Could you give me any tips and information on what I would have to do to register so I would be able to work in France?

Many thanks!

Katie

Le système est un peux différent, tu trouve beaucoup d’info via le Chartered Society of Physiotherapists site, obligé a écrire en anglais! Je crois tu as besoin a faire un dossier pour NHS et faite un stage avec le HPC, Health for Professionals Council, je crois. Après ca se faite (ils vérifier tout tes diplomes), tu peux travail publique dans les hôpitaux et cabinets NHS multi-disciplinary avec les infirmier etc, salarie ou privé (liberale) dans un cabinet privé, non salarie normalement, mais plus que les seances ici!; Normalement ils veux plus que 5 ans travail après diplome avec plusieur formations en addition de ton diplome (on fait acupuncture la aussi).

Alors, peut être mieux tu contact le CSP pour tout l’info courante. Si jamais ce trops, tu peux aussi travail plus facilement comme Sports Massage Therapist, pas dans le système NHS liberale. Bon courage.

Gail

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It seems that you have been very helpful in assisting people with information re: becoming registered to work as a physio in France.

I am a UK physio and am keen to come and work in France for a short period of time (over the winter season) but want to ensure that I am doing it in the correct way.

I have gone through the intial stages of registration (which took ages!) and have my adeli number and certificate. I understand that there is a 2nd stage of registration to go through to become registered with L’ordre des masseurs et kines-do you know if I have to go through this stage to be able to work temporarily in France or if this is only if I want to live and work permanently in France?

I would be very grateful for any information you are able to give me.

Best wishes

Jane

I ust wanted to thank you for your reply last year regarding translations and getting ‘installed’ in France. I couldn’t find you again for ages and then couldn’t figure out how to leave a reply! Anyway, thank you so much, it was very helpful. In the end a British company Staff 2000 did my translation for a mere £170, including sending it off recorded delivery to France.

I am all stamped and signed, working now in Briancon. I am sure you are problably past the stage of needing help with anything(!) but don’t hesitate to contact me if you feel I might be able to

Kathleen
06 03 75 47 60

Sorry to be so long in replying, I wasn’t checking the correct page!!

I am glad you have found out some info for sports massage therapists working in France and I agree there is a place for all, sports massage therapists, masseurs and physios and of course sometimes out treatments overlap. I am not sure how the regulatory bodies will deal with all to make sure each type of therapist is doing as they should, but thats for the beurocrats. My main bug bear each year is, of course the fee difference between what people are willing to pay for a massage and what the law for us says we are allowed to charge for physiotherapy, the difference is huge and I hope one day before I retire, the french physios fight to be either liberale and able to make ther fees as the want or to work for the state, with the fixed fees, but pension, insurances and national insurance paid for them as within the system in Britain. At present that is why the physios in france are desperately trying to keep massage rights, as they know its the only way to boost their incomes in the ski stations. But I guess thats for the Ordre of Masserus and Kinés to fight for us, but I doubt it.

Of course I hear you say, but why donn’t I just become a massage therapist and forget the physio with its poor salary, I have thought long and hard about that and the facts are I am trained as a physio, not a masseuse mainly, I enjoy the contact with all types of patients, not just for massage, but nerological, elderly, orthopaedic and of course sports injuries and out patients, if fact I enjoy my job, but I too have so pay charges and 3 kids to pay for, so my choice is either I work more and don’t see my kids as much or I do only massage, reduce my annual charges that way and become a another type of therapist which I am not. To date, I prefer to continue a job which I enjoy greatly and feel I do well as I do not believe money is everything and doesn’t make one happy in life. Voila end of my rant and moan. Why is it the jobs we enjoy doing never seem to pay as much as pushing buttons and moving numbers around? Don’t we do a worthwhile job reducing pain in people by simply using our hands? If we treat animals we would get paid well, it seems treating humans doesn’t seem to be valued by the state and powers to be in this world.