# Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Allied Health Professionals Suffolk CIC. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-specialist-physiotherapist/f740f241-1d2f-4f59-96d8-2b206ff110a0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-specialist-physiotherapist/f740f241-1d2f-4f59-96d8-2b206ff110a0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Allied Health Professionals Suffolk CIC - **Location:** Newmarket Community Hospital, 56 Exning Road, Newmarket, CB8 7JG, United Kingdom; Drovers House, 1 Hillside Road, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, Suffolk, IP32 7EA, United Kingdom; Haverhill Leisure Centre, Ehringshausen Way, Haverhill, CB9 0ER, United Kingdom - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 to £56,515 a year - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Flexible working - **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-02T15:19:54.932Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/B9710-26-0020 - **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/application/B9710-26-0020/pre-application-questions-pause?referrer=jobadvert&ref=B9710-26-0020 - **Employer website:** https://www.ahpsuffolk.co.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job summary Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist Permanent, Band 7. 37.5 hours per week We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist to join our MSK service. This role is ideal for a skilled clinician with strong MSK expertise, advanced clinical reasoning and a commitment to high-quality, person-centred care. We are seeking an excellent communicator with a passion for service development and supporting individuals within the team to continually improve and develop. We welcome applications from candidates who meet the essential criteria and share our organisational values: Accountable, Honest, Person-centred and Smart. Reasonable adjustments are available on recruitment. We can only accept applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK and kindly ask that you confirm that in your application. We are committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria. ### Main duties of the job You will manage an autonomous caseload, assess and treat complex presentations, support safe clinical decision making and act as a specialist resource for colleagues across the service, and also contribute to service development, clinical governance, audit and quality improvement. ### About us AHP Suffolk CIC is a staff lead, specialist musculoskeletal Social Enterprise, our aim and purpose is to provide high quality accessible NHS commissioned health care to support people return to optimal health and stay healthy. We work in partnership with our staff, patients and commissioners to develop a continually improving range of services to meet their needs effectively and efficiently. We have a reputation for innovation, service and staff development and well supported continuous professional development. Set up as a social enterprise over 13 years ago, we provide NHS commissioned MSK Physiotherapy services from multiple sites across Suffolk, from community hospitals, health centres, gyms, and GP surgeries. We have developed and run U Refer, a successful web-based self-referral platform, and single point of referral for secondary care, and offer virtual and face to face clinical appointments, exercise classes and 121 rehabilitation. Additional benefits: Agenda for Change pay and leave terms and conditions of service matched Auto-enrolment pension (as per criteria) with Scottish Widows Employee Assistance Programme Health Assured Cycle to Work scheme NHS Discounts Refer a Friend scheme ### Details - Date posted: 02 September 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 7 - Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Flexible working - Reference number: B9710-26-0020 - Job locations: Newmarket Community Hospital, 56 Exning Road, Newmarket, CB8 7JG, United Kingdom, Drovers House, 1 Hillside Road, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, Suffolk, IP32 7EA, United Kingdom, Haverhill Leisure Centre, Ehringshausen Way, Haverhill, CB9 0ER, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Please see job description attached for further information. ### UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive post-registration MSK physiotherapy experience - Demonstrable specialist knowledge and experience in assessment and management of complex MSK presentations - Experience of supervising, coaching and mentoring others - Experience of supporting or delivering clinical education and in-service training - Experience of audit, service evaluation or quality improvement - Ability to apply advanced clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice to support safe clinical decision making - Excellent knowledge of clinical risk assessment, safeguarding principles and risk management - Knowledge of primary care, community services and wider patient pathways **Desirable** - Experience of extended scope or advanced practice within MSK services - Involvement in research activity - Experience of developing clinical pathways, protocols or competency frameworks ### Qualifications **Essential** - Diploma or degree in Physiotherapy - Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council - Member of the CSP or equivalent professional liability insurance - Evidence of up-to-date, relevant CPD - Relevant postgraduate learning or equivalent specialist development **Desirable** - Postgraduate qualification or working towards Masters level study - Membership of a relevant special interest group - Leadership, supervision or management training ## 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.