Job summary
Are you seeking to specialise in MSK? Would you like excellent mentorship and training? If yes, then join our team!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist to join our Outpatient Musculoskeletal Team here at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust working cross site at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich and University Hospital Lewisham, a large London acute NHS trust with excellent transport links to central London.

Main duties of the job
We are a dynamic and forward-thinking department accepting patients from a wide range of sources including Consultants and GPs. You will rotate through specific musculoskeletal rotations of 8-month duration. We have a wide variety of rotations each with an emphasis on a specific area of the service, for example Hydrotherapy, our Staff Service, Fracture Clinic, Pelvic Health, Paediatrics, GP Practices, A&E, Back Rehabilitation, ACL Rehabilitation, Circuits, ESCAPE Knee Rehabilitation. We offer fantastic support and development opportunities with regular supervision and excellent in-service training.

Successful candidates will have a commitment to work on a weekend rota covering Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation.

About us
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development

Making equalities mainstream

Details
Date posted: 20 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum plus HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 197-KH8863
Closing date: 03 November 2026

Job responsibilities
To provide physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients in the Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust. To participate in the Band 6 MSK rotation scheme, which involves out-patient clinical areas. Rotations are approximately eight months' duration.

Key responsibilities

• To undertake a comprehensive and holistic assessment of patients including those with complex presentations / multi-pathologies.
• To use clinical assessment and reasoning skills combined with specialist knowledge to provide an effective treatment plan and goals in collaboration with the patient.
• To evaluate patients' progress, re-assess and alter treatment programmes as required.
• To be an active member of the Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation weekend rotas.
• To work in GP outreach clinics as necessary, with telephone support from a senior physiotherapist if required.
• To supervise and delegate to Assistants and Band 5 Physiotherapists.
• To maintain an accurate and evaluative record keeping system in accordance with the Trust and departmental policies.
• To participate in mandatory and statutory training, and to contribute to the education of Therapy Assistants and student physiotherapists.

Essential qualifications and experience

• Diploma / Degree in Physiotherapy.
• HCPC registration
• Undertaken a range of relevant postgraduate courses
• Wide ranging rotational physiotherapy experience at Band 5 level
• Experience of participating in audit and evidence based projects.
• Broad NHS experience in an acute trust as a qualified physiotherapist

Desirable

• MCSP
• Member of Special interest Group
• Previous experience at band 6 level
• Research experience.
• Experience of supervision and appraisal of physiotherapy staff and students
• IT skills - Ability to create and/or format data and/or complex spreadsheets using computerised systems

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Address: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, London, SE18 4QH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact: Outpatient Physiotherapy Lead, Rachael Reader, rachaelreader@nhs.net, 02083333251

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