First Contact Practitioner Physiotherapist in Bradford

First contact practitioner post with Bradford Physiotherapy Clinic, which has run the FCP service for over ten years and has a team of 45 physiotherapists. The role centres on assessing, diagnosing and triaging patients, and managing a complex caseload with long-term conditions and multi-factorial needs. Staff are self-employed and can choose their hours, including extended access sessions. Applicants must have completed the FCP roadmap and be accredited, and the clinic asks those without accreditation not to apply.

What the job involves

• Assess, diagnose and triage patients with high-level clinical reasoning, taking professional responsibility for decisions
• Manage a complex caseload, including long-term conditions, comorbidities and multi-factorial needs
• Lead, manage and contribute to service delivery
• Streamline clinical pathways with the MDT so patients get timely access to care
• Deliver proactive, preventive, population-based care with an emphasis on early intervention
• Tailor care to the individual, appraising the impact of clinical status on health, wellbeing, employment, function and mobility
• Support patients to set their own goals and self-manage
• Communicate complex, sensitive information on diagnosis, pathology and prognosis to patients and carers
• Use clinical skills which may include non-medical independent prescribing, joint and soft tissue injections, and joint aspirations
• Make and justify decisions in unpredictable situations with incomplete or contradictory information, under HCPC registration
• Manage complex interactions, including with patients with psychosocial and mental health needs and across the primary care team, sectors and settings
• Provide learning opportunities for the multi-professional primary care team

What’s required

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in physiotherapy
• Completed FCP roadmap
• Practice portfolio evidencing experience in core and MSK physiotherapy
• Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration

Experience

• Experience working as an FCP
• Experience working in NHS primary care
• Experience working in a GP practice

Nice to have

• Prescribing qualification, held or in progress
• Postgraduate physiotherapy qualification, held or in progress

What’s offered

• Significant flexibility over the hours worked
• Supportive team environment