Home, community, hospital

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for TWO enthusiastic and motivated  band 5 musculoskeletal (MSK) physiotherapists to join our Richmond MSK service. We have two main sites at Teddington Memorial Hospital and Centre House (SW14 8LP) and a smaller additional clinical at Whitton  Corner Health and Social Care Centre (TW2 6JL).

A successful candidate for this post will need to be self-motivated, forward-thinking and committed to this area of specialism with experience and skills as outlined in the personal specification.

The MSK service is made up of a large team of physiotherapists, including an MSK interface service and women's health service.

The service offers physiotherapy through face to face, virtual, classes including hydrotherapy and shockwave.

What we can offer you?

• We offer regular in-service trainings and clinical supervision
• A commitment to your training and development
• Supportive environment and supervision by experienced senior MSK physiotherapists
• Case discussions with advanced physiotherapy practitioners

Candidates must be a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and hold a degree in physiotherapy.

Main duties of the job

• Provide high quality Physiotherapy in our MSK services working under the guidance of more senior Physiotherapists.
• This would be within either of our two main departments at Teddington Memorial Hospital or Centre House.
• We have a structured band 5 musculoskeletal training programme to allow you to develop and competently provide musculoskeletal assessment, diagnosis and appropriate management of patients presenting with chronic and acute musculoskeletal problems.
• Preceptorship provided within the wider trust set up.
• Deliver programmes of supported patient self-management, in ways that facilitate behavioral change, optimises individuals' physical activity, mobility, fulfillment of personal goals and independence, and that minimise the need for pharmacological interventions
• Engage in service clinical audits, quality improvement projects and departmental duties.

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