# Band 6 MSK Rotational Physiotherapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-msk-rotational-physiotherapist/34d087fa-4f08-49fc-8b4e-1bd2269bb464 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-msk-rotational-physiotherapist/34d087fa-4f08-49fc-8b4e-1bd2269bb464.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Free Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £47951.00 to £56863.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent: Full time - **Employment type:** 37.5 hours per week (Full time) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-10T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-27T11:29:16.956Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8386544 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8386544?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview To provide a high standard of specialist physiotherapy service to a wide range of Physiotherapy in-patients. This post consists of 9 monthly rotations in the following clinical areas: - Health Services for Elderly People. (HSEP) - Rapid Response ( A+E and acute medicine ) - Oncology - Respiratory - General surgery and Liver Transplantation - Renal - Vascular Surgery and Amputees Please note if high volumes of applications are received the vacancy will close earlier than stated, you are advised to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment ### Main duties of the job To assess and treat own caseload of patients as an autonomous and independent practitioner for patients who may have acute, chronic complex presentation, and maintain appropriate treatment plans, and/or records and statistics. - To participate in the weekend and on call rota - Supervise and teach junior therapists, students and assistants - To be involved in the teaching of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), staff and patient education groups. -Undertake and present evidence-based projects and research including departmental audit and suggesting practice changes, under the supervision of line supervisor. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description document which will provide a more detailed description of role and main responsibilities. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Physically fit and able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines ### Experience **Essential** - Good understanding of relevant clinical guidelines - Broad range of clinical experience at a Band 5 level or above - Experience of working in an acute, hospital based setting, including working within an MDT - Presentations to a range of groups - Teaching/training of staff or students - Supervision of more junior staff, assistants and/students - Active participation in an audit or project work - Computer literate, to include working knowledge of Microsoft Office - Evidence of CPD **Desirable** - Motivational Interviewing/ Behaviour Change training (CBT or facilitation skills - Experience of weekend working and emergency on-call working ### Skills and aptitudes **Essential** - Able to work autonomously and use initiative - Evidence of specialist clinical skills and core Physiotherapy skills - Effective clinical reasoning skills - Ability to reflect on and appraise own practice - Effective verbal communication skills with a range of patients and healthcare professionals regarding complex and sensitive issues. - Effective written communication skills - Good presentation skills - Able to manage clinical caseload and prioritise effectively - Ability to work effectively within different teams both multi and uni-disciplinary - Ability to manage own time & meet deadlines - Ability to be proactive in service development - Ability to critically evaluate current research & apply to own practice **Desirable** - Ability to recognise unacceptable behaviour and act on this appropriately. ### Royal Free Shared Commitments **Essential** - Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments ### Personal qualities and attributes **Essential** - Strong interpersonal skills, including assertiveness - Ability to negotiate - Positive attitude to change; able to facilitate change within teams - Self-motivated and able to motivate others ### Education and professional qualifications **Essential** - Degree/ graduate diploma or equivalent in Physiotherapy - Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration as a physiotherapist - Certificated graduate courses or equivalent in-house training in clinical specialty areas **Desirable** - Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP - Membership of special interest group ## Documents - [fr (pdf, 144.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10727449) - [jd (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10724269) - [person specification (pdf, 96.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10718853) - [allied health professional - benefits, about rfl, shared commitments and governing objectives (pdf, 637.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2752) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.