We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join the Outpatient Musculoskeletal (MSK) Service at UHCW.
This role includes a 12‑month rotation across three key sites:
* UHCW Hospital Site
* City of Coventry Health Centre
* Rugby St Cross Hospital
The rotation is designed to broaden your clinical experience, develop your skills, and provide insight into the full MSK outpatient pathway. You will work with a wide variety of patient presentations while gaining a strong understanding of how each site operates and contributes to the wider service.
Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.
Successful candidates will become part of a dynamic service delivering high‑quality MSK care that is timely and equitable across all three sites. The MSK outpatient service is made up of Physiotherapists, Technical Instructors, First Contact Practitioners, Advanced Practice Physiotherapists, Extended Scope Practitioners and Consultant Physiotherapists.
Responsibilities
* Manage a caseload of primary and secondary care patients with varying diagnosis and/or complex needs, using evidence‑based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in a defined clinical area.
* Ensure development of junior staff through supervision, training and annual appraisal.
* Participate in the planning, development and evaluation of clinical practice and service development within area.
* Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust Physiotherapy service.
* Take a lead for information management to ensure high quality data which is recorded, evaluated & reported in a timely manner.
Professional
* Work as an autonomous practitioner and member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to team discussions and influencing decisions about patient care programmes, and possibly acting as care coordinator or vocational lead where relevant.
* Carry out treatment using a broad variety of modalities and clinical reasoning to select the most appropriate technique, evaluate, modify and record all interventions and outcomes, adapting them to meet patient needs.
* Use highly developed manual treatment skills requiring coordination, sensation & dexterity.
* Produce and deliver an annual report specific to own clinical area and participate in the delivery of the Physiotherapy business plan.
* Work in accordance with CSP & HPC rules of professional conduct and within local care pathways, policies and standards.
* Establish and maintain effective communication networks with patients, carers, MDT, other workers and agencies across health, social care and the private sector locally and regionally.
* Promote awareness of the role of Physiotherapy.
* Network nationally across other Physiotherapy providers and educators to develop best practice and improve service delivery for patients.
* Be responsible for own personal development, maintaining competence and fitness to practice as a Specialist Physiotherapist in own specialist area, and meeting HPC evidence‑based portfolio requirements.
* Be responsible for the supervision and written assessment of physiotherapy students on practice placement within the Trust.
* Contribute to the Trust’s divisional and team clinical governance arrangements and quality agenda, including setting and monitoring of practice standards, clinical risks, CAE & health & safety.
* Assist in the recruitment and selection of junior staff.
Closing Date: This advert will close on Tuesday 14 Apr 2026.
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