Job summary
- Main area
- Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 222-HCS-553
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hounslow
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £67,950 - £78,028 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant MSK Physiotherapist
Band 8b
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the position of MSK Consultant working with the Hounslow MSK Services. The anticipated start date will be end of April 2025.
The MSK Service is jointly led by a Consultant MSK Physiotherapist, Clinical Operational manager, and an experienced team of Advanced Practitioners. Our ethos is to improve the services we deliver to patients using innovation. We have a strong track record of service redesign to bring patients out of secondary care into the community setting and have FCP services set up across Hounslow Borough.
We work closely with both primary and acute care focused on delivering safe patient centred care.
The service consists of a Hand Injuries Unit, Community Pain Service, MSK service inclusive of an MCATS, Women’s Health and FCP services across the borough of Hounslow.
The post holder will be responsible, for ensuring improvements in quality, outcomes, and experiences of service users. This includes developing safe systems of work, staff development and training programmes and innovative models of care delivery.
We encourage applications from Black , Asian minority ethnic candidates and applicants with a disability and or long term health condition as these groups are underrepresented in senior roles.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be the clinical and professional lead for Musculoskeletal physiotherapy for the Trust. They will fulfil a specialist clinical role with patients referred to the MSK service. They will provide the therapy lead for research, education, policy, strategy, and service development in this clinical area in conjunction with the Clinical Service Manager and Divisional Lead. They will work with the Clinical Service Manager and Divisional Lead to develop and coordinate the future and long-term strategic direction of the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Service.
The post holder will be responsible, for ensuring improvements in quality, outcomes and experiences of service users. This includes supporting the directorate’s contribution to our Journey to Outstanding quality assurance programme.
There are several current key work streams in the MSK services that the post holder will lead on including accreditation of both First Contact Practitioners and Advanced Practitioners, staff training and development framework and competencies.
The post holder will be expected to hold a clinical caseload.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration
- Degree qualification or equivalent level of study at Masters level or above
- Post graduate management qualification or equivalent experience
- Relevant membership of other professional groups and organisations
Desirable criteria
- PhD
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Post graduate knowledge in the specialist area gained through post graduate clinical courses and experience (at MSc/PHD level)
- Understanding of current legislation and professional body standards (HCPC) and their implementation in practice
- Demonstrable postgraduate experience with both clinical leadership and operational management
- Demonstrable advanced clinical experience with a minimum of 3 years’ experience working as a clinical specialist in an extended scope of role in multi professional outpatient clinics
- Experience of facilitating change by collaborating with stakeholders within physiotherapy, across other professions and both intra and inter organisationally, to produce innovative practice and service development showing improved patient outcomes
- Understanding of current and emerging health and social care policy and strategies
- Extensive experience in training and developing other therapists in the management of musculoskeletal conditions within standard and extended roles
- Evidence of participation in research and audit and experience of audit evaluation
- Ability to identify, implement and evaluate service improvements
- Understanding of current NHS issues
Desirable criteria
- Experience in a lecturing or management post
- Published academic papers
Personal attributes
Essential criteria
- Innovative and forward thinking
- Able to problem solve and support other team members
- Role model of the behaviours, values and skills for modern health care delivery within diverse communities
- Positive attitude to change and prepared to work flexibly to meet the needs of people and the service
- Able to work autonomously, acting decisively on behalf of self and others, setting own priorities and able to work as a team member being flexible, reliable and committed
- Able to reflect and critically appraise own performance and that of others
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- James Pain
- Job title
- Divisional Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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