Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist to join an MSK service. The role involves managing an autonomous caseload, assessing and treating complex presentations, and acting as a specialist resource for colleagues. The successful candidate will also contribute to service development, clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement. The position requires strong MSK expertise, advanced clinical reasoning, and a commitment to high-quality, person-centred care.
Key responsibilities
- Manage an autonomous caseload.
- Assess and treat complex presentations.
- Support safe clinical decision making.
- Act as a specialist resource for colleagues across the service.
- Contribute to service development, clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement.
Essential criteria
- 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
- 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 criteria
- Postgraduate qualification or working towards Masters level study
- Membership of a relevant special interest group
- Leadership, supervision or management training
- Experience of extended scope or advanced practice within MSK services
- Involvement in research activity
- Experience of developing clinical pathways, protocols or competency frameworks
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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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 qu
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