Job overview
Specialist Musculoskeletal Outpatient Physiotherapist
UCLH MSK Outpatient Therapy Services.
We have great opportunities for enthusiastic and dynamic, suitably qualified Physiotherapists to join and help lead the Musculoskeletal (MSK) Outpatient Physiotherapy service at University College Hospital (UCH).
The successful candidate will be working alongside other senior clinicians to help co-ordinate and evaluate the MSK Physiotherapy service with opportunities to advance and progress service development. You will have the chance to work alongside the wider surgical, medical and nursing teams to help contribute to and shape the delivery of a high quality, efficient and effective MSK outpatient service.
Main duties of the job
You will work to the highest standards to facilitate evidence-informed patient care, playing a key role in implementing, facilitating and developing physiotherapy best practice in line with local and national guidelines.
Your caseload will be a mix of orthopaedic and rheumatology patients including those with complex chronic musculoskeletal conditions, fractures, post-op rehabilitation and sports injuries and you will therefore be expected to have previous MSK experience at Band 6 level including Orthopaedic (fracture/upper and lower limb post op and conservative management) and Rheumatology patients. Ideal candidates will have a range of manual, communication, clinical reasoning and rehabilitative skills appropriate to the caseload and will be expected to provide an accountable, high quality physiotherapy service. A knowledge of hydrotherapy would be advantageous.
You should demonstrate evidence of ongoing CPD, knowledge of current legislation, good interpersonal, communication and clinical skills and the ability to work in a flexible manner. As a skilled clinician and leader, you will be able to prove your ability to assist in the education, training and supervision of less experienced physiotherapy staff as well as other allied health and medical colleagues.
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Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
1. University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
2. National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
3. Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
4. University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
5. Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
6. University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
7. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
8. University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.