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Job requirements
Essential
27 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
*MSK experience (student or post graduate)
- Experience
*Student placements or qualified clinical work to have provided a broad range of experience in for example :
- Experience
*Respiratory
- Experience
*Stroke and Neurology
- Experience
*Musculo-skeletal Conditions
- Experience
*Trauma and Orthopaedics
- Experience
*Experience as a graduate within an acute hospital setting or appropriate community setting
- Experience
*An ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- Experience
*An ability to delegate work to assistants and students
- Experience
*An ability to cope with a range of options, analyse, compare, find solutions and decide on a course of action
- Experience
*Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise within Physiotherapy
- Experience
*Demonstrate a professional attitude
- Experience
*Able to take a team lead role in the absence of a senior
- Qualifications
*Diploma / degree in Physiotherapy
- Qualifications
*Good standard of general education including GCSE maths and English grade C and above.
- Qualifications
*A Levels or equivalent qualification
- Qualifications
*Registered with Health and Care Professions Council
- Additional Criteria
*An understanding of a range of physiotherapy practises routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of physiotherapy.
- Additional Criteria
*An ability to modify treatment techniques and offer a variety of treatment options
- Additional Criteria
*An ability to provide highly developed physical skills
- Additional Criteria
*A portfolio / evidence of learning / CPD/ audit / R&D activity relevant to clinical work
- Additional Criteria
*An understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession
- Additional Criteria
*An ability to cope with moving/ manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis
- Additional Criteria
*An ability to frequently concentrate on patient assessments and treatments
- Additional Criteria
*An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing / emotional situations
- Additional Criteria
*An ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Additional Criteria
*Commitment to a 7 day working and on call commitment as required
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
*Relevant post graduate experience
Job summary
Come and join our outpatient Physiotherapy team in Solihull Community MSK Services. We believe now is an exciting time to be part of a Community MSK Service, with multiple opportunities to provide outstanding and individualised care to patients within the community in which they live. We are a friendly and welcoming team and are passionate about providing high quality care through Evidence Based learning. In addition, we believe in maximising the potential of each member of the team based on their individual needs, and alongside National agendas such as FCP. As part of our service we run a 'Breaking Down Barriers to Exercise' service, an OA Knee off-loader brace clinic, a range of classes and injection clinics. We are committed to working with local partners to promote physical activity and address the specific health inequalities within the population that we serve.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve assessing and treating self and GP referred patients across our 8 clinics within Solihull, supervising students, leading classes and contributing to service development initiatives. We treat adults and some paediatric patients. In the current challenging healthcare environment, the ideal candidate will be flexible and adaptable, with excellent communication and team working skills. The ideal candidate will have had experience within MSK services enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with varying needs in this speciality (MSK).
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Details
- Date posted: 09 September 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 5
- Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: 304-9018647
- Job locations: Chemsley Wood Primary Care Centre, 6 Crabtree Dr, Fordbridge, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 5BU, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
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This advert is for Band 5 MSK Physiotherapist with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Physiotherapist role. The advertised salary is £32073.00 to £39043.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Sep 2026.
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