Graduate Development Programme - MSK Clinician

About the Graduate Programme

Are you a nearly qualified Physiotherapist looking to kick-start a career specialising as a Musculoskeletal practitioner? Do you want to be part of a pioneering healthcare organisation where people, quality and dynamism are the core values driving forward an industry leading clinical philosophy?

You are in the right place!

You’ll also need to be registered with a recognised professional body, check out our Graduate Hub for more info.

This service is a partnership between Connect Health and the North West CATS service. The service is a large fully integrated MSK service that provides a single point of access for NHS patients and enables a seamless, efficient MSK patient journey.

As part of our integrated community pathway we deliver community physiotherapy, physioline, group consultations, gym-based rehabilitation, advanced practice clinics and pain services. You will be part of a large, dynamic multidisciplinary team which includes MSK Physiotherapists and Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners. The integrated service design allows clinicians to work together to deliver seamless and evidence-based care for patients and enables inter-disciplinary learning. The service delivery covers community health centres, leisure centres and acute hospital sites across the County.

What will you do in the role…

Join us as a MSK Graduate Clinician on our market leading MSK development programme. You’ll experience a consolidated fast-track pathway to become a Senior MSK Clinician in as little as 18 months. We’ll support you every step of the way to become a proud Clinician with a dynamic career ahead of you at Connect Health that will continue to challenge, stimulate, and reward.

From day one you'll be working in clinic alongside your clinical buddy who will coach and mentor you. Alongside clinical practice you'll develop your knowledge through structure workshops delivered by our clinical experts and industry leaders.

What you will bring to the role…

You’ll be a nearly or newly qualified Physiotherapist with a minimum 2:2 in an approved undergraduate or postgraduate course (recent grads welcome!) looking to become an MSK specialist.

You’ll want to be part of our forward thinking and welcoming company, and you’ll share our vision of improving the lives for patients living with MSK and mental health conditions. We do this by delivering the right care, in the right place, at the right time through raising the quality and efficiency of MSK, mental health and pain community service provision across whole systems.

What you will benefit from…

Working within a dynamic group of pioneering clinicians and support service colleagues you will learn from and with them and be proud when you provide high quality services to our patients.

Your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) will be a priority as we invest in your development and reward you for giving your best. The below are the added extras to our commitment to being a great place to work.

• Up to 30 days’ holiday, plus public holidays with an additional day off for your birthday
• Protected working time devoted to your personal development with an in-house Learning and Development Academy offering a wide range of career pathway development opportunities
• Opportunities and support for; clinical supervision, coaching and mentoring, conferences, and clinical support tools
• Access our benefits hub boost, to boost your wellbeing!
• Save pennies through accessing excellent discounts via our own shopping discounts portal, access to health service discounts and a Blue Light Card
• Participate in our cycle to work and/or smart tech salary sacrifice schemes.

About Connect Health

Connect Health is the largest and most experienced independent community healthcare provider in the UK encompassing mental health, rehabilitation, physiotherapy, tier-2 MSK (musculoskeletal), chronic pain, long Covid, First Contact Practitioners (FCP) and rheumatology services, serving over 375k NHS patients pa across 29 NHS ICBs (Integrated Care Boards).

Join us now…

Our People are important to us, you will be empowered, cared for, and rewarded.

If this sounds like your next opportunity, then don’t delay, and click apply now. Please note we may need to close this advert early due to high volumes of applications, so we recommend you apply as soon as possible.