MSK Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner

An opportunity has arisen for an 8A Advanced Practice Physiotherapist (APP) to join the musculoskeletal service at Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. You will be working as part of a team of APPs and a consultant physiotherapist. CLCH is one of the largest community trusts and offers MSK services in the London borough of Barnet. There is opportunity to access a large variety of in house and external development programmes including injection therapy, access to imaging, ionising radiation and Masters level clinical assessment, advanced clinical practice modules and the opportunity to develop leadership skills through project work. We are looking for someone who is motivated to expand their MSK skills, actively engaged with evidence based practice and are adaptable to the rapidly changing healthcare agenda., To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of the practitioners professional activities .To utilise expert clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based knowledge to assess patients with highly complex presentations and implement physiotherapy management plans as an autonomous practitioner .To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts, which may be conflicting to regularly provide expert advice and second opinion to peers, medical colleagues and other health professionals. This includes the formulation of accurate prognoses, recommendation of best course of intervention and development of comprehensive discharge plans .To request and use the results of specialist investigations (e.g. x-rays, blood tests, ultrasound and MRI scans) to assist the formulation of diagnoses and plan patient management. If appropriate training is undertaken the clinician may choose to use injection therapy when indicated under a Patient Group Directive (PGD) .To use advanced theoretical and practical knowledge to refer on to other departments/medical colleagues within or outside the Trust as necessary, based on investigation results and advanced clinical assessment. To provide written reports of clinical opinion to medical and other colleagues as required. Risk effectively at all times. Please refer to Job description for detailed duties and responsibilities, Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date. At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks: Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN) Race Equality Network Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff. Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH. The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours! We can offer you: + A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role + Car lease scheme

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+ Flexible working options + Annual travel card loan + Training, support and development in your career To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits