Job Introduction Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (Spines) – Band 8a Fixed Term – 9 Months | 31.5 Hours per Week An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled and experienced clinician to join our Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy service as a Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner. This is a Band 8a, fixed-term post for 31.5 hours per week over a 9‑month period, commencing 4 May 2026. The Role The post holder will work autonomously as a Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner, with a particular focus on spinal conditions. You will be responsible for the triage, assessment, diagnosis and management of patients presenting with a defined range of conditions, including complex and highly specialised cases. This role carries a high level of clinical responsibility, requiring advanced clinical reasoning, expert decision‑making, and in‑depth knowledge of orthopaedics and related disciplines. The post holder will take responsibility for the entire patient journey, ensuring safe, effective and patient‑centred care. Service Development and Governance In addition to clinical duties, the role requires active involvement in the development, improvement and delivery of the service. You will contribute to meeting service objectives, maintaining high standards of care, and ensuring compliance with Care Quality Commission (CQC) requirements. Base Location The base location will be to be confirmed, but the role will involve working across: Chippenham Hospital and Malmesbury Care Centre, Wiltshire About You You will be an experienced musculoskeletal physiotherapist with significant expertise in spinal conditions, confident working at an advanced level and contributing strategically to service development. Package Description As a Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner you will be part of our valued team in our MSK OIS Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: £55,690 (Band 8a AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission About The Company We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. 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