Advanced Spinal Practitioner

Responsibilities

• To utilise advanced assessment skills, knowledge and complex decision-making processes to manage patients presenting with spinal conditions. These patients may have many co-existing, diverse medical and neurological presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions.
• To learn, develop and utilise skills often not considered part of a physiotherapist role, such as ordering and interpreting investigations and referral to other specialities etc. Maintenance of competency in these skills will need to be demonstrated and maintained.
• To develop and deliver individualised and tailored patient management giving highly specialised advice and maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.
• To provide clinical leadership and highly specialist physiotherapy advice to the spinal teams, co-ordinate CPD activities and maintain a high standard of professional and clinical practice for self and all staff in the service.
• To act as a source of expertise on the management of spinal conditions and provide advisory service to patients, physiotherapists, other health care professionals, GP's and Consultants. Work closely with referring GP's, providing support and acting as a triage gateway.
• To continually monitor the quality of the service through clinical audits and utilise these to establish protocols and guidelines for development of new services.
• Post-operative review of spinal patients.
• Attendance at the multi-disciplinary meeting.

About us

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long term neurological conditions.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered
• Evidence of or working towards relevant postgraduate Masters level 2 Qualification e.g. MSc, SOM, MACP - or equivalent demonstrable experience at this level
• Degree in Physiotherapy (or Diploma equivalent)
• Evidence of relevant postgraduate courses/CPD
• Relevant validated clinical courses
• Experience at Extended Scope practitioner level

Knowledge & Experience

• Experience at band 7 level
• Contributed to clinical education of less experienced staff, students or assistants
• Supervisory Skills
• Excellent advanced knowledge of Physiotherapy, including Manual Therapy, Muscle Stability and Management of Chronic Pain
• Evidence of participation in research/audit
• Good organisational skills
• Experience of negotiating with/working alongside Consultants
• Understanding of alternative treatments/therapies for spinal pain

Skills & Attributes

• IT Skills
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to pass on skills/knowledge to others within both formal and informal environments
• Excellent Inter-personal Skills
• Critical Appraisal
• Ability to manage own caseload
• Presentation Skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum, pro rated