MSK Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Flixton, Trafford
MSK Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Flixton, Trafford
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 9 Jan | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 8ff19153721a4218affd97a7070b0bf5
Full Job Description
- Act as a specialist physiotherapist and be a source of expertise and feedback to colleagues and stakeholders.
- Work autonomously within Trust policy and professional practice and maintain accurate and comprehensive up to date records.
- To perform specialist assessment and treatment of patients within the Integrated MSK Service.
- To use advanced clinical reasoning skills to identify where further investigations or non-physiotherapy management may be required .
- To support junior colleagues in making requests for further investigations.
- Determine a clinical diagnosis, deliver, implement and evaluate individualised treatment programmes.
- To be aware of current clinical research for own speciality but also other areas of MSK physiotherapy and inform colleagues on updating practice, line manager on clinical strategy.
- To provide clinical leadership with regards to best practice and current research.
- To assist the MSK Service Manager in clinical governance action plans, service initiatives and in the planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluation of the service.
- Educate and train all grades of physiotherapists and non-qualified healthcare staff including GPs/FCP's. Support colleagues in areas of research, audit, and pathway development.
- To deputise or assume delegated responsibility in the absence of Service manager when required., See attached Job description and person specification which detail main duties of the job and full requirements and responsibilities of the role.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.