Senior Physiotherapist

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in Wakefield is looking for a dedicated Band 6 Physiotherapist to join their Adult Outpatient Therapy MSK Team. This role offers the chance to work across various specialties, including MSK Outpatients and Hydrotherapy, while developing leadership skills and expertise. The ideal candidate will have a physiotherapy degree, experience at Band 5, and a commitment to providing high-quality patient care. Excellent benefits are provided, including generous leave and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Access to NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance

Employee health and wellbeing services

Career progression and training

Qualifications

• Registered with HPC.
• Experience at Band 5 level in a rotational post.
• Ability to work within Trust policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients.
• Lead and support junior colleagues.
• Participate in audits and research.

Skills

Empathy

Problem solving

Verbal communication

Teamwork

Education

Graduate diploma/degree in physiotherapy

Job description

About The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic, and dedicated Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our dynamic Adult Outpatient Therapy MSK Team at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust.

This rotational post offers experience across a variety of specialist areas, including:

• MSK Outpatients
• Gym and Hydrotherapy
• Orthopaedics

The successful candidate will be expected to work flexibly across all three of our sites.

We Are Committed To Supporting Your Professional Growth Through

• A robust and well-structured in-service training programme
• Regular supervision and peer support from highly specialised and advanced physiotherapy practitioners
• Opportunities to contribute to service development and quality improvement projects
• Active participation in MSK Special Interest Groups within the outpatient therapies service

This post is ideal for a physiotherapist seeking to broaden their clinical expertise, develop leadership skills, and play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within a supportive and forward-thinking team.

Main duties

To provide advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological symptoms associated with musculoskeletal conditions in a broad variety of clinical settings. This will include: Musculoskeletal out-patients - Upper Limb, head, neck & Spinal; Lower Limb and Hydrotherapy and Orthopaedic in-patients.

• The senior clinician will provide a diagnosis, develop, and deliver an individual treatment programme for this patient.
• To provide leadership and support to junior colleagues in the assessment and management of musculoskeletal clinical conditions.
• To provide peer support, supervision and second opinions to members of the musculoskeletal team.
• Participate in 7-day cover for the orthopaedic unit, helping to prevent delayed discharges. To be responsible for the technical instructors on duty.
• To provide clinical education of physiotherapy students on placement.
• To undertake a management role where appropriate in the clinical setting, where overseeing, planning and implementing objectives for juniors and assistants is necessary.

Essential Person Specification Requirements

Graduate diploma/degree in physiotherapy

• Registered with the HPC
• Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio, including attendance at recent and relevant postgraduate courses.
• Portfolio evidence of information learning.

Comprehensive experience at Band 5 level in a rotational post, providing a broad range of experience in core and specialist rotations.

• Experience of working as part of a physiotherapy team and/or multidisciplinary team.
• Involvement in audit, research and understanding quality issues.
• Contributing to clinical education of students and training other staff.

Remain updated with professional practice and new research.

• Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession.
• Ability to present information written and orally in a clear and logical manner.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate.
• Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for services, including experience of quality issues and audit.
• Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies including data protection, equal opportunities, health and safety, risk management and meet the differing needs of the patients.
• Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes.

Ability to use and develop appropriate patient handling skills.

• Ability to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities.

Ability to work as a team member.

• Flexible
• Empathetic
• Reliable
• Problem solving skills
• Good verbal/non verbal communication skills
• Professional attitude and appearance

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application Guidance

We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Our Benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support

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