Static Specialist Physiotherapist MSK

Duties and responsibilities: To be a dynamic member of the MSK OPD Team providing expert assessment and treatment of patients referred from primary care or secondary care. To have a role involved with the triaging of patient referrals.
To provide support and supervision to junior members of staff, physiotherapy practitioners, assistants and students. You will be required to provide administrative tasks to maintain accurate records and an efficient service. Obtain verbal consent from patients before starting the assessment or treatment.
You will play a role in developing the service, promoting health awareness, being involved in In service training. You will be involved in some Community Based Groups including "Escape Pain", following training and supervision for the group.
Competencies will be completed over a period of time within protected supervision with a senior member of the physiotherapy team.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who would like to experience working with patients in a fast paced, health care outpatient setting.
You will be an essential part of a team of therapists working in the MSK outpatient Dept., you will rotate across 3 sites including Runcorn , Widnes and Warrington.

Working for our organisation
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.