MSK Outpatient Physiotherapy Support Worker | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Slough; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Slough is seeking a dedicated MSK Outpatient Physiotherapy Support Worker. The role involves delivering exercise classes, managing a patient caseload, and supporting physiotherapists. This position also offers flexible working arrangements and professional development opportunities to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Responsible for group exercise delivery and patient assessment.
• Assist patients with delegated care from qualified physiotherapists.
• Manage a small caseload with initial assessments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver group exercise classes for specific patient groups.
• Provide one-to-one treatment with patients.
• Progress exercises and apply clinical reasoning.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Technical ability

Clinical reasoning skills

Job description

This exciting band 4 MSK Outpatient Physiotherapy Support Worker role is based at Wexham Park Hospital.

As well as working as part of the Outpatient Physiotherapy team Monday to Friday you will also work on the Orthopaedic Ward Weekend Rota, working 1 Saturday or Sunday every 4 weeks.

You will be responsible for delivering group exercise classes for specific patient groups, such as Total Knee Replacements.

You will hold a 1:1 patient caseload which will be a combination of delegated patients from Musculoskeletal and Neuro Physiotherapists, walking aid provisions, and new patient assessments for patients such as Total Knee Replacements and Total Hip Replacements.
• Assist in the provision of care to patients, supported and indirectly supervised by qualified physiotherapists.
• Carry out clinical tasks (such as instruction/supervision and prescription of exercise programmes), delegated by qualified staff requiring a wide range of technical ability as well as an excellent level of interpersonal skills.
• Provide one to one treatment sessions with patients in the Outpatient setting, progress exercises in a timely manner and apply clinical reasoning skills in exercise prescription.
• To manage a small patient caseload of basic protocol based patients, to include initial assessment (measuring range of movement, risk assessments)

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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This advert closes on Thursday 24 Jul 2025