Senior Musculoskelatal Physiotherapist

Job Description:

Senior MSK Physiotherapist

Cromwell Hospital, London, SW5 0TU

Permanent role

Salary - Competitive salary

Full Time – 37.5 hours

We make health happen.

We are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join our Therapy team, working autonomously to provide a client-centred, evidence-based service for adult and occasionally adolescent outpatients with a wide range of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions.

 

How you’ll help us make health happen:

Working autonomously, you will assess, plan, and deliver specialist MSK rehabilitation for patients referred by consultants, GPs, insurers, and other external routes, including self-referral. You will also provide and fit appropriate equipment, such as Air cast boots, crutches, and braces. Further qualifications in for example sports rehabilitation, shockwave therapy, ultrasound, acupuncture, TMJ physiotherapy, and/or Male & Female Health would be an advantage.

 

You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure coordinated, high-quality care, while supporting senior Therapy staff and contributing to service development and wider hospital initiatives.

Key responsibilities:

• Autonomously assess and treat a varied outpatient MSK caseload.
• Deliver evidence-based, individualised rehabilitation programmes.
• Provide and fit appropriate mobility and orthopaedic equipment.
• Communicate effectively with patients, colleagues, referrers, and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to service improvement and Therapy department initiatives.
  

Qualifications and skills needed for this role:

• Degree in physiotherapy
• HCPC Registration
• Enhanced DBS clearance
• Member of special interest group
• Further qualification in MSK, sports rehabilitation shockwave therapy, acupuncture, TMJ physiotherapy, and/or alternatively Male & Female Health.
• Proven knowledge experience, competence and confidence in MSK conditions
• Knowledge and experience in fitting Orthopaedic/ MSK braces and other relevant items
• Confident and able to work unsupervised
• Sound clinical reasoning skills
• Commitment to multi-disciplinary teamwork
• Evidence of CPD / record of mandatory training
• Knowledge of the Care Standards Act and Care and Quality Commission Requirements.
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance tools.
• Strong organizational and planning skills, including risk management.
• Knowledge of health and safety issues in a therapy setting
• UK healthcare experience
• Proficient in the use of a PC, including the use of software and systems.
• Previous experience working in a private MSK setting in the UK

Benefits:

• Payment of professional registration fees 
• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind 
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance 
• Discounted access to online gym sessions
• Subsidised staff canteen

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Get in touch or apply today! For a confidential chat please email adele.orchard@bupa.com within our Recruitment team where we can answer any questions.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Clinical Services

Locations:

Cromwell Hospital London