First Contact Practitioner | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

First Contact Practitioner/part time / no ‘On call’work / MSc level training supported. Patient experience and Staff Health & wellbeing is high on our agenda/ Part time = 25 hours/week

If you are someone passionate about your developmentand looking to develop your skills in the primary care setting as an FCP, this part timeroleisfor you.We have an exciting opportunity to work within our MSK Physiotherapy Service across East Berkshireas a member of our First Contact Practitioner team.

Wework with a growing number of PCN’s across Slough,locatedwithin the GP practices providing a first contact MSK service integrated into the multidisciplinary team. The successful applicantwillbe responsible forundertakinghighlyspecialisedand comprehensivetriage and management of common and complex MSK conditions at first presentation in primary care.Applicants willbe requiredto use advanced clinical reasoning skills to formaccuratediagnosis and provide management plans to include further investigations, lifestyle and rehabilitation advice, onward referrals to secondary care,physiotherapy,and other members of the MDT.

We are committed to advancing you clinically andthe role will include management supervision, clinicalsupervisionand team training.Funding for external courses may also be available, as well as the opportunity to attend in-house courses.

• Undertakefirst contact clinicsworking as an independent and autonomous practitioner -based in the GP surgeryin Slough- working alongside the primary care MDT

• ToassistGP’s/referrers inappropriate referraldecisions.

• Use advanced clinical reasoning skills to formaccuratediagnosis and provide management plans to include further investigations, lifestyle and rehabilitation advice, onward referrals to secondary care,physiotherapyand other members of the MDT

• Be an active part of our FCP supportnetwork;participatingin training programmeboth within FCP team and to our MDT colleagues

• Contribute to the development of theFCP and MSK Physiotherapyservice.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority

• Committed to providing good quality, safe services

• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

• Qualified Physiotherapist with HCPC registration

• At least 3 years MSK experience at a senior level and a passion for primary care

• Fantastic interpersonal skills

• Car driver, Disability Confident

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Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance

• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell

• Generous NHS pension scheme

• Excellent learning and career development opportunities

• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles

• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services

• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants

• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality

• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave

• Free parking across Trust sites

The 3/4 "must haves" for you to be considered for this role