Band 7 Outpatient Physiotherapist Spinal

The post holder will support the consultant physiotherapist (spinal) in service delivery, assisting in the development and integration of MSK patient management across the service.

If you are a Physiotherapist with specialist MSK skills and knowledge and are looking for an exciting challenge, this is the post for you.

Main duties of the job

The MDT team includes a consultant physiotherapist, Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners and a large team of spinal surgeons.

This offers an excellent opportunity to further develop your own skills and those of the staff within the unit you mentor in a supportive, friendly and learning environment.

The t Service is situated within the Oxford Spinal Unit and physiotherapy department at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.

The post holder will manage patients referred to the Oxford Spinal Unit and Physiotherapy Departments for initial contact, assessment, clinical diagnosis and management.

The post holder must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and be able to teach, lead, mentor and develop senior and more junior staff and students.

The department offers you a chance to work with staff who have a wide range of experience; you will be supported to be actively involved in the development and integration of the service, advancing your clinical, teaching, managerial and research skills.

You must have a Post Graduate Masters level degree with recent post graduate courses relevant to musculoskeletal therapy.

The Trust has an excellent appraisal scheme and offers regular CPD training in the form of internal courses, journal clubs, joint working, and access to funding for external training/postgraduate study.

We are looking for a Band 7 MSK Physiotherapist who has proven skills in the management of patients with complex MSK spinal pain and dysfunction including post operative rehabilitation.

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