# First Contact Physiotherapist

**Company**: Promni Health
**Location**: ENFIELD
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £42,000 to £56,500 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are looking to recruit a full-time First Contact Physiotherapist (37.5 hours per week) to join our established and experienced team. This is a 5-month fixed-term position providing maternity cover and offers an excellent opportunity to work within a supportive, collaborative, and patient-focused environment.

As a First Contact Physiotherapist, you will work on-site in GP practices as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team. You will assess, diagnose, and manage MSK patients at the first point of contact - with full autonomy and clinical support.

**Main duties of the job**

- Independently assess, diagnose, and manage MSK presentations, including complex cases.

- Request investigations such as imaging and blood tests, and make appropriate referrals.

- Develop tailored self-management plans to support behavioural change and recovery.

- Utilize full scope of practice, including prescribing and injection therapy (if qualified).

- Maintain daily utilisation records and collect Patient Satisfaction Questionnaires (PSQs).

**Collaboration & Development**

- Work within a GP-based MDT, fostering strong relationships with practice staff.

- Educate colleagues on MSK triage pathways and provide informal guidance.

- Support clinical audits and service improvement initiatives.

- Help shape and refine local MSK care pathways.

**Leadership & Learning**

- Participate in supervision and peer reflection sessions.

- Continue development aligned with the HEE Roadmap to Practice.

- Contribute to clinical governance and mentoring where appropriate.

**What We're Looking For**

- HCPC and CSP registered Physiotherapist.

- Minimum 5 years postgraduate clinical experience.

- Minimum 3 years MSK clinical experience.

- Understanding of the HEE Roadmap to Practice and the MSK Core Capabilities Framework.

- Active CPD portfolio aligned to the four pillars of advanced practice.

**What We Offer**

- 12.5+ days protected CPD time annually.

- Fully funded training in Injection Therapy and Independent Prescribing.

- 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays (rising to 33 with service).

- Enhanced sick pay scheme.

- Corporate private healthcare cash plan via Medicash.

- Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme.

- Cycle2Work and TechScheme salary sacrifice options.

- Flexible workplace pension.

- Refer-a-friend bonus scheme.

- A friendly, inclusive, and supportive team culture.

## Skills

### Required
- Physiotherapy
- MSK
- Prescribing
- Injection Therapy
- Clinical Governance

### Nice to have
- MSc Level 7 modules
- Prior FCP or MSK triage experience
- Experience working in GP practices
- Experience using EMIS or SystmOne
- Qualified in injection therapy and/or Independent Prescribing

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