# 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/d4d638f5-11a5-40dd-a5bc-2c1c9cfd4c2b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-7-pain-and-musculoskeletal-msk-physiotherapist/d4d638f5-11a5-40dd-a5bc-2c1c9cfd4c2b.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:** 2026-09-18T07:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-04T12:06:29.892Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Whittington_Health_NHS_Trust/Physiotherapy/Physiotherapy-v8262321 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8262321?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.whittington.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Opportunities for 4 or 5 days working Whittington Health is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for an experienced Physiotherapist to join our Adult Community Services team in a unique 50/50 split role between the Haringey Community Pain Service and Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapy Service. Working across both services, you will provide specialist assessment, treatment and management for patients with complex musculoskeletal and persistent pain conditions, while contributing to multidisciplinary team working, service development and the delivery of evidence-based care. Based across sites in Islington and Haringey, this role offers excellent opportunities to develop advanced clinical skills in both pain management and musculoskeletal physiotherapy, supported by experienced senior clinicians, Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners and a wider multidisciplinary team. This is a fantastic opportunity to broaden your expertise, develop your career and help shape high-quality community services within a supportive and dynamic organisation. Click to find out more about our Adult Community Services, what it is like to work for Whittington Health, and why you should join our team. ### Main duties of the job Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be expected to: - Triage electronic referrals regularly. - Effectively use and ensure that the electronic patient database records reflect your current caseload and activity; with timely discharge and outcome appointments. - Provide high quality physiotherapy including assessment, treatment and advice to patients with various Neuromusculoskeletal presentations. - Assess and treat own caseload of patients, and maintain associated records as an autonomous practitioner with support from senior staff when required. - Communicate with other health professionals, patients and carers with regard to the delivery of patient focused care. - Participate in departmental continuous professional development, departmental education and training, audit and evidence-based projects. - Undertake all necessary verbal and written documentation required for patient care. - Have clinical supervision on a regular basis with senior staff. Supervision can take the form of formal training, clinical reasoning, peer review, case reviews and reflective practise. - Supervise and appraise juniors and students. - Provide education, training and supervision to physiotherapists, students and other staff as appropriate. - Assist in the operation and development of MSK Outpatient Service provision across Whittington Health. Please read the personal specification 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. Or to speak to us, please feel free to get in contact. ### 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** - Demonstrate ICARE values in application form - To be confident in the use of electronic patient records and trust reporting systems - 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 ### 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 HPC registration **Desirable** - Membership of professional groups - Recent and relevant post-registration training / courses in musculoskeletal Physiotherapy ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Exp of working in MSK outpatients inc acute, chronic, GP, consultant and self referrals - Problem solving approach - Specialised knowledge and experience of working with a wide range of approaches to the clinical reasoning and management of patients with complex pain and movement dysfunction presentations - Post-registration physiotherapy experience in MSK **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) - [jdps msk band 7 may 2026 - pain & msk (pdf, 400.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10576292) ## 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.