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Job overview

Are you an experienced band 5 or existing band 6 physiotherapist with a passion for delivering high quality patient care and would like to be a part of a dynamic MSK team? If so, there is an opening for you to join our team of Physiotherapists and Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals with broad based postgraduate experience including recently in the MSK speciality. You should be able to work well as part of a team but have the ability work independently and supervise others.

As part of a friendly and supportive team, you will benefit from wide ranging learning opportunities to help consolidate your skills and advance your Musculoskeletal career. In addition to regular supervision and support from our experienced senior MSK Physiotherapists, you will have access to Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners working in our service.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake high quality assessments, for patients referred from Primary Care, Consultants, A&E and self-referrals 
• Develop, implement and modify individualised treatment programmes
• Support self-management and promote lifestyle changes including onward referral to support services
• Be responsible for your own clinical caseload including patients with complex needs. Training will be provided in any areas identified for development.
• Support Team Leaders to ensure that junior staff are clear about their responsibilities and accountability. Be responsible for the training and supervision of junior staff and students.
• Monitor and evaluate treatment plans to ensure maximum patient benefit and health outcomes.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three

core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a betterwork-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information

around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website

https://www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk