Senior Physiotherapist MSK Outpatients

Job overview

The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust has an enthusiastic and dynamic Outpatient team looking for a  Band 6 Physiotherapist on a fixed-term contract until end of May 2027.  We are able to offer a varied role with an emphasis on professional development, enabling the successful candidate to progress their musculoskeletal skills to a high level and offer options to gain experience in all areas of MSK practice and management to give the best long term career options.

This is a rotational role.  Further training is available with regular IST either in the form of weekly one hour sessions or educational half days.  On each rotation our Band 6s can shadow MSK or Orthopaedic Consultant clinics and are able to do watched assessments.

The Physiotherapy Department runs a MSK APP-led triage service with a number of highly skilled and experienced APPs, providing clinical support and formal and informal training. As a result of this we have superb working relationships with our Consultants and Multi-disciplinary Teams.

As a Band 6 Physiotherapist you will have the opportunity to supervise Junior Physiotherapists, Physiotherapy Assistants, and Physiotherapy Students on placement. As part of this you will be involved in the Junior / Student teaching programme.

A Face to Face interview is preferred.

Main duties of the job

The Band 6s within the team rotate every 8 months through Spinal, Shoulder, Wrist & Hand, Pain, Rheumatology, Hip, Knee and Foot & Ankle rotations.  There are further options to gain experience within Pelvic Health and Occupational Health should you wish.  Each rotation is supported by weekly training lead by the relevant Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (APP) and line managed by an experienced Team Leader.

Referrals are received from local GP practices, Orthopaedics, Pain Clinic, Rheumatology, Oncology and Maxillo-Facial Consultants. This includes trauma and elective post-operative patients from orthopaedic wards, A&E and fracture clinic. We provide a virtual fracture clinic service 6 afternoons a week, running alongside the Orthopaedic clinics seeing A+E referrals and post-op / fracture clinic patients. We offer all our patients the option for face to face, video or telephone appointments.

The Physiotherapy Outpatient Department offers a 6 day service. The successful candidate will be expected to be part of the Outpatient Saturday rota, which is approximately one Saturday every 6 weeks, with a day off in-lieu. In order to suit the needs of the local population we offer early morning and early evening appointments. As a result of this there is the opportunity to work a 4 day week on full time hours if requested.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide physiotherapy to relevant patients within clinical specialty area.

To assess and treat patient’s in MSK Outpatients.  To support the team in the organisation and provision of an efficient, high quality and co-ordinated physiotherapy service for patients in MSK Outpatients.  To undertake a defined clinical caseload.  To ensure that patient and service standards and priorities are met.  To provide clinical supervision to assigned junior physiotherapists, technical instructors, physiotherapy assistants and students