Job summary
- Main area
- THERAPIES
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 7 months (until end of April 2026)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 394-MVCS-7468099DT
- Employer
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mount Vernon Hospital
- Town
- Northwood
- Salary
- £44,485 - £52,521 Per annum incl of HCAA pro rata to hours
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/10/2025
Employer heading
Senior Rotational MSK Physiotherapist- part time hours
NHS AfC: Band 6
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The Trust only accepts applications made through this site, please register when you click APPLY at the end of this advertisement. The Trust is able to offer hospital accommodation, pension scheme, on-site nursery (through third party provider), together with salary sacrifice schemes (including child care vouchers, ride to work) and a range of national and local staff discounts (subject to availability).
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Job overview
Hillingdon and Mount Vernon Hospital Sites
Physiotherapist – MSK Rotational
(MSK, Elective Orthopaedics and Hand Therapy)
22.5 hours per week
Fixed term Contract
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Physiotherapist to join our friendly team at Hillingdon Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital. The post-holder could be based at either Hillingdon or Mount Vernon hospital but may be required to rotate across site. At Hillingdon Hospital there is an MSK outpatients rotation and at Mount Vernon Hospital (situated in Northwood) there are options to rotate into the elective orthopaedic and hand therapy rotations as well as spinal and peripheral rotations in MSK outpatients. On both sites you will join the orthopaedic weekend rota (trauma at Hillingdon and elective at Mount Vernon) for which competency training is provided. (Orthopaedic weekends may become part of a 7 day working hours in the future)
You should have a good base of experience particularly in outpatients and orthopaedics with a good background knowledge of musculoskeletal and orthopaedic conditions. We are looking for an applicant with excellent clinical skills, compassion and enthusiasm to help in service developments, projects and audit. You will need to be adaptable and organised and enjoy playing a major role in supervising junior staff, assistant and technical instructor staff and undergraduate students on clinical placement.
Main duties of the job
The Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust is committed to evidence based practice and research is actively encouraged. Development of clinical skills is supported through a programme of regular in-service training, supervision, CPD and appraisal. Please read our candidate pack for more information about the hospital, Trust and the role on offer. This post requires a degree in Physiotherapy, or equivalent, and HCPC registration.
Please see attached job description
Working for our organisation
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to job description
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical
1. To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own clinical practice, including the management of patients.
2. To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies; use advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis.
3. To formulate and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on specialist knowledge, evidence based practice and variety of treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of treatment skills including a broad range of manual physiotherapy techniques, patient education, exercise classes,
electrotherapy techniques and other alternative options.
4. To take delegated responsibility from the more senior physiotherapists for managing patients with particular conditions and be responsible for providing specialist physiotherapy assessment and treatment plans for patients with these conditions within each rotation.
5. To formulate soundly reasoned prognoses and recommend best course of intervention, developing negotiated goals leading to comprehensive discharge plans
Person specification
Person Spec
Essential criteria
- Degree or Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Health Professional Council Registration
- Evidence of post-graduate courses in relevant field
- Clinical experience in NHS or similar health service across a range of settings
- Evidence of CPD of expanded specialised skills.
- Understanding of professional standards of practice – national and local
- Understanding of clinical governance and implications for the service
Desirable criteria
- Membership of a professional network, National or Regional Network
- Member of the CSP
- Attendance at Clinical Educators Course
- Experience of supervision and education of less experienced staff, students or assistants
- Experience of running / participating in audit and projects
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
- Graham Coombs
- Job title
- Manager Therapies and Physiotherapy Outpatients
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For further information, please contact Sarah Parsons [email protected], Elsa Glenday [email protected] or Graham Coombs Manager MVH Therapies and Physiotherapy Outpatients THH, 01923 844278 [email protected]
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