This post offers an exciting opportunity for an experienced motivated Musculoskeletal (MSK) practitioner to work in a combined role within both primary and secondary care settings. The post consists of 30 hours/week as a MSK First Contact Practitioner (FCP) within Childwall and Wavertree Primary Care Network, and 7.5 hours within MSK interface service and outpatient physiotherapy services within Liverpool University Hospital sites.
- Interview date: Tuesday 30th September**
- Clinical lead for Childwall and Wavertree PCN MSK FCP service
- First Contact Musculoskeletal Triage
- Expert physiotherapy assessment supporting the MDT in both primary and secondary care setting
- To order and oversee MSK investigations within primary and secondary care clinics
- Lead MSK FCP service development including audit and research activity
- MSK clinical education and supervision of Band 7 FCP based within PCN
- Development of evidence-based pathways
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helen Vernon Job title: MSK First Contact Practitioner Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 0151 282 6686
