Band 7 Physiotherapist

Ministry Of Defence (Defence Medical Services); Aldershot; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to NHS pension scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Free on-site parking

Access to on-site gym facilities

Job summary

Ministry of Defence (Defence Primary Healthcare) seeks a Band 7 Physiotherapist to lead the Primary Healthcare Rehabilitation Facility at Aldershot. The post entails clinical leadership, delivering advanced MSK care, and supervising rehabilitation staff within a two-site operation.

A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel are required. The role sits within a multidisciplinary team; candidates must be HCPC registered, with MSK experience and CSP/HCPC standards in practice.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered physiotherapist with CSP/HCPC standards in practice.
• Band 6 MSK physiotherapist experience with clinical duties.
• UK registration and willingness to undertake required training.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical MSK rehabilitation across the PCRF and supervise staff.
• Deliver advanced physiotherapy assessment and treatment plans for military personnel.
• Provide expert clinical advice to Medical Officers, other HCPs and service personnel.
• Ensure practice aligns with CSP/HCPC standards and MOD policies.

Skills

Clinical lead

MSK physiotherapist

Autonomous practitioner

Communication skills

Team leadership

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

HCPC Registered

MCSP member

Tools

Diagnostic Ultrasound

Injection Therapy

Job description

Job summary

Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel! We are seeking to recruit a motivated, organised and enthusiastic Band 7 Physiotherapist to join our vibrant and fast paced organisation here at Aldershot Primary Care Rehabilitation Facility. For this role you will need to be a good communicator, be prepared to undertake additional training if required and have a full clean driving licence or the ability to travel. The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary primary healthcare team and the role is offered at 37.5 hours a week. Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

Benefits

• Access to NHS pension scheme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Free on-site parking
• Access to on-site gym facilities

Main duties of the job

The Band 7 Physiotherapist is responsible as the clinical lead for the Primary Healthcare Rehabilitation Facility (PCRF) and will oversee the provision of high-quality primary care rehabilitation across the combined practice. Their duties include the delivery of advanced clinical practice and the management of rehabilitation staff. The Combined Practice is formed across 2 sites, Aldershot Medical Centre as the larger site and Minley Medical Centre as the smaller site. To work as a Team Clinical Lead managing staff. To be a source of highly skilled clinical expertise in the management of musculoskeletal (MSK) dysfunction. Reporting to the Senior Medical Officer (SMO), the Band 7 Clinical Lead provides clinical supervision and advice to senior physiotherapists, General Practitioners, and the service persons' military Chain of Command.

About us

Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.

Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants, and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 distinct roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption, or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.

Job responsibilities

• To have professional and legal accountability to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) Standards of Practice, The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Standards of Proficiency, Conduct, Performance and Ethics, Ministry of Defence (MOD), Defence Medical Command (DMedC), local policies and tort law in all aspects of practice.
• To perform highly skilled physiotherapeutic assessment of patients referred to the PCRF. These can have diverse presentations and complex, and with acute/chronic physical and psychological conditions. To use clinical reasoning skills to provide an accurate clinical diagnosis.
• To assess, develop and implement physiotherapy treatment plans for a military specialist caseload, and to provide advice in this specialist field which is tailored to the individuals needs and based on evidence-based practice, manual assessment and appropriate clinical reasoning.
• To be an autonomous practitioner and expert clinician in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients with musculoskeletal injury who are referred by Medical Officers (MO), other Healthcare Professionals (HCP) and self-referral.

Selection Process:

The sift will be completed within 10 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

CV:

• Once copied, and pasted onto your application. Ensure you prove that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications, and memberships in your CV.
• Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description. You may wish to further include examples of how you have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job advert.

At interview, you will be evaluated against the following NHS Knowledge and Skills framework:

Technical Skills:

• NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
• NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
• NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
• NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
• NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment

The sift will be completed within 10 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

Additional Information

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our attached candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could effect on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs. Any requests for part-time must be on a Job share basis. Please note the salary will be pro‑rata where part time hours are undertaken.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6‑month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non‑Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.

If successful for this position, you will have to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be needed. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

We recruit by merit based on fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles - https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-principles/

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points‑based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points‑based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail].

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre‑employment checks will be carried out.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff. Under the Smoke‑Free Working Environment policy, Smoking, and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment, however, some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors, and other non‑MOD personnel. All applicants looking for, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at several Defence Establishments.

For details on our complaints procedure, please see the Important Information document attached.

Person Specification

Registration Details

Essential

• Please provide your membership registration number.
• You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
• Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.

Registration and Memberships

Essential

• Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Physiotherapist
• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapist (MCSP)
• Experience working as a clinical MSK physiotherapist at a minimum of band 6 (or equivalent) in the MSK injury specialism, including experience in sports injuries and orthopaedics.
• Healthcare Governance training or equivalent experience.
• Diagnostic Ultrasound (US) or willing to undertake.
• Injection Therapy or willing to undertake.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Physiotherapy plus additional specialist training or experience to master's level or equivalent.
• Masters of Science (MSc) or working towards MSc
• Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment. Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
• Please use double spacing where possible.
• Have you been dismissed for gross misconduct relating to bullying, harassment, discrimination or victimisation from any role in the past five years, or resigned or otherwise left a role but would have been dismissed for such gross misconduct because of an adverse decision, had you continued in that employment?
• Please respond with Yes or No as appropriate.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Band 7 Physiotherapist • Aldershot, United Kingdom