First Contact Physiotherapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to provide leadership and collaborate with all other clinicians working within the practice to develop more effective clinical pathways and service. An ability to embrace new ways of working including telephone and video consultations alongside traditional face to face contacts is an essential requirement.

1. To work as an autonomous, extended scope practitioner, with an extended scope of practice to work within a team. To deliver a high standard of specialist assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal patients in primary care GP practice. Using evidence-based principles/ current best practice and expert specialist skills and clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

2. To be an expert clinician and work as an independent practitioner working within GP practice alongside wider clinical team and practice staff. This will involve seeing patients on a first contact basis, without prior contact with their GP, in order to establish a rapid and accurate diagnosis and management plan.

3. To act as a source of expertise on the management of patients with MSK conditions and provide an advisory service to professional colleagues and support the GPs in the education and supervision of clinical staff.

4. To aid in the collection of data for the purpose of regular research, audit, evaluation and implementation of evidence based practice within the field of MSK in Primary Care.

5. Use extended scope clinical skills such as joint or soft tissue injections and make radiology referrals. Training will be given if required.

6. Requesting diagnostic services such as x-rays, to aid diagnosis and the management plans of patients and interpret and act on the results of such tests.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to provide leadership and collaborate with all other clinicians working within the practice to develop more effective clinical pathways and service. An ability to embrace new ways of working including telephone and video consultations alongside traditional face to face contacts is an essential requirement.

1. To work as an autonomous, extended scope practitioner, with an extended scope of practice to work within a team. To deliver a high standard of specialist assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal patients in primary care GP practice. Using evidence-based principles/ current best practice and expert specialist skills and clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

2. To be an expert clinician and work as an independent practitioner working within GP practice alongside wider clinical team and practice staff. This will involve seeing patients on a first contact basis, without prior contact with their GP, in order to establish a rapid and accurate diagnosis and management plan.

3. To act as a source of expertise on the management of patients with MSK conditions and provide an advisory service to professional colleagues and support the GPs in the education and supervision of clinical staff.

4. To aid in the collection of data for the purpose of regular research, audit, evaluation and implementation of evidence based practice within the field of MSK in Primary Care.

5. Use extended scope clinical skills such as joint or soft tissue injections and make radiology referrals. Training will be given if required.

6. Requesting diagnostic services such as x-rays, to aid diagnosis and the management plans of patients and interpret and act on the results of such tests.