First Contact Physiotherapist / Advanced Physiotherapist

Your primary role will be within our First Contact Physiotherapy Service, where patients are directed to you from Primary Care as a first point of contact. You will be working as part of a multi-skilled team including APPs, to provide specialist assessment, diagnosis and advice to Primary Care MSK patients. You will also provide input to the main MSK Physiotherapy service where you will demonstrate high level clinical reasoning, assessment and treatment skills, assessing a wide range of complex MSK conditions. You will be actively involved in leading service development and acct as a role model for change to the rest of the team. You will provide training and supervision for junior staff.

Our outpatient team is looking for an Advanced MSK Physiotherapist who has experience in (or wanting to gain experience) in FCP, with a passion for high-quality care, demonstrating highly specialised assessment and management skills and supporting both patients and family members alike with their presenting complaint., You will need to have excellent communication skills and be able to work well within a team. You will be adaptable and resourceful. You will also need to be well organised, confident and able to manage in diverse situations to deliver patient care. As with all Physiotherapy roles, rapport building, problem-solving and good judgement are crucial, alongside evidence of strong leadership and management. Awareness of your own scope of practice is critical, and we welcome candidates who actively seek help and support for both patient safety and to aid their own professional development. You will be part of a dynamic, driven and caring team and be able to work flexibly, with the ability to prioritise work based on the patient need and service capacity.

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

• Excellent learning and development to support you and develop your career including monthly supervision and in service training
• Flexible working opportunities
• Free parking on Trust Sites
• Competitive Mileage Rates
• Enterprise Car Pool Scheme
• You'll also have access to our generous pension scheme and health service discounts, as well as generous annual leave plus bank holidays
• The opportunity to work additional hours/ overtime (when available)