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Band 6 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
The closing date is 06 August 2025
At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel.
Are you a Band 6 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist looking for an exciting role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities? If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a professional and patient focused individual with a strong commitment to providing a high quality service to work within our friendly and welcoming team at the Commando Training Centre, Primary Care Rehabilitation Facility, Exmouth.
The vacant post is full time working 37.5 hours per week. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.
Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
* Access to learning and development tailored to your role
* An environment with flexible working options
* A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
* Free parking
* Access to Gym
Main duties of the job
The physiotherapist will be expected to give full support to the Officer Commanding (OC) and Band 7 Physiotherapist within the Primary Care Rehabilitation Facility (PCRF) in ensuring the provision of a comprehensive and professional Physiotherapy/ Rehabilitation service for entitled personnel. This will include undertaking highly skilled and specialist work in the musculoskeletal/sports injuries area as well as being part of a multidisciplinary team providing rehabilitation to patients. The work will be primarily clinical but administrative and other professional activities will need to be undertaken as required.
About us
Our success depends on our people our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If youve ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but arenot limited to:
* To communicate effectively with patients to ensure informed consent for assessment and treatment, good understanding of their conditions and maximise their rehabilitation potential. Patients may have barriers to communication e.g. English as their second language.
* To be responsible for the safe and competent use of all electrotherapy and gym equipment, patient appliances and aids and ensure that other members of the multi-disciplinary team attain competence prior to use. The identification and reporting of work service requirements and repair needs within the department.
* The clinical education, supervision and support of more junior colleagues and students, providing a positive work environment. Assisting with specialised assessments of more complex conditions and ensuring that caseloads are managed at an appropriate level.
* The provision of complex clinical reports to supply clinical prognoses and comprehensive discharge planning for both referring source and ongoing patient care under other health professionals.
Pleaserefer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the fulllist of duties.
Selection Process :
The sift will be completed within 10 working days of the vacancy closingdate. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
The Selection at sift stage will be based on your CV application, once copied,and pasted onto your application. Ensure you prove that you have therequired skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications, and memberships inyour CV, max 3 pages.
At interview, you will be tested against the following Framework -
* NHSC1 - Communication
* NHSC2 - Personal and People Development
* NHSC4 Service Improvement
* NHSC5 - Quality
* HWB6 - Assessment and Treatment Planning
* HWB7 - Interventions and Treatment
Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set out in the JobDescription. You may wish to further include examples of how you havetackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job advert.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provideevidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence ofyour vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levelswill be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in theoffer of employment being withdrawn.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking intoaccount business needs.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours areundertaken.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Servicewill be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised)effective from the employment start date.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they canbe appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailedmust be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformedpersonnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by ourpatients when based at home.
The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess faresor temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible forthe full package, subject to eligibility.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came intoeffect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offersponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, wherea role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet thatcategory, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open toapplications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, yourapplication will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employmentwithdrawn.
Please note the Civil Service Nationality Rules will also need to be met. TheCivil Service Nationality Rules operate independently and in addition tothe UK Immigration Rules and must be met before an individual can takeup employment in the Civil Service. The Civil Service Nationality Rules donot apply to UK, Irish and Commonwealth nationals, or to those who areeligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme but do apply to all othernationalities- including EU/EEA nationals who are ineligible to apply to theEU Settlement Scheme.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veteran
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilitieswho meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonableadjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcing@mod.gov.uk.
The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful atinterview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will bediscussed with successful candidates following the interview process andbefore a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interestsmay not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in themajority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure thatmust be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in placeto manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from thefirst day of employment.
The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero tolerance approach to unacceptablebehaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment,discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not beconsidered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for suchunacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply ifyou resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision,would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in thatemployment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthyworking environment for its staff which includes educating them on thebenefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects ofsecond-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking.Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the useof all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobaccoproducts) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence workingenvironment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defencepersonnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. Allapplicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with theMinistry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already inplace at a number of Defence Establishments.
Person Specification
Membership and Registration Details
* Please provide your membership number.
* You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
* Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
Provide a CV
* Please provide and paste your full CV as your response to this question - You will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment. Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
* Please use double spacing where possible.
Experience
* Must have relevant experience in the assessment and treatment of musculo-skeletal disorders, sports injuries and orthopaedic conditions.
Behaviour Statement
* Have you been dismissed for gross misconduct relating to bullying, harassment, discrimination or victimisation from any role in the past five years, or resigned or otherwise left a role but would have been dismissed for such gross misconduct because of an adverse decision, had you continued in that employment?
* Please respond with Yes or No as appropriate.
Qualifications
* Degree in Physiotherapy plus additional musculoskeletal specialist training or experience to post graduate diploma level or equivalent.
* Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and a registered member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
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.
Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)
£37,338 to £44,962 a yearPer Annum *Pay award pending
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