MSK Consultant Physiotherapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Physiotherapist specializing in musculoskeletal (MSK) care at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. This new position is part of the launch of a new Ultrasound Service embedded within the single point of access for MSK services in the Bexley Borough. The post holder will provide consultancy and engage in the four pillars of advanced practice: clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research, thereby enhancing system-wide expertise. Candidates must meet the requirements outlined in the Centre for Advancing Practice framework for consultant-level practice. This role is ideal for individuals with extensive clinical and leadership experience at an 8a level seeking further development, or for those already working at a consultant physiotherapy level looking for a new challenge. We are looking for a highly skilled, motivated and committed MSK Consultant Physiotherapist to join the Bexley MSK Service at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, and welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds and support flexible and agile working arrangements. Bexley MSK is highly valued within Oxleas, and the successful candidate can expect an inclusive and supportive context within which to develop your career.Main duties of the job Oxleas have an established and highly regarded musculoskeletal (MSK) service for Bexley ICB, and in partnership with Kings College Hospital. We have taken this excellent work forward in a new alliance partnership working with the ICB and local secondary care providers. The service provides rapid triage, assessment and treatment for Bexley residents with MSK conditions and MSK rehabilitation needs, linking with other services to ensure the right treatment is delivered in the right place and time. The post holder will join a multidisciplinary pain team that includes Podiatrists, Occupational Therapist Hand Therapists, Pain Psychologists, Advanced Practice Physiotherapists, Pain Management Physiotherapists, First Contract Practitioners, Service Manager and Administrative staff. The post involves close working with MDT members to provide holistic care to treat MSK pain in a community setting so strong communication and team-working skills are essential. The successful candidate will lead on continued development of the new Bexley MSK Ultrasound service, alongside more generalised clinical leadership within Bexley MSK; providing expert consultant level knowledge on the assessment and rehabilitation of MSK patients across the service, challenging traditional models of care & leading innovation in practice.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're
• We Listen
• We Care