PCN First Contact Physiotherapist - Modality Walsall West One PCN

PCN First Contact Physiotherapist - Modality Walsall West One PCN Walsall, England

Modality Partnership
Full Time Walsall, England 44000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Job summary

Walsall West One PCN has a full-time vacancy for a First Contact Physiotherapist. The postholder will join our existing Physiotherapists who provide exceptional clinical care to patients. The postholder will be part of the team, providing focussed care in areas including learning disabilities, care homes and mental health alongside our multi-disciplinary workforce. The post holder will be passionate about patient care and working across PCN Practices in the Walsall West One PCN, you will be enthusiastic and innovative in the way care is delivered.

This job is suitable for individuals who want to benefit from a tailored development pathway of clinical support and supervision, and benefit from the experience of our existing Physiotherapists who are committed to make real changes to the health care services provided within Primary Care to improve patient care.

The job is not suitable to people who are not resilient to working in a fast-paced environment, working flexibly in line with ever changing demands in Primary Care and the wider NHS.

As an employee with us you can benefit from

Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme

Annual leave minimum 27 days, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata

Employee discounts and benefits scheme

Employee assistance programme (EAP)

Education and career pathways

Company sick pay

If you are interested in learning more, please read on.

Main duties of the job

The role is a patient centred role that requires qualified and dedicated Physiotherapists to work as part of a multidisciplinary clinical team to participate in all treatment and preventative healthcare services in the practice as delegated and agreed by supervising clinician(s).

The postholder will need to confidently evidence key skills such as excellent verbal and written communication skills, substantial experience working as a Physiotherapist role in which clinical skills formed part of their role in primary care or similar. Working collaboratively with local divisions (including Divisional Boards) and the wider clinical team is essential to promote and deliver innovative ways of working to meet the strategic aims of the organisation.

The role is not a regular Physiotherapist position where decisions made are purely for the practice; the Physiotherapist role for Modality requires innovation, flexibility, and commitment and the postholder will be required to work resourcefully as part of the wider team and will help to deliver dedicated care and support for the patients of the wider Walsall division.

About us

We are one of the largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients and with a workforce of 1500+. We are unique, we are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through the implementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across the organisation. This is a role that will equip you with a portfolio of skills to make sustainable changes within Primary Care.

We are committed to developing our people through education and career pathways and who align to our organisational values of CARE.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core responsibilities of this role.

You will love this job if you have a passion for contributing to the clinical development of primary care by developing a special interest and using the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, you will implement improvements where required. You will be part of the Walsall Division where you will be part of multidisciplinary team of clinical members who will provide support where it is needed. You will input to, and work on key decisions that shape the way in which we deliver patient care, and influence service improvement.

You may not enjoy this job if you are seeking a job that purely focuses on seeing patients face to face, you prefer the status quo and are comfortable with more traditional ways of working in general practice.

If you feel this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to the challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join our growing team of likeminded people.

As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is a mandatory requirement.

*ALL APPLICANTS INVITED FOR INTERVIEW WILL NEED TO PROVE THEIR RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK AT THE INTERVIEW STAGE*

Please Note: The Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time during the advertising period.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Hold a BSc or MSc in physiotherapy.
  • CPD pertaining to Primary Care and MSK management
  • Registered with Health and Care Profession Council (HCPC)

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to apply pain alleviation methods
  • Ability to provide physiotherapy treatment without supervision
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively interact with patients, their families and other healthcare professionals
  • Excellent verbal communicating skills to clearly share information with patients and fellow employees
  • Strong active listening skills to accurately understand patients issues
  • Good observational skills to correctly evaluate how patients are responding to treatments
  • Strong analytical skills to correctly diagnose conditions and develop effective treatment programmes

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of various forms of physical therapy manipulation massage therapy postural therapy
  • Knowledge of equipment-based therapy such as laser therapy magnet therapy ultrasound therapy
  • Ability to assess what are their physical challenges are and deciding on suitable treatment programmes.
  • Staying up to date regarding new physiotherapy technologies and techniques
  • Ability to monitor the progress of patients and adjusting or changing treatments as needed

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Empathy and an aptitude for interpersonal relations
  • Self-directed practitioner.
  • Highly motivated.
  • Flexibility.
  • Enthusiasm.
  • Team player.
  • Ability to work across boundaries.

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 24 months

Salary: £44,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • On-site parking
  • Sick pay

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Walsall, WS2 0BA: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Licence/Certification:

  • HCPC (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 23/07/2023

PCN First Contact Physiotherapist - Modality Walsall West One PCN
Modality Partnership

www.modalitypartnership.nhs.uk
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Unknown / Non-Applicable
1001 to 5000 Employees
Company - Public
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