# Specialist MSK Physiotherapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Physiotherapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 per annum inc
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-20T09:51:25.923Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/MSK_OPD_Clinical_Therapy_Staff/MSK_OPD_Clinical_Therapy_Staff-v8166951
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8166951?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you a physiotherapist keen to work in a first-class teaching hospital in our award-winning service? Are you committed to the provision of evidence informed practice and the development of motivated junior staff? Do you want to work in an environment with world class facilities with a focus on manual and exercise therapy; education of undergraduate and postgraduate students; research, service development and clinical audit?

“To be the heart of NEL, empowering people to live their best life, committed to innovative development of our staff and services with transparency. Think of us as part of your caring family as we are proud to be one.”

An opportunity has arisen for a full time B6 Musculoskeletal specialists to join the Whipps Cross Therapies team within Barts Health Trust. The post holders will be a qualified Physiotherapist, with experience in MSK. They should be registered with the HCPC, and ideally would have also completed an Orthopaedic inpatient rotation. They should have excellent baseline knowledge of musculoskeletal physiotherapy principles and have experience of treating a variety of peripheral and spinal patients. Assessments and treatments will be through face to face and virtual appointments. Evidence of involvement in project management and audit will be desirable.

### Main duties of the job

To provide specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapy treatment to outpatients as part of the overall therapy provision. The post holder will be responsible for their own caseload providing thorough clinical assessment, planning treatment and appropriate discharge from the service adapting practice to suit the needs of the patient. To provide clinical supervision and appraisal to junior staff, therapy assistants and students.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

## Person Specification

### Other

**Essential**

- - Supervisory & appraisal skills of other staff including junior staff / support staff / students
- - Ability to pass on knowledge and deliver training both internally within the profession and externally to other staff groups
- - Committed to lifelong and self-directed learning
- - After induction, to be able to actively participate as an appraiser to the Trust IPR system
- - Committed to personal and team development
- - Ability to present information both orally and written in a clear and logical manner.
- - Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
- - Ability to cope with working in a busy or stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients/carers.
- - Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities.
- - Commitment to non-discriminatory practice.
- - Understanding and compliance with Data Protection

### Skills

**Essential**

- - Good knowledge of current best practice in physiotherapy in the relevant setting
- - Specialist clinical skills in musculoskeletal outpatients.
- - Understanding and application of risk management.
- - Understand legal responsibilities of the profession and the associated code of ethics.
- - Ability to organise and prioritise own and more junior staffs workload and supervise support staff in this field.
- - Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities and support other staff in this field.
- - Demonstrate understanding and previous participation in activity to support the clinical governance agenda
- - In-depth knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to client group
- - To contribute toward working on the inpatient weekend rota.
- - Ability to maintain respiratory competency to be able to perform emergency on-call physiotherapy duties

### Experience

**Essential**

- - Appropriate post registration experience
- - Documented evidence of CPD, in accordance with HCPC recommendations
- - Experience of working as part of a team uni-professional and multi- professional team
- - Advice, supervision, appraisal, training and support to more junior staff, support staff and students.

**Desirable**

- - Experience of audit/research.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- - Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- - Member of the Health and Care Professions Council

**Desirable**

- - Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

## Documents

- [wxh bus route (pdf, 286.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10468602)
- [job description (pdf, 309.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10468601)
- [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119)
- [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446)
- [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120)

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