Advanced Practitioner: Physiotherapy - Spines

at  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This role provides an exciting opportunity for experienced clinicians with a passion for spinal assessment and rehabilitation to work alongside our Consultant Spinal Therapist to deliver high quality care for our patients. The successful candidate will provide clinical expertise within Physiotherapy departments, Musculoskeletal Triage Clinics (MCAS) and Consultant led Clinics. The role will lead on service development and provide clinical education, supervision, leadership, research and audit, in addition to clinical expertise, in line with the HEE AP framework. Working within this large university foundation trust will enable the successful candidate to shape service delivery and influence change at a local, regional and national level.
Proposed interview date - TBC (update once approval to recruit)
Clinical lead for Spinal MCAS (Musculoskeletal Clinical Assessment Service)
Advanced practitioner role within Walton Centre Consultant Clinics (hosted at Royal Liverpool site)
Musculoskeletal Triage
Expert physiotherapy assessment supporting the MDT
To order and oversee spinal investigations within physiotherapy departments
Lead spinal service development including audit and research activity
Spinal clinical education
Development of evidence-based pathways for Spinal conditions.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

Please refer the Job description for details