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MSK First Contact Practitioner | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 13 August 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £53,755 - £60,504 Pro Rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 12 September 2024 |
| Location: | Bury, BL9 7TD |
| Company: | Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6488267/236-BCO-P342-24 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in Bury Care Organisation (part of Northern Care Alliance) to work as an Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner – FCP, within Bury Primary Care Networks.
You will join a dynamic and innovative team of MSK FCPs working within primary care to support GP practices. The role will include seeing MSK patients, without prior contact with their GP, to establish a rapid and accurate diagnosis and management plan. Depending on service distribution you will support Band 7 FCPs.
You will act as a point of MSK clinical expertise within the primary care setting supporting and working with General Practitioners (GPs), nurse practitioners and other medical professionals. Successful candidates will be able to communicate confidently and effectively across professions ensuring the seamless flow of patients across boundaries with the community, hospital Trust, social prescribers, pharmacy and other PCN related services.
You will support the FCP Clinical and Operational Leads in developing the FCP serviceworking collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders to deliver an effective and evidenced-based service.
Successful applicants will have a masters level qualification in advanced practice; advanced clinical practice skills; significant experience in the musculoskeletal specialty; and excellent leadership skills. Non-Medical Prescribing would be advantageous.
This is a part time post of 30 hours and flexible working opportunities are available.
Provide clinical expertise and make decisions about the best course of action for patient care (including in relation to undifferentiated conditions).
Deliver high quality patient assessments and treatments, based on the best available evidence and current literature, supporting colleagues to do likewise.
Provide holistic care and support lifestyle changes to assist patients in the management of conditions to improve general population health.
Provide clinical supervision and undertake operational duties for the FCP service.
Form close working relationships with primary care colleagues through attending practice meetings, GP mentoring, delivering MDT training.
Deliver training with the aim of improving the quality of care for the local population.
Receive protected time for service development, in-service training and supervision, alongside self-directed study to ensure progression along your career pathway, aligned to the relevant MSK competency framework.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three
core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a betterwork-life balance.
We are currently in process of updating our values.For the latest information
around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website
https://www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
In line with the Trust’s Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social back ground or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
This advert closes on Tuesday 27 Aug 2024
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