Physiotherapy Associate Practitioner - Hydrotherapy / MSK | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Slough; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Physiotherapy Associate Practitioner – Hydrotherapy / MSK based at Wexham Park Hospital. The role involves delivering group exercise classes, hydrotherapy duties, and managing a small caseload under qualified physiotherapists.

The post requires flexibility for outpatient and weekend duties and is aimed at supporting Musculoskeletal services in a fast-paced clinical setting.

Qualifications

• Assist in patient care under physiotherapy supervision.
• Deliver exercise programmes and supervise activities.
• Provide poolside hydrotherapy support and aquagym management.
• Conduct initial assessments and measure range of movement.
• Flexibility to work in outpatient and ward settings, including weekends.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the provision of care to patients under supervision of qualified physiotherapists.
• Carry out instruction and supervision for exercise programmes and other delegated tasks.
• Provide one-to-one and group exercise sessions in outpatient settings.
• Manage a small patient caseload including initial assessments and risk assessments.
• Provide hydrotherapy pool coverage and related pool testing duties.

Job description

Physiotherapy Associate Practitioner - Hydrotherapy / MSK | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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 and work within the hydrotherapy pool area.

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.

This position isnot eligiblefor Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold theright to work in the UKfor the full duration of the contract.

• 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).
• To provide poolside hydrotherapy cover, pool testing, management of aquagym waiting list.

This position isnot eligiblefor Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold theright to work in the UKfor the full duration of the contract.

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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Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification attached for this role for further more detailed information.

This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Nov 2026