Job Introduction
Make a tangible difference to patient outcomes as part of a supportive, forward‑thinking MSK service.
This role offers the opportunity to manage a diverse clinical caseload, assessing and treating patients with a broad range of musculoskeletal conditions while delivering consistently high‑quality, evidence‑based physiotherapy care.
Alongside your clinical work, you will contribute to the day‑to‑day operational running of the department, working collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to support efficient service delivery. You will also play a key role in developing others, acting as a clinical educator for undergraduate students and providing leadership, mentorship, and positive professional role‑modelling for junior staff.
Base Locations
Keynsham Health Centre, St Martin’s Hospital, and Paulton Memorial Hospital.
Main Responsibilities
- Assess, diagnose, and treat patients with a range of musculoskeletal conditions using evidence‑based physiotherapy.
- Agree patient‑centred goals, plan rehabilitation programmes, and measure outcomes within agreed timeframes.
- Deliver treatment using exercise, self‑management strategies, motivational interviewing, and clinically justified techniques such as manual therapy and gait re‑education.
- Maintain accurate clinical records in line with CSP and departmental standards.
- Support the day‑to‑day running of the service, including deputising for the team lead and contributing to staff and student supervision.
- Contribute to service development through audit, quality improvement, and implementation of best practice.
- Educate and supervise students and junior staff, supporting professional development through supervision and in‑service training.
- Communicate effectively with patients, carers, and multidisciplinary colleagues to support optimal rehabilitation outcomes.
Please see attached the job description for a full list of job responsibilities.
Package Description
As a Band 6 MSK Physiotherapist, you will be part of our valued team in our Adult Physio Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £39,959 - £48,117 FTE (Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Essential Criteria
- HCPC registration as a Physiotherapist
- Diploma or Degree in Physiotherapy
- Demonstrable experience and ongoing CPD within relevant musculoskeletal clinical settings
- Evidence of motivation, adaptability, and innovative practice
- Ability to work flexibly across specialties in line with service needs
- Competence in undertaking a range of assessments and interventions to support clinical diagnosis within the relevant specialty
- Ability to agree and set patient‑centred clinical goals with patients and/or carers
- Experience in the use of clinical outcome measures and awareness of those relevant to the specialty
Desirable Criteria
- Membership of a relevant professional special interest group (e.g. MACP)
- Experience in delivering group education or exercise sessions
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
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