Specialist Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner – Fracture/A&E

Specialist Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner - Fracture/A&E focuses on bsc/grad dip in physiotherapy with hcpc registration.

Skills and requirements

• BSc/Grad Dip in Physiotherapy with HCPC registration.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience working within a Fracture Clinic, Orthopaedic Service, Urgent Care, or A&E.
• Minimum 3 years in an autonomous MSK role as an APP or FCP.
• 3 years’ experience requesting radiological investigations.

Confirmed role details

• Lead on the development and delivery of urgent care and fracture management training for the wider Advanced Practice team and physiotherapists.
• Lead the creation of local protocols and standards specifically for urgent care and fracture screening.
• Lead on clinical investigations regarding patient complaints and incidents, with a specific focus on missed fractures and acute diagnostic errors.
• Utilise structured frameworks to identify learning from near-miss events and implement service-wide changes.