MSK Physiotherapist - Band 5

A rare opportunity has arisen to become part of the MSK Physiotherapist team. This role requires the Physiotherapist to have excellent communication and organisational skills.

Our service is well respected, and we have developed strong relationships with local GP practices, Orthopaedic and Rheumatology consultants, midwives as well as other healthcare professionals. Patients are able to self refer to our service and we have a growing number of First Contact Physiotherapists (FCP), within the GP practices, who also refer patients to us.

The MSK service for Wiltshire is based in 11 community sites with excellent links to our acute hospitals in Bath, Swindon as well as Salisbury.

You will be based at one of the following sites:

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• Chippenham Community Hospital, SN15 2AJ
  
• Trowbridge Community Hospital, BA14 8PH
  
• Five Rivers Health and Wellbeing Centre, SP1 3NR
  

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• To provide a safe, patient focused, effective and evidence-based Physiotherapy service in collaboration with other team members and actively contribute to on-going service improvements.
  
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate physiotherapeutic intervention and provide a clinically effective treatment for patients.
  
• To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, seeking clinical support when required and working within sphere of competence.
  
• To provide a local Physiotherapy service in satellite locations as the service requires.
  
• Working in accordance with Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) Standards, plus national and local guidelines, policies and procedures.
  
• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of work, ensuring a safe and high standard of care, and appropriate mandated record keeping.
  
• To ensure up to date evidence based knowledge and skills, with maintained competence in a range of physiotherapeutic skills.
  
• To contribute to undertaking audits, evaluation of outcomes, and formulation of and completion of action plans.
  
• To integrate with the multi-disciplinary teams throughout Wiltshire.
  

Please see the job description attached for a full list of responsibilities.

As a MSK Physiotherapist you will be part of our valued team in our Specialist Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

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• Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
  
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
  
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
  
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling
  
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
  
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
  
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
  

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.