Main area: Advanced Practice Physiotherapy - Spinal Grade Band 8a
Contract: 12 months (Fixed term contract for 12 months)
Hours: Part time - 24 hours per week (To suit spinal clinic requirements)
Job ref: 151-NH144
Employer: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Heatherwood Hospital
Town: Ascot
Salary: £55,877 - £62,626 per annum pro rata INCL HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/01/2025 23:59
Advanced Practice Physiotherapist - Spines
Band 8a
Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic, confident practitioner to join our highly regarded APP team. You should be a forward-thinking practitioner, who has the ability to bring about change and the desire to develop and improve services. You must be an experienced MSK clinician with an interest and expertise in the management of patients with spinal pathology. You should be able to work independently and be able to demonstrate excellent communication, teaching and organisational skills. The successful candidate would work in different spinal clinics alongside Spinal Orthopaedic Consultants and independently offering both face-to-face and telephone consultations. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills working with our experienced spinal MDT, which includes spinal orthopaedic consultants, APPs, and radiologists who meet regularly. This is an opportunity to work for an NHS Trust with a dynamic, supportive, forward-thinking team of spinal specialists. If you are interested in developing your skills into being a spinal APP or are already working as an APP, this could be the role for you. Supervision, training, and mentoring will be provided by our other APPs and consultant colleagues. Our current vacancy is permanent for 24 hours per week (4 clinics and administration time associated with the clinics). The clinics are currently in Ascot, Maidenhead, Slough, and Windsor. Main duties of the job
To provide an expert musculoskeletal assessment, diagnosis, and appropriate onward management of patients presenting with chronic and acute spinal pain within the orthopaedic clinics. To use skills extended beyond the scope of physiotherapy to aid diagnosis and development of treatment plans in the orthopaedic clinic setting. To interpret the results of the assessment and investigations to determine onward patient management, e.g., organise appropriate injection therapy, discuss any appropriate surgical interventions, place patients on waiting lists when appropriate, make appropriate onward referrals to rehabilitation/consultants/clinics, and discharge patients directly from clinic. To electronically triage GP referrals into the Orthopaedic Spinal service. To provide expert advice, guidance, and information to patients and health professionals. Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and south Buckinghamshire. As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis, and plastic surgery services across a much wider area. We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot, and Wexham Park near Slough. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us. Person specification
Qualifications
Hold a recognised degree or diploma in Physiotherapy. HCPC registered. Evidence of postgraduate courses/CPD e.g. MSc/Cert Spinal Manual Therapy/Acupuncture/Manipulation Courses/Society of Orthopaedic Medicine. Evidence of relevant postgraduate. Member of the relevant clinical interest groups. Attendance at an introductory management course. Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP). Experience
Broad experience at band 7 level in MSK outpatients demonstrating evidence of competence and capability. Evidence of an extensive role in the supervision of less experienced staff, students, and assistants. Previous experience of working as an APP/Clinical Specialist within musculoskeletal medicine. Previous experience of working in the NHS in an Acute hospital outpatient setting. Experience of lone working. Paper published in a Journal. Knowledge
Evidence of expert knowledge of spinal pathology. Advanced knowledge of other MSK pathologies. Knowledge of spinal orthopaedic surgeries. Ability to interpret spinal radiographic imaging. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well-performing, well-led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and south Buckinghamshire. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities. We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as a £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state-of-the-art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park. We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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Band 8a
Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic, confident practitioner to join our highly regarded APP team. You should be a forward-thinking practitioner, who has the ability to bring about change and the desire to develop and improve services. You must be an experienced MSK clinician with an interest and expertise in the management of patients with spinal pathology. You should be able to work independently and be able to demonstrate excellent communication, teaching and organisational skills. The successful candidate would work in different spinal clinics alongside Spinal Orthopaedic Consultants and independently offering both face-to-face and telephone consultations. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills working with our experienced spinal MDT, which includes spinal orthopaedic consultants, APPs, and radiologists who meet regularly. This is an opportunity to work for an NHS Trust with a dynamic, supportive, forward-thinking team of spinal specialists. If you are interested in developing your skills into being a spinal APP or are already working as an APP, this could be the role for you. Supervision, training, and mentoring will be provided by our other APPs and consultant colleagues. Our current vacancy is permanent for 24 hours per week (4 clinics and administration time associated with the clinics). The clinics are currently in Ascot, Maidenhead, Slough, and Windsor. Main duties of the job
To provide an expert musculoskeletal assessment, diagnosis, and appropriate onward management of patients presenting with chronic and acute spinal pain within the orthopaedic clinics. To use skills extended beyond the scope of physiotherapy to aid diagnosis and development of treatment plans in the orthopaedic clinic setting. To interpret the results of the assessment and investigations to determine onward patient management, e.g., organise appropriate injection therapy, discuss any appropriate surgical interventions, place patients on waiting lists when appropriate, make appropriate onward referrals to rehabilitation/consultants/clinics, and discharge patients directly from clinic. To electronically triage GP referrals into the Orthopaedic Spinal service. To provide expert advice, guidance, and information to patients and health professionals. Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and south Buckinghamshire. As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis, and plastic surgery services across a much wider area. We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot, and Wexham Park near Slough. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us. Person specification
Qualifications
Hold a recognised degree or diploma in Physiotherapy. HCPC registered. Evidence of postgraduate courses/CPD e.g. MSc/Cert Spinal Manual Therapy/Acupuncture/Manipulation Courses/Society of Orthopaedic Medicine. Evidence of relevant postgraduate. Member of the relevant clinical interest groups. Attendance at an introductory management course. Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP). Experience
Broad experience at band 7 level in MSK outpatients demonstrating evidence of competence and capability. Evidence of an extensive role in the supervision of less experienced staff, students, and assistants. Previous experience of working as an APP/Clinical Specialist within musculoskeletal medicine. Previous experience of working in the NHS in an Acute hospital outpatient setting. Experience of lone working. Paper published in a Journal. Knowledge
Evidence of expert knowledge of spinal pathology. Advanced knowledge of other MSK pathologies. Knowledge of spinal orthopaedic surgeries. Ability to interpret spinal radiographic imaging. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well-performing, well-led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and south Buckinghamshire. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities. We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as a £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state-of-the-art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park. We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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