Advanced & First Contact Practitioner

Seaford

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Description

Advanced & First Contact Practitioner Physiotherapist

 

We're on the look-out for an Advanced & First Contact Practitioner Physiotherapist to join our well-established team working across our sites on the East Sussex Coast (Eastbourne to Peacehaven) and Crowborough as well as various venues working in Primary Care.  

What you'll do  

  • Run autonomous specialist MSK clinics to assess, investigate, diagnose and manage patients and undertake electronic triage of new referrals into the Intermediate MSK Service (AP Service) 
  • Use advanced clinical reasoning skills to diagnose and manage patients in the AP Service, potentially as an FCP and a Physiotherapist 
  • Provide a patient centred collaborative approach to assessment, diagnosis and treatment

Who you'll be  

  • Have clinical/professional expertise (or desire to develop) in the provision of Advanced Practice in musculoskeletal physiotherapy 
  • Proven clinical leadership and past experience of clinical development of senior MSK staff 
  • Ability to justify clinical decision making with consultants, GP’s, physiotherapists and other key stakeholders using critical appraisal of clinical evidence and EBP 
  • Maintain professional judgement under pressure during discussion with patients and other stakeholders 

  What you need to have  

  • HCPC registration 
  • BSc or MSc in Physiotherapy 
  • Advanced MSK assessment and treatment skills with proven advanced clinical reasoning abilities 
  • Independent and unsupervised advanced decision-making and problem solving skills 

In addition to a £40,206 – £54,458 a year salary, we also offer an incredible number of benefits including: 

  • Family Friendly policies 
  • Outstanding training and development opportunities 
  • Full private medical insurance 
  • Full health and wellbeing programme