Band 6 Physiotherapist Musculoskeletal
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 08/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a dynamic and enthusiastic Band 6 Physiotherapist to join the outpatient musculoskeletal service. The successful candidate will gain experience in single point access service triaging musculoskeletal referrals and working in virtual fracture clinics. The position involves working alongside senior staff within a highly experienced and supportive musculoskeletal team. There may also be an opportunity to work with the hand therapy team. Core orthopaedic, manual therapy, and exercise therapy skills are essential, along with a bio-psychosocial approach to patient management.
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of limitations of own clinical practice and identify appropriate solutions
- Ability to demonstrate skills in assessment and treatment of patients in line with current practise and research
- Understand clinical governance and its implications for service delivery and demonstrate evidence of its application ie audit
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information (verbal, non-verbal and written) in an accurate, clear and logical manner
Desirable criteria
- Supervision of other staff i.e. assistants and technical instructors
- Experience/ Knowledge
- To have broad clinical experience during Band 5 rotations including MSK
- Some experience of working with patients within a hand therapy setting.
- Education/ Qualifications
- Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
- H.C.P.C. Registration
- Evidence of CPD
- Post graduate clinical training
- Skills/ Abilities
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of limitations of own clinical practice and identify appropriate solutions
- Ability to demonstrate skills in assessment and treatment of patients in line with current practise and research
- Understand clinical governance and its implications for service delivery and demonstrate evidence of its application ie audit
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information (verbal, non-verbal and written) in an accurate, clear and logical manner
- Supervision of other staff i.e. assistants and technical instructors
- Experience/ Knowledge
- To have broad clinical experience during Band 5 rotations including MSK
- Some experience of working with patients within a hand therapy setting.
- Education/ Qualifications
- Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
- H.C.P.C. Registration
- Evidence of CPD
- Post graduate clinical training
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £45,953 – £54,254 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Band 6 Physiotherapist Musculoskeletal
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
Candidates who have applied for this vacancy recently and were unsuccessful in their application should not reapply at this time.
We have an opportunity for dynamic and enthusiastic Band 6 Physiotherapists to join our outpatient musculoskeletal service. We can offer the successful candidates experience in our single point access service triaging musculoskeletal referrals for our 3 boroughs.Working alongside senior staff in virtual fracture clinic. In addition to gaining expertise within our highly experienced and supportive musculoskeletal team. There may also be an opportunity to work with our highly experienced hand therapy team.
You will need core orthopaedic, manual therapy and exercise therapy skills and an ability to adopt a bio- psychosocial approach to patient management. Experience of working in a musculoskeletal outpatient clinic setting that provides physiotherapy for GP and orthopaedic services is essential.
All new staff appointed to posts at the Trust will be subject to a 6-month probationary period. This will give new staff members an opportunity to become familiar with the culture and working environment of the Trust.
Please note that interviews will be conducted in person only. Virtual interviews ca
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