Job summary
- Main area
- Therapies
- Grade
- AFC Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (This is a 12 month FTC)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (This is a 12 month FTC)
- Job ref
- 384-LG-EMF18812-B6
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £40,617 - £48,778 per annum pro rata including High Cost Area Supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Physiotherapist MSK Outpatients
AFC Band 6
Job overview
The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust has an enthusiastic and dynamic Outpatient team looking to recruit a part-time Band 6 Physiotherapist (22.5 hours) on a fixed-term contract as a maternity cover. We are able to offer a varied role with an emphasis on professional development, enabling the successful candidate to progress their musculoskeletal skills to a high level and offer options to gain experience in all areas of MSK practice and management to give the best long term career options.
Main duties of the job
The Band 6s within the team rotate every 8 months through Spinal, Shoulder, Wrist & Hand, Pain, Rheumatology, Hip, Knee and Foot & Ankle rotations. There are further options to gain experience within Pelvic Health and Occupational Health should you wish
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To assess and treat patient’s in MSK Outpatients. To support the team in the organisation and provision of an efficient, high quality and co-ordinated physiotherapy service for patients in MSK Outpatients. To undertake a defined clinical caseload. To ensure that patient and service standards and priorities are met. To provide clinical supervision to assigned junior physiotherapists, technical instructors, physiotherapy assistants and students.
Be skilled in clinical reasoning, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients seeking advice from the team leader when necessary.
To build on the wide base of junior experience and to expand clinical reasoning skills and continue to develop their clinical skills further in Outpatients.
Formulate and deliver individual treatment programmes based on evidence based practice (EBP) treatment options. Formulate discharge plans for each patient including the completion of health needs assessment form. Transfer patients to other members of the MPT for ongoing treatment in patient, out patient or domiciliary setting s as they deem appropriate. Complete the relevant discharge forms/summaries.
Ensure that patients give informed consent prior to treatment, work within the legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to give valid consent, gain endorsement from Senior P.T if necessary.
Evaluate patient’s progress, reassess and modify treatment programmes if required. If a patient fails to progress or deteriorates to discuss with Supervisor.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration
- BSc Physiotherapy
Desirable criteria
- Member of CSP
- Member of Specific interest group
- Post Graduate qualification in MSK Treatments
Knowlege and Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous Acute NHS experience at Band 5 level
- Achieved core skills in all core Junior rotations, including speciality area/s
- Evidence to support knowledge base in specialist area
Desirable criteria
- Previous Senior Experience in Specialty Area
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
- Liora Jackson
- Job title
- Superintendent Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01483571122
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