Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist

Job overview

We have an opportunity for a musculoskeletal physiotherapist looking to enhance their clinical & non-clinical knowledge & skills to join our innovative musculoskeletal physiotherapy team, who were  finalists in the prestigious 2024 HSJ awards.

We have an excellent reputation for developing staff & offer a wide range of learning opportunities, such as:

• Regular clinical supervision, plus daily APP & pain service question time
• In-service training & individualised training such as funded MSc modules. We also support & host weekend courses.
• Band 6 MSK development program

Our work on staff well-being was recognised in the 2023 national PENNA awards where we were finalists.

We offer MSK physiotherapy outpatient rotations at Homerton Hospital, St Leonards, City & Hackney community clinics & Ludwig Guttmann centre (Olympic park).

Homerton's wider MSK teams consist of:

• GP, consultant & self referred outpatient physiotherapy services
• Post orthopeadic surgery rehabilitation, sports medicine, musculoskeletal ultrasonography, shockwave, virtual fracture clinic, non-medical prescribers & persistent pain service
• Close working relationships with radiology, rheumatology, orthopaedics, podiatry & emergency medicine

Please note applications using AI will be at a disadvantage and may be rejected

Main duties of the job

Main duties include:

• Specialist physiotherapy assessment of patients with diverse musculoskeletal presentations, providing a diagnosis and developing and delivering an individualised treatment programme.
• Utilization of a variety of Physio therapeutic modalities to enhance strength, flexibility, and functional movement. Alongside educating patients about their condition, treatment options, pain management and self-management strategies
• Developing individualized treatment plans and rehabilitation programmes tailored to each patient's specific needs and goals and evaluate using appropriate outcome measures.

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 on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.