Band 6 Physiotherapist

Band 6 Physiotherapist

The closing date is 11 March 2026

Go back Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel.

Do you have excellent communication and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise your workload? Are you a team worker with the capability to use your own initiative?

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 Whittington Barracks, Lichfield.

The vacant post is full time, fixed‑term, 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!

The role will give full support to the Line Manager 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 and training injury area.

• Access to learning and development tailored to your role
• Flexible working options
• Inclusive work culture
• Free parking
• Mess restaurant

Our success depends on our people – the Whole Force, consisting of regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from all backgrounds and to flexible ways of working. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave, and paternity leave, with pay of up to 26 weeks full pay, followed by statutory and unpaid periods.

We support learning and development that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and as part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in many professions and vocations. Let's see where your future takes you, together.

Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:

• Perform highly skilled physio therapeutic assessment of patients referred by the Medical Officer or regional physiotherapy teams. Presentations may include complex and acute/chronic physical and psychological conditions plus sports injuries. Use clinical reasoning skills to provide an accurate clinical diagnosis.
• Formulate, develop and deliver a specialised individualised treatment programme based on evidence‑based practice, manual assessment and appropriate clinical reasoning.
• Communicate effectively with patients to ensure informed consent, good understanding of their conditions and maximise rehabilitation potential. Be aware of communication barriers such as English as a second language.
• Adhere to Ministry of Defence (MOD) policies while delivering a service within a MOD establishment.
• Support and attend weekly and monthly Special Interest Group and Clinical Governance Meetings where audit, research, service and policy development is presented within the multidisciplinary team environment.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.

The sift will be completed within 10 working days of the Final date to receive applications. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

At application stage you will be assessed against the following:

CV

• Demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV. Remove personal details before submitting.
• Provide information on how you meet the criteria in the Job Description, including examples of relevant experience.

Artificial Intelligence may support your application but all examples and statements must be truthful and accurate, taken directly from your experience. Plagiarism may lead to withdrawal of the application.

At interview you will be assessed against the following framework:

• NHSC1 - Communication
• NHSC2 - Personal & People Development
• NHSC4 - Service…