Specialist Senior Physiotherapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 7 Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapist to work in JMAPS (Joint Musculoskeletal And Pain Service) and to work as a First Contact Practitioner. Ideal for an enthusiastic, experienced, candidate with significant experience in musculoskeletal physiotherapy. Completion of the First Contact Practitioner (Musculoskeletal) Roadmap would be desirable although is not essential., Successful applicants will provide musculoskeletal physiotherapy in JMAPS in addition to supporting First Contact Practitioner clinic provision within Northumberland. The post holder will provide expert assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with musculoskeletal conditions who have self-referred or who have been referred by primary or secondary care. The post holder will be expected to provide telephone consultations.

JMAPS provides physiotherapy care across Northumberland alongside primary care based clinics based in local GP practices and Health Centres. The post will be based at Wansbeck General Hospital but there may be a requirement to work at other sites, according to service needs.

The successful applicant must demonstrate excellent communication skills with MDT and peers. Applicants should have experience in supervision, education and training of more junior staff and be involved in student education, research and audit. The post holder will be expected to provide clinical supervision to colleagues..

Applicants must provide evidence of continuous professional development and post graduate training. The post holder will be expected to work collaboratively with the senior leadership team in further service development.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before