Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 7.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 423-7708433
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Steeton, Keighley
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 Pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Physio Practitioner (Lower Limb - Acute Knee Clinic) Band 8a
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our dynamic orthopaedic team as an Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (APP) specialising in Lower Limb conditions - specifically for the Acute Knee Clinic, working 7.5 hours per week.
As an APP, you will work autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, delivering expert assessment, diagnosis, and management of complex musculoskeletal presentations. You will play a pivotal role in shaping and leading the knee pathway across Airedale and Skipton sites, working closely with orthopaedic consultants and therapy colleagues.
This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to service development, clinical education, and research while delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. You’ll be part of a supportive and forward-thinking team committed to innovation and excellence.
To find out more or arrange an informal chat, contact:
Kieran Duxbury – MSK & Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Operational Manager
📧 [email protected]
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
- Work closely with medical and nursing Orthopaedic colleagues to ensure high quality patient care.
- Be accountable for the quality and safety of advanced and highly skilled assessment and management of patients with a variety of complex, acute and chronic orthopaedic presentations.
- Have a key role in promoting the integration of physiotherapy services within an orthopaedic context.
- Be prepared to work flexibly in terms of time and workload to meet service needs.
- Be professionally accountable but will have access to clinical supervision from a senior clinical practitioner.
- Take a role in overseeing the physiotherapy rehabilitation of patients presenting with more complex lower limb problems
- To oversee the development of the physiotherapy provision for lower limb pathologies across the trusts patch.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As an Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (APP) in the Lower Limb Service, you will:
- Work autonomously at an advanced clinical level, delivering expert assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients with complex lower limb conditions - specifically in the Acute Knee Clinic.
- Lead on the development and delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care pathways in collaboration with orthopaedic consultants and the wider multidisciplinary team.
- Provide clinical leadership and supervision to physiotherapy colleagues, supporting service development and professional growth.
- Contribute to service evaluation, audit, and research to ensure continuous improvement and alignment with national guidance and best practice.
- Actively participate in teaching and training across the team and wider service, promoting a culture of learning and excellence.
- Support the integration of physiotherapy within orthopaedic services, ensuring seamless patient care across Airedale and Skipton sites.
- Champion patient-centred care, ensuring safety, dignity, and high standards are maintained at all time
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent pre-registration award in physiotDegree or equivalent pre-registration award in physiotherapyherapy
- State registrations with the Health Care Professions Council
- MSc in an appropriate related area or equivalent level of training.
- Completion of course in Professional Practice education (Student Course)
Desirable criteria
- Certificate in Managing Health Services or equivalent
- Member of relevant Professional special interest groups/organisations
- Qualification in Independent Prescribing.
- Qualification in the administration of joint and soft tissue injections.
- Completion of IRMER training
- Surgical consent training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial post registration experience and significant experience working at band 7 level or above
- Special clinical interest in lower limb – especially with knee conditions - demonstrated by membership of regional and national SIG and ongoing specific CPD.
- Experience of instigating and interpreting investigations and initiating appropriate plans of care for patients.
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- Experience of multidisciplinary guideline development, implementation and audit
- Experience of clinical supervision both as supervisee and supervisor
- Experience of managing other people including conducting annual reviews
- Experience of teaching, assessing, coaching and supporting learning to a variety of groups.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in APP role, ideally in lower limb orthopaedics.
- Recent experience of leadership /management role
- Experience of taking part in or leading on Projects/ service improvements
- Experience of taking part in or leading an audit or research project
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Specialist level of knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to support expert clinical practice in lower limb – specifically knee conditions.
- Knowledge of the roles of other professionals and the principles of partnership working with key stakeholders in orthopaedics and MSK Physiotherapy and AHP services.
- Knowledge of clinical standards and ability to implement and audit these in the team
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance, audit and research
- Knowledge of the principles of student-centred learning and reflective practice
- Knowledge of relevant national and local legislation relevant to area
Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills to work as of a part team
- Excellent planning and organisational skills and ability to facilitate these skills in others
- Ability to set objectives for self and team and evaluate achievement of these
- Excellent communication and counselling skills including observation, listening, motivational interviewing and empathy
- Excellent interpersonal skills for developing complex working relationships, expressing opinions constructively, seeking consensus and maintaining networks
- Highly developed negotiation and problem-solving skills in complex situations and ability to facilitate these skills in others
- Excellent analytical and reflective skills
- Excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal, and ability to adjust style and content as appropriate
- Research awareness skills
- Skills to be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines and to cope with working in a stressful environment, including emotional or aggressive patients and carers
- Concentrate skills to be able to work intensely in a busy environment
- Skills to maintain own professional development and quality of work
- Skills to support Service manager with the organisation of services and projects
Desirable criteria
- Ability to inspire staff to deliver high quality services
- Ability to chair meetings and facilitate workshops effectively
- Ability to adjust management style to suit the situation
- Audit and critical appraisal skills
Personal Attributes and Values
Essential criteria
- Meets Airedale NHS Foundation Trusts Values and Behaviours
- Works independently within parameters set by codes of conduct, professional guidelines and policies
- Actively seeks responsibility, accountability and autonomy
- Always conducts self professionally and able to adapt approach to a range of situations and leads by example
Other
Essential criteria
- Able to access multiple sites across Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
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
- Kieran Duxbury
- Job title
- MSK Physiotherapy Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535293663
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