Job summary
- Main area
- Musculoskeletal
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Full time.
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-NN-6636647-SH&C-AHP-HM
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Heliers Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £34,521 - £41,956 pro-rata, per annum inc HCAS (Outer London)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 5 Musculoskeletal Therapist
Band 5
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a full-time Musculoskeletal Therapist to our team. The successful applicants will be enthusiastic and self-motivated with an aspiration to innovate and improve all aspects of care delivery within the Musculoskeletal outpatient physiotherapy service based across two sites at St Heliers Hospitals and Jubilee Health Centre.
You will be keen to participate fully in an innovative model of care and will be passionate about delivering high-quality care to your patients.
You will have excellent communication skills and be happy to work in a multidisciplinary team. Committing to further education is required, and personal development will be encouraged. Clinical supervision is well supported within this service.
Evidence of self-motivation will be sought at the interview. Recent experience of working in a Community-based MSK/OPP service would be an advantage but not essential.
Main duties of the job
Musculoskeletal Therapist Band 5
To provide autonomous clinical therapy practice in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with MSK conditions.
To assist with operational management within MSK services
To assist with developing practice, innovation and promoting an evidence-informed culture within MSK services
To assist with communication and collaboration with both patients and relevant stakeholders with regard to the provision and development of MSK services
To actively partake in a specialist MSK therapy training programme, rotating into different specialist fields on differing sites with the Sutton Community bases
To assist with the provision of education and training predominantly for Physiotherapy students and Physiotherapy Technical Assistant’s (PTA’s)
To partake in research, audit and evaluation of relevant clinical practice
Interview Date: TBC
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy/Osteopathy
- HCPC registration or equvilant
- Evidence of CPD in the form of detailed personal portfolio demonstrating postgraduate education/courses in MSK
Desirable criteria
- evidence MSK student placement
- Evidence of MSK previous employment
- NHS experiance
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in management of MSK conditions
- MSK interest
Desirable criteria
- 6 month experience working in NHS in UK
- Experiance of performance management of students
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills in the management and assessment of MSK conditions
- Skills in the provision of manual and exercises therapy
Desirable criteria
- Proactive learning /CPD - self learning
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected]. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Christian de Carteret
- Job title
- Highly Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02082964200
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