MSK Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner

We are pleased to offer the opportunity for a band 4 Physiotherapy Assistant to join our innovative and highly skilled MSK physiotherapy team. The successful candidate will work alongside our qualified physiotherapists, senior physiotherapists, advanced physiotherapists and advanced practice clinicians, in addition to fellow assistants, to provide therapy services at clinic sites within the East Staffordshire area.

There is also the opportunity to undertake an apprenticeship in Physiotherapy, subject to relevant qualifications.

The MSK service used the Covid Pandemic and changed ways of working as an opportunity to reflect and redesign the service. This enabled the team themselves to implement changes that had a direct impact on patient care delivery. 3 years on from this, the team now exceed all service expectations set out and has a flexible and responsive approach to best meet patient needs.

We continue to innovate with the collaboration with our local acute hospital (University Hospital of Derby and Burton) and with the development of new and exciting ways of working with the voluntary sector including Burton Albion community Trust.

We have a robust supervision, coaching and mentorship set up, ensuring that everybody receives opportunity to develop and be a key player in the service improvements.

Many of our team members work flexibly to accommodate work life balance as well as other professional commitments so full and flexible part time applicants are welcomed.

The successful candidate will support service users with a range of musculoskeletal issues via face to face, virtual and telephone interventions, working independently and alongside our skilled physiotherapists.

The post holder will need to be flexible and able to travel in a timely manner to work in a variety of locations across the Trust, as the service requires. This may include some lone working.

Applicants will be required to have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. As part of our current service delivery, the post holder may also be supported in delivering virtual clinical consultations in addition to face to face consultations. The post holder will also show initiative and team spirit, as well as be committed to patient care.

By joining Team MPUFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rate s
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more in depth details of the role.