# Band 7 Pain and Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Whittington Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-7-pain-and-musculoskeletal-msk-physiotherapist/b5d3162d-4595-483d-bef0-b776c3682ff2 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-7-pain-and-musculoskeletal-msk-physiotherapist/b5d3162d-4595-483d-bef0-b776c3682ff2.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Whittington Health NHS Trust - **Location:** The Whittington Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 Per annum Including HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-08T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-27T16:20:44.682Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Whittington_Health_NHS_Trust/Physiotherapy/Physiotherapy-v8397960 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8397960?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.whittington.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 2 Potential Opportunities Split role 50:50 MSK/Pain Management Physiotherapist Haringey Or Split role 50:50 Pain Management Physiotherapist Haringey / Pain Management Physiotherapist Islington This is an exciting opportunity to join Whittington Health and develop a community pain service in Haringey. We are seeking a senior physiotherapist or experienced band 6 with a keen interest in pain management to take on this role. You will join a Pain MDT that includes Pain Consultants, Pain Psychologists, Advanced Practice Physiotherapists, Pain Management Physiotherapists, specialist service manager and administrative staff. You will provide holistic care in an MDT-led team to treat persistent pain in a community setting (group based as well as individual). You will be supervised by a Pain specialist APP and will have access to Pain CPD alongside MSK CPD. Our team also holds monthly Pain specific teaching, Pain business meeting, guided reflective decompression sessions and peer led reflective decompression sessions. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will manage a caseload of complex persistent MSK Pain presentations from triage to discharge in line with current best practice. The role will include assessment, 1-2-1 and group treatment. Case discussions with other members of the team including different professions, presentations in the MDT meeting and joint treatments with Pain Psychology staff as appropriate. The post holder will act as a Pain Management Physiotherapy expert for the Haringey Community Pain Service as well as supervise senior (B6) Pain Management Physiotherapists. The in-service training, appraisal and personal development programmes are well established for all staff and all departments providing a friendly working environment with supportive and experienced clinicians. You will need to have a caring and mature attitude to work closely with patients and with staff in our department. The focus of this role is on high quality pain management care in the community. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please read Personal Specification and Job description carefully to ensure your application clearly demonstrates all of the essential criteria. Please provide examples in your supporting information to show how you meet these criteria. Please feel free to get in contact if you would like to discuss this post ahead of time. ### 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 ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Strong ethos of team working and supporting colleagues to achieve team goals - Ability to carry out concurrent activities and work in an unpredictable work environment - Ability to cope with regular exposure to patients that may be distressed and may display aggressive or abusive behaviour. ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Specialised knowledge of the safe management of musculoskeletal disorders - Ability to prioritise - Flexible approach to changing circumstances and departmental needs - Able to demonstrate good communication, report writing and presentation skills. - Ability to self-motivate and motivate others - Able to demonstrate a commitment to teamwork - Good organisation, time management and prioritisation skills **Desirable** - Monitored/supervised: Physiotherapy staff students Assistants/clerical staff - Previous experience teaching Musculoskeletal physiotherapy staff/students and other professionals - Experience of undertaking departmental duties - Able to deputise for team leader / management ### Education/Qualifications **Essential** - Good written/spoken English - Degree / Diploma in Physiotherapy leading to HCPC registration - NHS Pain management experience as Physiotherapist **Desirable** - Membership of the CSP - Membership of other professional groups (PPA/MACP/SOM/clinical Interest groups) - Good knowledge of the research process ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Specialised knowledge of the current management guidelines and evidence in the safe treatment of Musculoskeletal disorders - Broad awareness of Musculoskeletal physiotherapy provision of care and local, professional, Trust and wider policies and agendas - Awareness of developments in NHS / DoH and multi-agency Musculoskeletal service delivery - Involvement in clinical audit/evaluation projects **Desirable** - musculoskeletal outpatients Orthopaedics Sports injuries, Rheumatology Neuro/Elderly Rehabilitation - Working in the NHS - Specialised knowledge of the current management guidelines and evidence in the safe treatment of Musculoskeletal disorders - Involvement in clinical audit/evaluation projects/service development ## Documents - [whittington employment promise (pdf, 22.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=839) - [whittington probationary policy (pdf, 298.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=621) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 253.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10729310) ## 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.