Senior MSK Physiotherapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 26.5
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 06/10/2026
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 is a part-time, permanent Senior MSK Physiotherapist role at Kidderminster Hospital. The successful candidate will manage a complex and varied caseload, provide high-quality patient-focused care, and contribute to a 7-day service. The role involves assessing and treating MSK conditions, running group sessions, and assisting in fracture clinics. You will be supported in professional development and encouraged to contribute to service improvement.
Essential criteria
- Professional manner.
- Team player.
- Flexible, Assertive & Enthusiastic.
- Able to show initiative.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Approachable and consistent.
- Skills/Knowledge
- Effective and appropriate written communication skills.
- Comprehensive clinical knowledge and skills in core areas and within speciality.
- Effective team working skills.
- Understanding of Professional, Legal and Clinical Governance responsibilities.
- Understanding of current NHS issues.
Desirable criteria
- Teaching skills.
- Leadership skills.
- Presentation Skills.
- Appropriate and broad experience in core rotations (can demonstrate a broad range of knowledge from different specialities) or within speciality if a static post.
- Experience of working in an acute NHS environment.
- Evidence of relevant and recent CPD.
- Supervision and development of assistants and students.
- Training of other MDT members.
- Active participation in audit or research.
- Experience of working in speciality at a senior level.
- Other Job Requirements
- Able and willing to commute between sites.
- Able and willing to work across 7 days and take part in on call duties through a 24 hour period.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the role.
- Commitment to working in Worcestershire.
- Diploma or degree in physiotherapy.
- Health Profession Council Registration.
- Appropriate postgraduate qualifications/training.
- Member of CSP.
- Professional manner.
- Team player.
- Flexible, Assertive & Enthusiastic.
- Able to show initiative.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Approachable and consistent.
- Skills/Knowledge
- Effective and appropriate written communication skills.
- Comprehensive clinical knowledge and skills in core areas and within speciality.
- Effective team working skills.
- Understanding of Professional, Legal and Clinical Governance responsibilities.
- Understanding of current NHS issues.
- Teaching skills.
- Leadership skills.
- Presentation Skills.
- Appropriate and broad experience in core rotations (can demonstrate a broad range of knowledge from different specialities) or within speciality if a static post.
- Experience of working in an acute NHS environment.
- Evidence of relevant and recent CPD.
- Supervision and development of assistants and students.
- Training of other MDT members.
- Active participation in audit or research.
- Experience of working in speciality at a senior level.
- Other Job Requirements
- Able and willing to commute between sites.
- Able and willing to work across 7 days and take part in on call duties through a 24 hour period.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the role.
- Commitment to working in Worcestershire.
- Diploma or degree in physiotherapy.
- Health Profession Council Registration.
- Appropriate postgraduate qualifications/training.
- Member of CSP.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Senior MSK Physiotherapist
The closing date is 06 October 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled and enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join the Kidderminster MSK Physiotherapy Outpatient Team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
This is a part time, permanent role (26.5 hours per week).
We are seeking a Physiotherapist with NHS experience in MSK outpatients, who possesses advanced skills in assessing and treating MSK conditions.
The successful candidate will need to be proactive, highly motivated in their own professional development, able to demonstrate strong clinical reasoning, and committed to delivering evidence-based practice.
In this role, you will manage a complex and varied caseload in a busy, friendly department. There will also be opportunities to run group sessions and assist in fracture clinics, providing initial assessments and advice to patients following injury or surgery.
Experience working with trauma or post-operative patients is therefore preferred. The department also enjoys close collaboration with our Extended Scope Practitioner service, which specialises in spinal, knee, shoulder, and pain clinics.
You will be supported in your continuing professional development by experienced and supportive team leaders, and you will be actively encouraged to contribute to the develo
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