Physiotherapist MSK

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is recruiting for an MSK Physiotherapist in Chelmsford. This role involves managing a caseload, delivering treatment plans, and supervising junior staff. Candidates must hold a BSc in Physiotherapy, HCPC registration, and have relevant clinical skills. The position offers a competitive salary of £38,682 per year. Join us to enhance patient care and support your professional growth.

Qualifications

• Experience of working within the NHS as a B5 or above within speciality.

Responsibilities

• Communicate complex information effectively with patients and carers.
• Professionally accountable for all aspects of own work in patient management.
• Comprehensive assessment of patients with diverse and complex presentations.
• Deliver individual physiotherapy treatment programmes.
• Maintain competency through CPD activities.
• Provide clinical education to physiotherapy students and support to junior staff.

Skills

Wide range of clinical skills within relevant speciality

Able to work independently and manage own time

Education

BSc or equivalent in Physiotherapy

HCPC registration

Member of CSP or other specialist groups

Job description

Go back Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Physiotherapist MSK

The closing date is 25 December 2025

Here is an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a MSK Physiotherapist.

You will have responsibility for their own case load and be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, working without direct supervision. You will be confident undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, developing and delivering individualised treatment plans and maintaining accurate patient records. Supervision will take the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences. Access to advice and support from a senior therapist is available if required, clinical work is not routinely evaluated.

In this role you will be responsible for supervising, educating and assessing the performance of junior physiotherapist and Physiotherapy students. You expected to undertake evidence-based audit and research projects during each rotation.

*Applicants need to be aware that this post is currently part of an active tender and is at risk of being procured to another organisation.*

Main duties of the job

• To communicate highly complex information effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehab. potential and to ensure understanding of the condition. Communication skills such as counselling, reassurance, persuasion, motivation explanation and negotiation will be used with a variety of patients.
• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care.
• Undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies; using acquired clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
• Formulate and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options.
• Responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through CPD activities, and maintain a portfolio which reflects personal development.
• Provide clinical education and training to physiotherapy students to graduate level. Provide support, guidance and training to junior physiotherapists and assistants, assessing and evaluating competence.
• To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) standards of practice.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc or equivalent in Physiotherapy
• HCPC registration
• Member of CSP or other specialist groups

Knowledge & Experience

• Experience of working within the NHS as a B5 or above within speciality

Skills

• Wide range of clinical skills within relevant speciality
• Able to work independently and manage own time

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.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)