Physiotherapy practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 11/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for an advanced physiotherapy clinical practitioner within Orthopaedic Outpatient Consultant Clinics. The practitioner will use advanced clinical reasoning to provide specialist support and advice to clinical staff and manage a caseload of highly complex patients. They will act as an autonomous practitioner, guiding treatment pathways and rehabilitation plans. The position requires expert knowledge in evidence-based practice and advanced rehabilitation expertise.
Essential criteria
- Qualified and HCPC registered physiotherapist
- -Experience of working as a band 6 physiotherapist for a minimum of three years in MSK.
- Educated to Master's degree level or or currently registered and studying at Masters level.
- Experience of working in all core areas
Desirable criteria
- QI expereience
- GCP training
- Membership of a professional network / CIG
- Qualified and HCPC registered physiotherapist
- -Experience of working as a band 6 physiotherapist for a minimum of three years in MSK.
- Educated to Master's degree level or or currently registered and studying at Masters level.
- Experience of working in all core areas
- QI expereience
- GCP training
- Membership of a professional network / CIG
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Physiotherapy practitioner
The closing date is 11 September 2026
Job summary
To act as an advanced physiotherapy clinical practitioner within the Orthopaedic Outpatient Consultant Clinics for designated orthopaedic specialty using advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to physiotherapy and other clinical staff whilst maintaining a caseload of highly complex patients referred to the service as an autonomous practitioner.
They will use advanced clinical decision making and expertise to guide and support treatment pathways ensuring the delivery of a clear pathway and rehabilitation plans.
Main duties of the job
1. To undertake as an advanced autonomous practitioner, comprehensive assessments of highly complex patients presenting with multiple pathologies, using advanced bio psychosocial clinical reasoning skills, expert knowledge of evidence-based practice, and
advanced rehabilitation expertise to interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts,
which may include very personal, emotive or contentious information. Demonstrate critical awareness of knowledge in the field and at the interface between different specialties.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of
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