# Band 7 Highly Specialist MSK Physiotherapist **Company**: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust **Location**: Barnet **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Salary**: £55,524 to £62,652 a year **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9391-26-1809?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_83b65317-cea ## Description An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled and enthusiastic clinician to join our well-established, innovative team of musculoskeletal physiotherapists. The posts are based at our main Barnet and Chase Farm sites and will include cross-site working. Patient care will be a mix of Telehealth and face-to-face consultations and will involve extended hours and evening work dependent on demand. The successful candidate will have significant postgraduate experience of working with patients with complex conditions; working within a bio-psychosocial approach on a one-to-one basis as well as within a group context. They will share responsibility for supporting junior and less experienced staff working. They will be expected to participate in the teaching and training of more junior staff and other healthcare professionals as appropriate. The successful candidate should be enthusiastic and passionate and have the motivation to encourage and facilitate best practice. We are looking for an individual who is an excellent communicator and team player. **Main duties of the job** - To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own professional activities in line with the standards of the Trust, Department, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). - To have overall accountability for the planning and management of own complex and specialist caseload of patients and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time. - To utilise advanced clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based knowledge to assess patients with highly complex presentations using a bio-psychosocial model and then to implement physiotherapy management plans as an autonomous practitioner. - To be able to explore complex and distressing personal histories, in a sensitive and supportive manner. - To continuously assess, evaluate and modify treatment aims, objectives and desired outcomes in collaboration with the patient, any carers, and the multidisciplinary team. - To use highly advanced communication and behaviour change skills to facilitate a long-term self-management approach with patients living with acute and/or chronic musculoskeletal conditions and pain. - To use cognitive behavioural principles to increase a patient's functional capacity incorporating, as appropriate but not exclusive to, education, goal setting, exercise, relaxation techniques and activity management. **Benefits** - Competitive salary: £55,524 to £62,652 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS - Generous benefits package - Flexible working hours - Opportunities for professional development and training **Person Specification** - Essential qualifications: + BSc Degree in Physiotherapy or Diploma or equivalent + Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration for profession + Evidence or portfolio of post-graduate continued development in a specialist MSK area - Essential skills and aptitudes: + Specialist knowledge within the complex patient area and ability to apply this in a clinical setting + Evidence of advanced clinical reasoning and the management of complex patients + Demonstrate a clear understanding of clinical governance and its application to the work setting + Ability to demonstrate a commitment to best practice and awareness of relevant national standards/guidelines + Knowledge of recent professional developments in the clinical area + Ability to critically evaluate current research & apply to own practice + Positive attitude to and ability to cope well with change + Excellent organisational skills + Excellent communication skills with a range of patients and healthcare professionals regarding complex and sensitive issues + Highly effective written communication skills + Able to manage own clinical caseload by prioritising effectively and to support others to do the same + Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teams + Ability to manage own time & meet deadlines and support others to do the same + Competent IT skills including use of internet, email, EXCEL, word processing and Telehealth + Good presentation skills within different mediums + Ability to recognise unacceptable behaviour and act on this appropriately ## Skills ### Required - Physiotherapy - Bio-psychosocial approach - Telehealth - Communication skills - Behaviour change skills - Cognitive behavioural principles - Advanced clinical reasoning - Evidence-based knowledge ### Nice to have - Masters level study - Specialist interest group membership - Experience of working at Band 7 level --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9391-26-1809?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)