Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 176-F-8111617
- Employer
- North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Peterborough City Hospital
- Town
- Peterborough
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Physiotherapist
Band 6
Job overview
Do you have a passion for musculoskeletal physiotherapy?
Do you want to inspire and make a difference?
Then North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is the place to be!
We have an exciting opportunity to join our innovative Musculoskeletal (MSK) Outpatient team as a permanent full time (37.5hrs) Specialist Physiotherapist (Band 6).
You should be forward thinking, dynamic and have the desire to develop and improve your skills and the MSK service. A positive team-working attitude is essential for this role. There may be a requirement to work on the Orthopaedic weekend rota.
The MSK team currently provides an outpatient service at Peterborough City (PCH) and Stamford Hospitals, as well as an Occupational Health Service at PCH and Hinchingbrooke Hospitals. The teams are responsible for providing a high-quality service to patients referred predominantly from A&E, trauma / elective orthopaedic wards and orthopaedic and rheumatology consultants.
To join our team it is essential that you have experience working in an MSK Outpatient environment and in the NHS. It would also be desirable to have experience of working at a senior level incorporating some line management. You will be encouraged and supported to develop your clinical, teaching and managerial skills and be actively involved in service development.
Interviews for this role will be conducted in person to assess relevant skills effectively.
Main duties of the job
To demonstrate musculoskeletal physiotherapy skills to manage
patients referred to the service working in accordance with individual
performance metrics.
To ensure safe, efficient and effective delivery of patient focussed care in
line with identified evidence based practice, local and national standards
To work collaboratively within Multidisciplinary and Multi-agency Teams
To participate in delegated projects for service development with the team
To act autonomously in the assessment and treatment of patients within
the speciality who may have a complex presentation
To demonstrate a flexible approach to working in support of the whole in
patient/outpatient team
To undertake weekend working as required within the orthopaedic service
To be available to provide Clinical Supervision
This role entails 90% Clinical Contact and 10% Operational Management
as appropriate within team requirements
To guide Band 5 and support staff in the management and delivery of
therapeutic care plans
Working for our organisation
Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust’s redeployment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached person specification and job description for more details regarding this role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of working for a minimum of 8 months within an MSK outpatient department
- Experience of working within an orthopaedic inpatient department, for supporting weekend rota
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within an NHS setting
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to use basic IT systems including Microsoft Office for data recording
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma / Degree in Physiotherapy
- Current HCPC registration
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development in Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapy
Desirable criteria
- Member of CSP
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience supervising students / junior colleagues
- Experience of working in a Band 6 role
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of MSK assessment techniques
- Ability to provide evidence-informed management, inclusive of manual therapy and exercise prescription
- Knowledge of the multi-disciplinary team and patient pathways
- Understanding of and engagement with service development and / or the audit process
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as a team member and an autonomous practitioner
- Ability to write clinical documentation in a logical concise manner
- Ability to communicate effectively with service-users, colleagues and the wider MDT
- Ability to engage and motivate service users e.g. in a group environment
- Ability to manage own time and prioritisation of clinical and administrative tasks, without compromising patient care
- Ability to demonstrate personal and clinical effectiveness to achieve optimum patient care
- Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives cultural, religious and emotional needs and beliefs
Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage own time and prioritisation of clinical and administrative tasks, without compromising patient care
- Ability to demonstrate personal and clinical effectiveness to achieve optimum patient care
- Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives cultural, religious and emotional needs and beliefs
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Independently mobile to access all work sites within job role i.e. Manual car driver
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Maddy Lewis
- Job title
- Highly Specialist Physiotherapist- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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