First Contact Practitioner
We are looking for a flexible, dynamic and forward‑thinking First Contact Practitioner to join our team in SDHC, working in the Banstead.
You will be the FCP for patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions and will be responsible for triaging them into the most appropriate pathway. This may be to self‑care; for further assessment; to community physiotherapy; for appropriate diagnostics; or to secondary care.
There will be development opportunities in line with the Health Education England recommendations for FCPs in Primary Care. Please ensure that you have completed Stage 1 of the FCP framework and evidence this at the interview.
Provide clinical expertise, acting as first‑contact musculoskeletal practitioner and making decisions about the best course of action for patients’ care. This will involve seeing patients, without prior contact with their GP. Practitioners will use their clinical reasoning skills to undertake an assessment of the presenting problem, interpret findings, develop working and differential diagnoses, and formulate, communicate and implement management plans that take account of individual’s needs, goals and wishes, local service availability and local and national guidelines and policies.
Request investigations to facilitate diagnosis and choice of treatment regime, understanding the information limitations derived from these and the relative sensitivity and specificity of particular tests and diagnostic services such as x‑rays and blood tests, and interpret and act on results to aid diagnosis and the management plans of patients.
Enable individuals to make decisions about their care using the principles of shared decision making:
* helping them to identify the priorities and outcomes that are important to them
* explaining in non‑technical language all available options (including doing nothing)
* exploring with them the risks, benefits and consequences of each available option
* supporting them to make a decision on their preferred way forward
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