Senior Outpatient Physiotherapist

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Job summary

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust invites applications for a Senior Outpatient Physiotherapist position at Tavistock Hospital. The role involves joining a reputable MSK outpatient team to deliver quality patient care. Candidates should possess relevant postgraduate experience and qualifications, including a BSc in Physiotherapy and HCPC registration. The position is full-time, supporting career progression in a dynamic environment dedicated to clinical excellence.

Qualifications

• Proven evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
• Demonstrable senior MSK Physiotherapy experience.
• Ability to work without direct supervision.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of MSK/outpatients.
• Manage own case load and clinical services autonomously.
• Supervise and assess performance of physiotherapy students.

Skills

Demonstrable experience

Teaching

Multidisciplinary team work

Leadership

Education

Degree (BSc Hons Physiotherapy)

HCPC registration

MSc relevant to the area

Job description

Main area Physiotherapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon - Fri plus weekends and bank holidays) Job ref 216-AH-C7085723

Employer University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Tavistock Hospital Town Tavistock Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 25/06/2025 23:59

Senior Outpatient Physiotherapist

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a demonstrably experienced, dynamic and enthusiastic physiotherapist to join our highly regarded musculoskeletal (MSK) outpatient physiotherapy team at Tavistock Hospital. This post is also suitable for a Band 5 transitioning to Band 6 on completion of training and competency to deliver MSK out-patient services within University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust. The physiotherapy MSK outpatient service for Plymouth and South Hams (Kingsbridge and Tavistock) is hosted by the acute trust but provides the service at various locations across the city. This post will be static at Tavistock Hospital, Tavistock. However, the post can rotate through all other UHP MSK clinical sites if there is a service need at both at Derriford hospital and peripheral sites, women’s health, spinal follow up, rheumatology, hydrotherapy, hands, fracture clinic and pain management. The successful candidate must have a broad range of post graduate experience including general MSK Outpatients and Orthopaedics, knowledge of neurology and respiratory care would be an advantage.

The successful candidate will join this well-established service to support, deliver, develop and promote this service. Trust is committed to providing both quality care to the local population and supporting our staff. You will be given opportunities to develop both your clinical and managerial skills, through CPD, staff supervision, mentoring and in-service training.

Main duties of the job

To perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of MSK / outpatients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to provide a clinical diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.

To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for the management of MSK / outpatient clinical and administrative services, working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences. Access to advice and support from senior physiotherapists is available if required, clinical work is not routinely evaluated.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

Supervise, educate and assess the performance of physiotherapy students and more junior staff; this would be to a graduate standard and involve working with universities to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

Working for our organisation

We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See the attached job description for the role, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

• Broad range of post graduate demonstrable experience including: MSK (Orthopaedic & Outpatient) / Acute respiratory care and Neurology competencies.
• Proven evidence of Continuous Professional Development & values based learning.
• A proven awareness of current NHS and Health issues related to Outpatient services.
• Demonstrable experience of teaching
• Demonstrable experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrable senior MSK Physiotherapy experience
• Supervisory skills
• Clinical Educator

Qualifications

• Degree (BSc Hons Physiotherapy) or equivalent.
• HCPC registration.
• Attendance of additional relevant professional courses.
• MSc relevant to the area

Aptitude and Abilities

• Professional manner
• Legible and concise handwriting.
• Proven evidence of personal leadership.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY INCLUDING YOUR JUNK FOLDER.

If you need support with the online application process or require reasonable adjustments with the application and/or interview process please contact the Recruiting Manager for this post.

We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants about less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. We recommend contacting the manager of the role prior to applying and we commit to giving requests full consideration.

We welcome and encourage applicants who identify with all protected characteristics to apply for our roles. We believe that diversity strengthens our teams and improves our patients' experience. At UHP we aim to create an inclusive workplace and hospital where everyone feels they belong and included .

It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Providing false information is an offence & could result in the application being rejected or summary dismissal/police action if an applicant is successful.

Please note that if you are successful in your application & accept the position you agree that the Staff Health and Wellbeing Department can access your health records from your current/previous employer in order to check the status of your inoculations & screening tests. This is an automated process & the information will only be used for these purposes prior to your taking up the position with us.

For Doctors Roles:

Unsolicited CVs and Candidate Profiles/Details
University Hospitals Plymouth has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies.

We do, however, work with a defined list of preferred HTE Framework suppliers who may be invited to support us in sourcing candidates for particular roles.

In line with our preferred supplier list, we only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and an agency has been instructed by a member of the Trust’s Medical Workforce team.

We do not pay agency fees where speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to the Trust or Trust employees by any other means than the official route above. Where this is not observed the Trust reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and initiate discussions without payment of any agency fee.

Any candidate details (whether written or spoken) or CVs that are referred directly will not constitute an introduction. The Trust will under no circumstances be responsible for any recruitment fees in relation to these contacts.

Submission of any unsolicited CVs, candidate’s details and/or proposals to the Trust will not be considered further and will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this Agency Protocol.

In order to establish and maintain good working relationships with the Trust’s agency suppliers, we ask that this Protocol is adhered to and thank you for your co-operation.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Achin Sobti Job title Head of Physiotherapy Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01752432241 Additional information

Crispin Mortimer

MSK Team Lead Physiotherapist - Tavistock

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