Orthopaedic Optimization Project Lead | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust in Greater London seeks an Advanced Physiotherapy MSK Practitioner to join their Orthopaedic Optimisation project. The role involves clinical and project work within an advanced practice MSK team, focusing on expanding FCP clinics and providing leadership in a dynamic healthcare environment. Candidates must hold an MSc or equivalent and have prior experience in advanced MSK practice. The position offers permanent and temporary opportunities, with flexible full-time or part-time work options.

Qualifications

• Relevant advanced level qualification required.
• Previous experience in an advanced MSK practice is essential.
• Experience and ability to work autonomously are crucial.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in expanding FCP clinics.
• Manage the Integrated Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy service.
• Develop training and personal development plans for staff.

Skills

Advanced MSK practice

Clinical leadership

Expert clinical reasoning

Education

MSc or equivalent

Job description

Overview

An opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Physiotherapy MSK Practitioner to participate in our Orthopaedic Optimisation project at Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Trust, who is interested in further developing their skills in this dynamic and forward looking advanced practice MSK team. The role is diverse providing both project work and clinical, which is shared amongst the Advanced Practice team. You will provide leadership in expanding FCP clinics in primary care, working in MCATTs clinics in the Trust and as a clinical specialist in the Guys and St Thomas’ musculoskeletal outpatient department. You will get the opportunity to work closely in PCNs within the MCATs team across Guys and St Thomas sites and actively contribute to the continued evaluation of the service and dissemination of work by publication and at conferences. We have a well-established orthopaedic practitioner service within the organisation as well as MCATTs offering injection and POCUS intervention within the service. You will be part of a highly skilled clinical team with diverse extended clinical experience who can help develop your capabilities, provide peer support and professional development. An MSc or equivalent, and previous experience of advanced MSK practice/ clinical specialist is required, but a full induction package will be undertaken.

Position Details

There are both permanent and temporary positions available. This can be discussed at interview. We can offer both part time and full time.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in expanding FCP clinics in primary care, work in MCATTs clinics in the Trust and act as clinical specialist in the Guys and St Thomas’ musculoskeletal outpatient department.
• Work closely in PCNs within the MCATs team across Guys and St Thomas sites and actively contribute to the continued evaluation of the service and dissemination of work by publication and at conferences.
• Provide advanced clinical practice exercising autonomy of decision making in a context of complexity, uncertainty and varying levels of risk, holding accountability for decisions.
• Responsible for the operational management of the Integrated Musculoskeletal (iMSK) Physiotherapy service in conjunction with the Consultant Physiotherapist in iMSK and Clinical Lead and the Head of Physiotherapy, contributing to departmental management and Trust initiatives in strategic planning and development across the whole organisation.
• Use expert clinical reasoning skills to provide highly specialist support and advice to the physiotherapy team and other medical staff, while maintaining a clinical caseload of highly complex patients.
• Provide professional and clinical leadership in the development and implementation of a comprehensive training and personal development plan for all designated physiotherapy staff, ensuring excellence of training across the whole organisation.
• Support the Consultant Physiotherapists/Clinical Lead to identify and implement clinical research, audit and data collection priorities within the area of MSK expertise to inform departmental clinical development strategy.
• Maintain and improve all aspects of clinical governance, evidence based practice and quality assurance in the designated area.
• Teach on iMSK inservice training program and wider KHP and requests across the organisation.
• Strongly encourage QI activities including audit and research.

Qualifications

• MSc or equivalent, or relevant advanced level qualification.
• Previous experience of advanced MSK practice / clinical specialist role.
• Full induction package will be undertaken; prior experience and ability to work autonomously are essential.

About the Trust

Working for your organisation Guy’s and St Thomas’ is one of the UK's busiest and most successful foundation trusts, with a long history of clinical excellence and high quality care. The Trust comprises two of London’s oldest and best known teaching hospitals. It also includes Evelina London Children’s Hospital and both adult and children’s community services in Lambeth and Southwark and Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of only six academic health sciences centres in the UK.

About the iMSK Department

The Integrated Musculoskeletal physiotherapy service iMSK is within the Surgery and Therapies directorate within the Cancer and Surgery clinical group. The iMSK department has over 80 staff and provides MCATTS assessment and physiotherapy to patients within the Trust and in local community clinics. Musculoskeletal physiotherapy offers services on both acute sites (Guys and St Thomas’), in community at Pulross Intermediate Care Centre and Gracefield Gardens, at GP practices as part of the First Contact Practitioner (FCP) provision and, at local gyms in the Lambeth and Southwark Boroughs.

This advert closes on Wednesday 7 Jan 2026