• Job Description

  Req#: B9813-25-0105?language=en&page=146&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  • Are you a motivated and innovative physiotherapist?
  • Are you a good team player who is ready to work as part of a large musculoskeletal physiotherapy team?
  • Do you have good communication skills, are able to manage a busy caseload and have good clinical reasoning skills?

  If you answered yes, we've got the perfect role for you!

  An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and innovative physiotherapist to work in our musculoskeletal outpatient physiotherapy service. The position would be suitable for newly qualified physiotherapists as well as individuals with experience who are interested in a static musculoskeletal role. The successful applicant will work as part of the physiotherapy team which is based at MCH House in Gillingham and provides opportunities for outreach clinic work across Medway and Swale.

  We are looking for someone who is a good communicator, a team member, demonstrates a flexible approach to a busy caseload and has good clinical reasoning skills.

  Main duties of the job

  • To undertake a physiotherapy role under the direction and supervision of the senior physiotherapist including the planning, coordination, delivery and evaluation of the outpatient physiotherapy service at MCH House, Gillingham.
  • As an autonomous practitioner - taking a major role in the assessment and treatment of patients within the specialty who may have acute, complex and / or chronic presentations. To determine clinical diagnosis and physiotherapy treatment indicated.
  • The post holder may also be expected to work flexible hours to help the team provide a highly accessible service and we do support four day weeks/nine day fortnights.
  • Participate in regular in-service training and supervision sessions as part of their continuing professional development.
  • The successful applicant will work with a number of senior and specialist clinicians, including extended scope practitioners within the orthopaedic clinical assessment service (CAS).

  About us

  So what else?

  This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you'll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.

  We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.

  We'll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.

  You'll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.

  Would you like to work flexibly?In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important work life balance is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

  The small print

  Informal visits can be arranged on request.

  We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the scottish widows group pension scheme.

  MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.

  Details

  Date posted

  02 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 5

  Salary

  £29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  12 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  813-175-0725-LR

  Job locations

  MCH House

  21 Bailey Drive

  Gillingham

  ME8 0PZ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  1. Communication and relationship skills

  To communicate effectively with patients and carers using a wide range of verbal, nonverbal and written communication tools to share assessment findings, agree treatment plans, progress rehabilitation, give advice, teaching etc. This will include patients with communication and comprehension difficulties and those who may be unable to accept diagnosis / prognosis.

  To liaise with health and social care professionals regarding patient care, treatment progress and discharge planning.

  Maintain appropriate communication with the senior physiotherapists, participating in regular supervision of caseload and seeking advice when appropriate.

  1. Knowledge, training and experience

  The post holder must have diploma/degree in physiotherapy and have undertaken a broad range of clinical placements in training.

  To be a member of the CSP (desirable)

  To use basic IT skills to support practice.

  To maintain professional standards by attending appropriate training and development opportunities to maintain up to date HCPC registration.

  To keep up-to-date with new treatment techniques and developments for the promotion and maintenance of good physiotherapy practice.

  To attend and develop a working knowledge of all organisational statutory and mandatory training.

  To develop a working knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and their application to professional practice.

  Be actively involved in the in-service training programme, professional clinical groups and all other professional development activities.

  1. Analytical and judgement skills

  To assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.

  To manage clinical and non-clinical risk within own role according to the team and organisations protocols including the development of individual patient clinical risk assessments.

  To understand the balance of professional development needs with service needs.

  Ability to adopt a problem solving approach.

  Awareness of limitations, personal strengths and weaknesses.

  1. Planning and organisational skills

  To contribute to the development of the team and wider physiotherapy service as directed by the senior physiotherapist

  To comply with organisational and departmental policies and procedures.

  To collect and submit all data and statistics as required in a timely and accurate manner.

  To be aware of health and safety aspects of your work and implement any policies, which may be required to improve the safety of your work area, including your prompt recording and reporting of accidents or concerns.

  To manage clinical and non-clinical risk within own role according to team and organisational protocols including the development of individual patient clinical risk assessments.

  1. Physical skills

  To deliver individualised physiotherapy treatment programmes using a broad range of physiotherapeutic manual skills in individual and group settings.

  To have an appropriate level of dexterity, co-ordination and sensory skills to carry out assessment of patients.

  1. Responsibility for patient / client care

  To undertake assessment of patients with a wide variety of presentations and conditions: using clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques to formulate individualised treatment plans and programmes.

  To deliver individualised physiotherapy treatment programmes using a broad range of physiotherapy skills in individual and group settings.

  To continually reassess patient progress, adapting treatment plans accordingly, and developing discharge plans.

  To work with, and delegate work under protocol to, physiotherapy assistants and technical instructors.

  To be responsible for organising and planning own caseload and work demands to meet patient and service priorities, in conjunction with the senior physiotherapist, alerting the senior physiotherapist of excessive demands and effects on patient care.

  To refer patients appropriately to other health and social care services according to protocol, providing timely and detailed information to ensure good continuity of care.

  To undertake, record, continually review and work within individual patient risk assessments in line with local policy, referring to the senior physiotherapist where risk cannot be safely reduced/ managed.

  1. Responsibility for policy and service development implementation

  To contribute to the development of the team and wider physiotherapy service as directed by the senior physiotherapist.

  To comply with organisational and departmental policies and procedures and to be involved in commenting on policy and protocol development.

  To be aware of health & safety aspects of your work and implement any policies, which may be required to improve the safety of your work area, including your prompt recording and reporting of accidents or concerns.

  1. Responsibilities for financial and physical resources

  To be responsible for the safe and competent use of all equipment and facilities, ensuring faulty items are removed from use and reported for action.

  1. Responsibilities for human resources (HR)

  To occasionally supervise the work of less experienced physiotherapists, physiotherapy assistants, technical instructors and physiotherapy students.

  To be responsible for maintaining and developing own competency to practice through continued professional development and maintain a portfolio which reflects your development.

  Participate in the organisations staff appraisal system as an appraise, including the agreement of a personal development plan.

  1. Responsibilities for information resources

  To keep up-to-date, accurate, problem orientated medical records in physiotherapy and MDT notes in line with the organisations policy, legal requirements and professional standards. To provide written reports, discharge summaries etc. as required.

  To collect and submit all data and statistics as required in a timely and accurate manner.

  1. Responsibilities for research and development (R&D)

  To participate in team/service audits and research projects as required.

  1. Freedom to act

  To abide by the rules of professional conduct of the chartered society of physiotherapy.

  To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including responsibility of an allocated patient caseload / workload.

  Please see the JD attached for further details

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  1. Communication and relationship skills

  To communicate effectively with patients and carers using a wide range of verbal, nonverbal and written communication tools to share assessment findings, agree treatment plans, progress rehabilitation, give advice, teaching etc. This will include patients with communication and comprehension difficulties and those who may be unable to accept diagnosis / prognosis.

  To liaise with health and social care professionals regarding patient care, treatment progress and discharge planning.

  Maintain appropriate communication with the senior physiotherapists, participating in regular supervision of caseload and seeking advice when appropriate.

  1. Knowledge, training and experience

  The post holder must have diploma/degree in physiotherapy and have undertaken a broad range of clinical placements in training.

  To be a member of the CSP (desirable)

  To use basic IT skills to support practice.

  To maintain professional standards by attending appropriate training and development opportunities to maintain up to date HCPC registration.

  To keep up-to-date with new treatment techniques and developments for the promotion and maintenance of good physiotherapy practice.

  To attend and develop a working knowledge of all organisational statutory and mandatory training.

  To develop a working knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and their application to professional practice.

  Be actively involved in the in-service training programme, professional clinical groups and all other professional development activities.

  1. Analytical and judgement skills

  To assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.

  To manage clinical and non-clinical risk within own role according to the team and organisations protocols including the development of individual patient clinical risk assessments.

  To understand the balance of professional development needs with service needs.

  Ability to adopt a problem solving approach.

  Awareness of limitations, personal strengths and weaknesses.

  1. Planning and organisational skills

  To contribute to the development of the team and wider physiotherapy service as directed by the senior physiotherapist

  To comply with organisational and departmental policies and procedures.

  To collect and submit all data and statistics as required in a timely and accurate manner.

  To be aware of health and safety aspects of your work and implement any policies, which may be required to improve the safety of your work area, including your prompt recording and reporting of accidents or concerns.

  To manage clinical and non-clinical risk within own role according to team and organisational protocols including the development of individual patient clinical risk assessments.

  1. Physical skills

  To deliver individualised physiotherapy treatment programmes using a broad range of physiotherapeutic manual skills in individual and group settings.

  To have an appropriate level of dexterity, co-ordination and sensory skills to carry out assessment of patients.

  1. Responsibility for patient / client care

  To undertake assessment of patients with a wide variety of presentations and conditions: using clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques to formulate individualised treatment plans and programmes.

  To deliver individualised physiotherapy treatment programmes using a broad range of physiotherapy skills in individual and group settings.

  To continually reassess patient progress, adapting treatment plans accordingly, and developing discharge plans.

  To work with, and delegate work under protocol to, physiotherapy assistants and technical instructors.

  To be responsible for organising and planning own caseload and work demands to meet patient and service priorities, in conjunction with the senior physiotherapist, alerting the senior physiotherapist of excessive demands and effects on patient care.

  To refer patients appropriately to other health and social care services according to protocol, providing timely and detailed information to ensure good continuity of care.

  To undertake, record, continually review and work within individual patient risk assessments in line with local policy, referring to the senior physiotherapist where risk cannot be safely reduced/ managed.

  1. Responsibility for policy and service development implementation

  To contribute to the development of the team and wider physiotherapy service as directed by the senior physiotherapist.

  To comply with organisational and departmental policies and procedures and to be involved in commenting on policy and protocol development.

  To be aware of health & safety aspects of your work and implement any policies, which may be required to improve the safety of your work area, including your prompt recording and reporting of accidents or concerns.

  1. Responsibilities for financial and physical resources

  To be responsible for the safe and competent use of all equipment and facilities, ensuring faulty items are removed from use and reported for action.

  1. Responsibilities for human resources (HR)

  To occasionally supervise the work of less experienced physiotherapists, physiotherapy assistants, technical instructors and physiotherapy students.

  To be responsible for maintaining and developing own competency to practice through continued professional development and maintain a portfolio which reflects your development.

  Participate in the organisations staff appraisal system as an appraise, including the agreement of a personal development plan.

  1. Responsibilities for information resources

  To keep up-to-date, accurate, problem orientated medical records in physiotherapy and MDT notes in line with the organisations policy, legal requirements and professional standards. To provide written reports, discharge summaries etc. as required.

  To collect and submit all data and statistics as required in a timely and accurate manner.

  1. Responsibilities for research and development (R&D)

  To participate in team/service audits and research projects as required.

  1. Freedom to act

  To abide by the rules of professional conduct of the chartered society of physiotherapy.

  To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including responsibility of an allocated patient caseload / workload.

  Please see the JD attached for further details

  Person Specification

  Physiotherapy degree

  Essential

  • Working towards/possess physiotherapy degree

  Desirable

  • MSK placement or work experience

  Relevant MSK experience

  Essential

  • Experienced MSK work during degree

  Desirable

  • Has post grad MSK experience

  Communication skills

  Essential

  • Evidence of good communication skills

  Desirable

  • Communicates well during the interview

  MCH values

  Essential

  • Good understanding of MCH values

  Person Specification

  Physiotherapy degree

  Essential

  • Working towards/possess physiotherapy degree

  Desirable

  • MSK placement or work experience

  Relevant MSK experience

  Essential

  • Experienced MSK work during degree

  Desirable

  • Has post grad MSK experience

  Communication skills

  Essential

  • Evidence of good communication skills

  Desirable

  • Communicates well during the interview

  MCH values

  Essential

  • Good understanding of MCH values

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Medway Community Healthcare

  Address

  MCH House

  21 Bailey Drive

  Gillingham

  ME8 0PZ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.medwaycommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Medway Community Healthcare

  Address

  MCH House

  21 Bailey Drive

  Gillingham

  ME8 0PZ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.medwaycommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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