Senior MSK Physiotherapist

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses. The Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapy Team are part of Integrated Musculoskeletal services: Physiotherapy Outpatients, Community Orthopaedics and the Community Chronic Pain Service. We provide musculoskeletal outpatient physiotherapy to the local population working in community hospital physiotherapy departments and outreach clinics. We run a hybrid model of face to face and virtual consultations. You will provide comprehensive musculoskeletal assessment and treatment of outpatients. A Band 6 Health Care Professional (HCP) will effectively and efficiently manage a complex caseload of musculoskeletal patients while assisting in the education and training of physiotherapy colleagues, apprentices, assistants and students., Band 6 MSK Physiotherapists work closely with the people who use our services, families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 6 MSK Physiotherapists are expected to be kind, responsive and professional, contributing to the quality of the services we provide by:

• + Keeping the people who use our services safe through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments + Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence-based policies and procedures + Ensuring the people that use our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with them.About us Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both