Job overview

Barts Health NHS Trust has a vision to be a high performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We have an exciting opportunity for an MSK Advanced Physiotherapist Practitioner to join our busy Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Department. The post holder will need to have experience and understanding of managing a busy service and effectively managing a demanding and complex caseload.

As well as the clinical duties of the role, there will be plenty of opportunity to be involved in service evaluation, transformation, research, audit, pathway development and quality improvement.

The post holder will work closely with other APPs in the service and be supported by the Deputy Head of Outpatient Therapies.

Main duties of the job

·         To autonomously manage a complex clinical caseload of musculoskeletal patients within the Integrated Musculoskeletal and Persistent Pain Service (IMAPS)

·         To provide clinical leadership for the Integrated Musculoskeletal and Persistent Pain (IMAPS) team across Royal London and Mile End Hospitals.

·         To undertake a cross-site AP clinical and leadership role within Barts Health NHS Trust musculoskeletal services,

·         To act as an expert physiotherapy practitioner and leader within the wider MSK therapies team,

·         To support the Deputy Head of Outpatient Therapies in the development of relevant cross-site service and clinical initiatives and modernisations,

·         To act as the lead clinical representative on agreed clinical and service development groups and boards,

·         To provide highly specialist care of complex patients including extended scope interventions and management as appropriate,

·         To provide expert training, advice and clinical education to service providers, service users and service commissioners

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.