MSK Therapist (Band 6)

☞ Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Update day: 01-06-2024

Location: Minehead South West

Category: Health / Medical Care

Industry: Hospitals Health Care

Position: Entry level

Job type: Full-time

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Job OverviewMinehead locationAre you a driven and motivated Physiotherapist or Osteopath looking for a new role that will give you the opportunity to gain new skills and develop professionally?Due to expansion of the team and internal Enhanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (EPP) roles, an exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 6 clinicians to join Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking to recruit motivated, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking qualified Physiotherapists and Osteopaths.Are you interested in joining a supportive, motivated, and forward-thinking team to develop your skills and knowledge?By joining Somerset’s MSK physiotherapy team you will be integrating into a network of highly skilled practitioners from advanced practice physiotherapists to Band 4 exercise instructors. You will be working with our EPPs who offer mentoring, supervision, and injection therapy. We receive referrals from GPs, the orthopaedic assessment service, first contact practitioners, orthopaedic departments and other Health Care practitioners.Do you want to be part of an exciting and dynamic therapy team within a Trust that places a strong emphasis on learning, clinical supervision, and clinical development?We support our colleague development through flexible clinical support, comprehensive in-service training program, protected 10% CPD time and our annual clinical away day. This is to help our team provide the latest evidence based and patient centered care.Main duties of the job
  • Provide a high standard of therapy service to musculoskeletal outpatients.
  • Provide specialist advice regarding the musculoskeletal assessment, diagnosis and treatment for patients referred to the service.
  • Participate in the development of the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Service.
  • Actively participate in their own clinical development.
  • Act as a source of expertise in the management of musculoskeletal conditions. Provide an advisory service to patients, carers, other physiotherapists and osteopaths, other health care professionals and the primary healthcare team including GPs.
  • Be responsible for the safe and correct use of equipment within the department.
  • Provide clinical supervision, support and training to Peers, Band 5 physiotherapists and osteopaths, students, and Exercise Instructors.
Working for our organisationWorking for your organisationAs a Trust we are proud of the excellent, pioneering service the musculoskeletal team delivers to our patients. As an employer, we recognise that our colleagues, truly are our greatest asset and we are committed to supporting them to achieve a rewarding and satisfying career.Would you like to work in one of the most desirable places within the UK?Working here in Somerset you can soak up all that the idyllic countryside has to offer with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone’s throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You get to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan – there is truly something for everyone!Please note that pay scales are dependent on NHS experience.
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Deadline: 16-07-2024

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