A great place to work with modern facilities and friendly dynamic teams.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are open to applications from established FCP clinicians who are team players and passionate about delivering quality, patient centred services. These roles are open to part time applicants. Please get in touch if you would like to find out more or visit us in person.
Base Location: FCP in GP practices in locality, MSK therapy based at Christchurch Hospital.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Laura Raxworthy
Job title: Advanced Clinical Physiotherapist in Primary care
Email address: [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current registration with relevant professional body.
- level 6 post grad clinical practice qualification
- Relevant post-graduate specialist Musculoskeletal course(s)
- More than 3 years MSK experience
- FCP Roadmap Stage 1 and Stage 2 Complete
Desirable criteria
- Level 7 Post registration/post-graduate qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of managing patient’s care at an enhanced level of practice with specific knowledge and skills in a field of expertise within the musculoskeletal context
- Experience of supervising, teaching, mentoring and developing staff.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working as an FCP or in primary care
- Band 7 experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Raxworthy
- Job title
- Advanced clinical physiotherapist in primary care
- Email address
- [email protected]
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