About this role
Job summary
Are you an experienced MSK Clinician looking to advance in your career?
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare Foundation Trust MSK team is looking to recruit a 1-year fixed term senior MSK clinicians into our Gosport and Petersfield localities totalling 37.5 hours per week. The teams form part of a larger MSK service which takes pride in delivering high quality care & rehabilitation. We encourage conversations around flexible working options.
Working closely with primary & secondary care colleagues, the teams serve the local community in outpatient settings across Hampshire. Referrals are received directly from Primary and Secondary Care as well as self-referrals.
The team are committed to continued professional development & promote evidence-based practice. Alongside a varied MSK caseload, you will have opportunities to develop leadership skills with responsibility of junior staff & students. As a valued team member, you will benefit from an extensive professional development programme including regular clinical supervision, CPD funding through our ACE academy, & support towards advanced practice.
We encourage you to contact Daisy Berry (Petersfield) [email protected] or Katie Chapman (Gosport) [email protected] to discuss this post further and arrange an informal visit.
Main duties of the job
1.Undertakes highly skilled musculoskeletal assessment of patients including those with highly complex presentations and from this formulates a diagnosis and treatment plan which is carried out as an autonomous practitioner.
2.Takes a role in the supervision, teaching and appraisal of senior, junior and rehabilitation assistants, physiotherapy students and other members of the multi disciplinary team.
3.Deputises for Team Leader as required.
4.Active involvement in service development for the department, Trust and profession.
5.Complete tasks assigned/delegated by team lead in a timely and professional manner.
6.Supervises, initiates and participates in evidence based projects, assists in implementing changes within designated team/area and setting and monitoring standards of practice.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Job description Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
*Degree or equivalent in physiotherapy *HCPC or equivelent registration *Evidence of CPD in musculoskeletal care in the form of a detailed personal development portfolio *Postgraduate education/courses in musculoskeletal care
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 (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Gosport War Memorial Hospital
Bury Road
Gosport
Hampshire
PO12 3PW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)