Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist

We have an opportunity to welcome a clinician to our organisation working as a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist. This is a fixed term, full time, band 7 position for 12 months. You will be based across clinics in the Eye, Stowmarket and Felixstowe.

You will be helping to support our clinicians in managing complex patients as an autonomous, highly specialist physio. This will involve joint/problem solving sessions and also providing clinics for further assessment and management of highly complex cases. You may hold a small caseload yourself and also assist with various triage duties.

You will be working to develop more junior colleagues knowledge and skills; leading in-service training programs and helping to create best practice guidelines and clinical pathways. You will be working alongside colleagues in the Clinical Leadership Team in completing clinical audits to ensure there is necessary governance in place and that we are continuously striving to improve our clinical practice.

As a member of our team, you will develop your own clinical skills with access to internal and external training courses and also working alongside Advanced Practitioners and the Clinical Leadership Team who will help to support you.

We are unable to offer sponsorship.

Main duties of the job

RESPONSIBLE FOR:

Development and delivery of high quality service within Physiotherapy.

Assessment and management of complex patients.

Develop opportunities for practice which extends the scope traditional Physiotherapy.

Training and support of Physiotherapists and support staff to deliver high quality, evidence-based service provision.

Governance arrangements within physiotherapy.

AHPSuffolk is a staff lead, MSK specific Social Enterprise whose aim and purpose is to provide high quality accessible health care at the point of need to help people return to optimal health and stay healthy. We work in partnership with our staff, patients and commissioners to develop a continually improving range of services to meet their needs effectively and efficiently.

We have a reputation for innovation and well supported continuous professional development.

Set up as a social enterprise over 10 years ago, we provide MSK Physiotherapy services from multiple sites across Suffolk, from community hospitals, health centres, gyms, and GP surgeries. We have developed and run a successful web based self referral platform and single point of referral for secondary care, and offer virtual and face to face clinical appointments, exercise classes and 121 rehabilitation.