First Contact Physiotherapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust for enthusiastic, dynamic, and well‑motivated physiotherapists with musculoskeletal experience to join our First Contact Physiotherapy Service. As a First Contact Physiotherapist at the RWT PCN, you will work on‑site in GP practices as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team. You will assess, diagnose and manage MSK patients of varying complexity at the first point of contact – with full autonomy and clinical support. You will work closely with GPs, receptionists, nurses and other MDT colleagues to deliver integrated, personalised patient care.

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• Use advanced clinical practice skills and clinical reasoning to provide comprehensive diagnostic and treatment support to patients presenting with complex musculoskeletal conditions, multiple pathologies, mental health and/or pain management needs.
  
• Provide expert advice and act as a source of expertise in the management of musculoskeletal conditions, providing a specialist advisory service to patients, other specialist physiotherapists, other healthcare professionals and the primary care team, including advising GPs on management of MSK conditions.
  
• Work autonomously, providing direct clinical/physiotherapeutic care for patients with a range of complex musculo‑skeletal conditions and significant other primary or secondary conditions or multi‑pathologies.
  
• Develop integrated and tailored care programmes in partnership with patients through: effective shared decision‑making with a range of first‑line management options appropriate to patients’ level of activation; assessing levels of patient activation to support patients’ own knowledge, skills and confidence to self‑manage their conditions and ensuring they are able to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of self‑management interventions; agreeing with patients appropriate support for self‑management through referral to rehabilitation‑focused services and wider social prescribing as appropriate.
  

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands, providing primary, acute and community services. We are proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients and solve the health‑care problems of tomorrow. We are passionate about the value of diverse thinking and lived experience, enabling us to become a learning organisation and a leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients. We have been rated Good by the CQC and have achieved numerous awards, including the Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020. The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Please refer to the attached Job Description document which contains more details about the role and the requirements of the post.