Virtual MSK Physiotherapist

Remote based with occasional attendance in either Bupa Place (Salford Quays, M50 3SP) or alternative local Bupa Centre as required.

Permanent

Salary: £43,000 full time equivalent

Flexible shift pattern – based on 37.5 hour working week, minimum working hours of 22.5 hours per week, also offer evening and weekend shifts

The service we provide operates between 8am to 8pm Monday to Sunday. Flexible evening and weekend shifts available to suit. You would be expected to work one late shift per week (12-8pm) and be on the weekend rota.

We make health happen

At Bupa, you’ll have the freedom to develop new lines of care, with the flexibility and development opportunities to push your career further.

As a Remote MSK Triage Physiotherapist, you’ll be eager to continue learning and building skills while working with talented colleagues.

This is a remote physiotherapy consultation service available for Bupa Insurance Members, Occupational Health and Corporate Customers. The service runs alongside other providers to ensure fast access to triage where no other GP referral has been made.

The service serves two purposes; to provide support and information to enable individuals to self-manage their musculoskeletal condition and where necessary, facilitate onward referral to the appropriate recognised clinicians or services.

If you can bring us the skills we’re looking for we can help you build a career at a company that truly has belief in you.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

• Delivering excellent standards of telephone assessment via video and audio capabilities.

• Providing diagnosis, prescription of self-management techniques and onward referral within the services.

• Monitoring and follow up complex cases and red flag cases, escalate where required and appropriate to the Clinical Lead.

• Assessing customer needs and provide appropriate advice and support.

• Managing customer pathways, delivering the most appropriate clinical outcomes at the best cost for the customer.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• 2 years UK post qualification MSK experience

• Strong experience equivalent to a band 6 or 7 physiotherapist in an MSK setting alongside a strong history of 1-1 clinical delivery.

• Be up-to-date with own clinical practice and demonstrate an ability to maintain clinical competence.

• Diploma or Degree or equivalent and accredited with the HCPC/CSP.

• Ability to evaluate, plan and prioritise workload within demanding timescales.

• Excellent application of clinical knowledge with the ability to respond rapidly and decisively.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell

• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind

• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance

• Various other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.  That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

As a Disability Confident employer, we aim to offer a interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

For further details about this exciting opportunity, please contact adele.orchard@bupa.com