Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapist
- Grade
- Band 7-8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-7616947-C
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chase Farm Hospital (Various sites)
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £55,524 - £70,887 inclusive of outer London HCAS, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
MSK Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner Band 7 - 8a Development post
Band 7-8a
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
Main duties of the job
- Comprehensive Assessment & Diagnosis: Undertake detailed assessments of patients with a wide range of physical and emotional needs.
- Clinical Decision-Making: Order and interpret diagnostic tests where appropriate and manage onward referrals.
- Triage & Case Management: Review referrals from GPs, including those with complex medical issues, and ensure timely, effective triage.
- Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration: Present cases succinctly at MDT meetings and liaise closely with consultant colleagues to facilitate onward care.
- Injection Therapy: Ideally contribute to the injection therapy service, administering corticosteroid injections for common MSK presentations.
- Teaching & Supervision: Provide clinical leadership, teaching, and supervision to the MSK Physiotherapy Service and support students and junior staff.
- Service Development: Promote a positive and dynamic culture, building productive relationships with local GPs and other stakeholders.
- Pain Service Liaison: Work closely with the Enfield Pain Service, a community-based multidisciplinary team with strong links to our service.
We are committed to supporting your professional development and offer opportunities to enhance your advanced practice skills.
Working for our organisation
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond.
Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing.
We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families.
For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder is part of the MSK physiotherapy team providing high quality physiotherapy services to meet the needs of a multicultural and diverse population of the London Borough of Enfield.
As one of the most senior members of the musculoskeletal physiotherapy service and as an Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (APP), your role will include screening, filter referrals and manage the care of those patients who otherwise would have been referred to and seen by a hospital Consultant. To achieve this the post=holder will work outside the normal scope of physiotherapy practice, facilitating Role Redesign and Service Modernisation across Primary and Secondary care.
To provide the highest level of expertise on musculoskeletal conditions within the physiotherapy service, providing expert advice to other services and professionals including GPs and hospital medical staff.
Participate actively in the senior management of the Physiotherapy service contributing to its wider support and development.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree/Diploma Physiotherapy
- MSc in Physiotherapy.
- HCPC Registered.
- Recognised/validated orthopaedic MSK postgraduate training.
- Relevant evidence of CPD
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 9 years post grad experience of which 5 years at Senior level in MSK outpatients including GP direct access work and the management of complex and chronic conditions
- Evidence of organisational and supervisory experience
- Working as part of a team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working as a Band 7 MSK Primary Care.
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Able to process, manage and communicate highly complex information to colleagues and patients who may be emotional distressed or antagonistic.
- Advanced level of expertise in the management of MSK problems and up to date clinical skills across a broad spectrum of approaches to the management of musculoskeletal problems, utilising advanced manual assessment and treatment and therapeutic handling skills.
- Ability to performance manage and develop staff.
- Ability to work as an automomous practitioner The ability to recognise and work with diversity Supervision and teaching experience Audit and Evaluation skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to interpret investigations and present cases clearly at MDT
- Understanding of how NHS policy and strategy impact on own workload
- Awareness of current issues/developments pertinent to own profession and field including legal frameworks
- Awareness of Research and evaluation.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alison Martyn
- Job title
- MSK Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01212897514
- Additional information
Please contact if you would like any further information or to arrange a visit.
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