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