Senior Physiotherapist - Musculoskeletal (MSK) Outpatients

The postholder will provide a high standard of physiotherapy across a range of clinical settings, delivering safe, effective, and patient centred care. They will independently manage a diverse caseload of patients with varying diagnoses and levels of complexity, using evidence based assessment and treatment approaches to plan, implement, and evaluate physiotherapy interventions within a defined clinical area.

The postholder will be expected to work autonomously while contributing to the wider multidisciplinary team, ensuring that all clinical decisions and actions are made in the best interests of the patients under their care. They will uphold professional standards, promote high quality practice, and support the delivery of an efficient and responsive physiotherapy service., The postholder will independently carry out advanced physiotherapeutic assessments for patients presenting with a wide range of complex physical and psychological conditions. They will provide clinical diagnoses and develop individualised, evidence based treatment programmes tailored to each patient's needs.

The role includes responsibility for managing a defined caseload and working autonomously within a designated area of the service or with a specific patient group. The postholder will rotate between specialist clinical areas and will receive support through regular supervision, clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, and case discussions. Advice from a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist will be available when required, although day to day clinical work will not be routinely supervised.

As a specialist autonomous practitioner, the postholder will undertake all aspects of clinical duties and contribute to the development of high quality physiotherapy practice. They will also supervise, educate, and assess physiotherapy students to graduate level, working in partnership with universities to ensure teaching and practice standards meet degree level requirements.

The postholder will participate in evidence based audit and research activities to enhance both their own practice and that of the wider team. They will be expected to make recommendations for service improvement to the Clinical Lead or Head of Service based on audit findings and emerging best practice.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence