First Contact Physiotherapist Team Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will:

• Provide an advanced level of clinical expertise in the assessment, diagnosis, andmanagement of highly complex patients within primary care and implementing evidence based practice.
• To work in conjunction with key partners in the planning, development, and delivery of specialist services.
• To initiate, facilitate and participate in research and audit within the service.
• To provide training, clinical supervision, mentorship and leadership to clinical staff working within primary care and community physiotherapy services.
• To support the Locality Lead and Team Manager in planning and service development.
• The successful candidate will need to be able to work autonomously as FCP to assess, manage and discharge a patient without referral to a GP where appropriate.
• To monitor and maintain performance of clinical sub-team of physiotherapists

Clinical

• To be a lead clinician within FCP and MSK services.
• To undertake the comprehensive, advanced assessment of clients, including those with complex and/or chronic presentation using investigative and analytical skills and to formulate individualized management and treatment plans, using expert clinical reasoning and using a wide range of treatment skills and options to devise a specialized program of care.

• Must be able to advise on medications, order investigations and refer on to secondary care services where necessary.

• To take a lead role on clinical practice issues, raising the profile of the service and offering specialist advice to assist in the implementation of service improvements.

• To implement and evaluate the use of outcome measures as endorsed by clinical and professional guidelines and standards and clinical indicators in order to monitor clinical effectiveness, in liaison with other healthcare staff.

• Must be aware of FCP implementation guide - https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/FCP%20How%20to%20Guide%20v21%20040919%20-%202.pdf

• Must have finished MSK primary care module on Health Education England E Learning module. (https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/

Leadership -

To lead and participate in the development of protocols and care pathways to facilitate best practices within MSK services, in line with local and national strategies.

To demonstrate leadership skills that can influence service improvements within the specialist field.

To lead and participate in regular research and development activities in the speciality area,

linking with regional and national initiatives and to disseminate audit and research findings at alllevels e.g. local, regional and national.

This post will involve travel between the PCN practices and other venues to help fulfill the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Msc or Msc Module

• Msc or Msc module Advance Practice

Skills

• Able to take Virtual and face to face consultations.

• Working Knowledge of EMIS software system

Experience

• Experience of working as Band 8a in NHS setting
• Injection therapy experience is essential.
• Good leadership skills.

• Worked as Team Leader in NHS setting.
• Independent prescriber - Not essential but should be prepared to undertake Independent prescription course

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name

Nexus Health Limited

Address

Lincoln House Surgery

163 London Road

Hemel Hempstead

Hertfordshire

HP3 9SQ

https://nexus-health.co.uk/