Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist / FCP MSK

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is looking to appoint a suitably qualified Band 7 Physiotherapists to work across the MSK pathway as a clinical specialist. The role will be split between Primary Care working as a First Contact Practitioner and within the MSK Service as a clinical specialist.,

• Provide a high standard physiotherapy service in the most appropriate setting to both Consultant and GP referred patients. Patients may also be referred by other Health Care professionals, e.g. Nurse Practitioners and other care professionals.
• Provide first contact assessment and proactive first line management of appropriately identified patients with MSK conditions.
• Independently manage and be responsible for your own clinical caseload.
• Triage of referrals received by the service with the support of the Consultant Physiotherapist, Advanced Practice Physiotherapists/Extended Scope Practitioners and GPwSIs to decide on the most appropriate pathway for patients referred with musculoskeletal conditions/ problems.
• Provide clinical leadership for staff, taking a lead role in Continued Professional Development (CPD) activities and to have a shared responsibility for the clinical development of staff.
• Take a lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients within the clinical speciality, to interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form an accurate diagnosis, discuss treatment options and agree a management plan with patients, in order to achieve agreed set goals.
• Act as a source of specialist advice in the management of problems within the clinical area to patients, Physiotherapists, other health care professionals, GPs and Consultants., The MSK Service is clinically led by a Consultant Physiotherapist and is focused on delivering safe, personal and effective care to our patients and population, and there is an ethos of continuous improvement within the service. This role will be key in supporting MSK pathway between primary and secondary care.
We share a commitment to put patient care at the heart of what we do; to do that effectively we need to support our staff to fulfil their potential. We have an integrated model of supervision and support to aid development of all grades of staff and job plans with protected SPA (10 per cent of job plan).

Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen. Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.