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Job summary

Main area
Physiotherapy
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent: Hybrid london weighting
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
  • Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref
220-WHT-3402
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Various community sites
Town
London
Salary
£44,485 - £52,521 Per annum Including HCAS (hybrid 12/19 inner, 7/19 outer)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/10/2025 23:59

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MSK Band 6 Physiotherapist

Band 6

Covid-19 Vaccination 

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support  staff to get  COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible. 

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

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By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

 


 

Job overview

MSK  Physiotherapist (Rotational)  Band 6 - Permanent

Opportunities for 4 or 5 days working

The MSK Physiotherapy department at Whittington Health is pleased to offer you an exciting opportunity to work with us, a team that values you, your career, and your patients.

We recognise that our staff truly are our greatest asset, and that is why we want you to join our team.

Our service is based across seven sites in Islington and Haringey. Our six-monthly rotations run across all of our sites with rotation specialities including Paediatrics, Pain Management and Acute Injury Orthopaedic clinics.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work and develop as an individual and as part of a team, gaining clinical and operational experience in a dynamic environment supported by the Senior MSK team.

Click to find out more about our Adult Community Services, what it is like to work for Whittington Health, and why you should join our team

Main duties of the job

Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.

 

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.  We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.  The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be expected to:

  • Triage electronic referrals regularly.
  • Effectively use and ensure that the electronic patient database records reflect your current caseload and activity; with timely discharge and outcome appointments.
  • Provide high quality physiotherapy including assessment, treatment and advice to patients with various Neuromusculoskeletal presentations.
  • Assess and treat own caseload of patients, and maintain associated records as an autonomous practitioner with support from senior staff when required.
  • Communicate with other health professionals, patients and carers with regard to the delivery of patient focused care.
  • Participate in departmental continuous professional development, departmental education and training, audit and evidence-based projects.
  • Undertake all necessary verbal and written documentation required for patient care.
  • Have clinical supervision on a regular basis with senior staff. Supervision can take the form of formal training, clinical reasoning, peer review, case reviews and reflective practise.
  • Supervise and appraise juniors and students.
  • Provide education, training and supervision to physiotherapists, students and other staff as appropriate.
  • Assist in the operation and development of MSK Outpatient Service provision across Whittington Health.

Please read the personal specification carefully to ensure your application clearly demonstrates all of the essential criteria. Please provide examples in your supporting information to show how you meet these criteria.

Or to arrange an informal visit or to speak to us, please feel free to get in contact.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Good written/spoken English
  • Degree / Diploma in Physiotherapy leading to HPC registration
  • Recent and relevant post-registration training / courses in musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
Desirable criteria
  • Membership of professional groups

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Exp of working in MSK outpatients inc acute, chronic, GP, consultant and self referrals
  • Problem solving approach
  • Specialised knowledge and experience of working with a wide range of approaches to the clinical reasoning and management of patients with complex pain and movement dysfunction presentations
  • Post-registration physiotherapy experience in MSK
Desirable criteria
  • musculoskeletal outpatients Orthopaedics Sports injuries, Rheumatology Neuro/Elderly Rehabilitation
  • Working in the NHS
  • Specialised knowledge of the current management guidelines and evidence in the safe treatment of Musculoskeletal disorders
  • Knowledge of research process
  • Involvement in clinical audit/evaluation projects/service development

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Specialised knowledge of the safe management of musculoskeletal disorders
  • Personally/professionally responsible
  • Ability to prioritise
  • Flexible approach to changing circumstances and departmental needs
  • Able to demonstrate good communication, report writing and presentation skills.
  • Able to work alone as an autonomous practitioner
  • Ability to self-motivate and motivate others
  • Able to demonstrate a commitment to teamwork
  • Good organisation, time management and prioritisation skills
Desirable criteria
  • Monitored/supervised: Physiotherapy staff students Assistants/clerical staff
  • Previous experience teaching Musculoskeletal physiotherapy staff/students and other professionals
  • Experience of undertaking departmental duties
  • Able to deputise for team leader / management

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate ICARE values in application form
  • To be confident in the use of electronic patient records and trust reporting systems
  • Strong ethos of team working and supporting colleagues to achieve team goals
  • Ability to carry out concurrent activities and work in an unpredictable work environment
  • Ability to cope with regular exposure to patients that may be distressed and may display aggressive or abusive behaviour.

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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

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Darren Marsh
Job title
Service Manager, MSK Physio and CATS
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0207 288 8839
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