Band 6 Physiotherapist Musculoskeletal

Job summary

We have an opportunity for dynamic and enthusiastic Band 6 Physiotherapists to join our outpatient musculoskeletal service. We can offer the successful candidates experience in our single point access service triaging musculoskeletal referrals for our 3 boroughs.

Working alongside senior staff in virtual fracture clinic. In addition to gaining expertise within our highly experienced and supportive musculoskeletal team. There may also be an opportunity to work with our highly experienced hand therapy team.

You will need core orthopaedic, manual therapy and exercise therapy skills and an ability to adopt a bio- psychosocial approach to patient management. Experience of working in a musculoskeletal outpatient clinic setting that provides physiotherapy for GP and orthopaedic services is essential.

All new staff appointed to posts at the Trust will be subject to a 6-month probationary period. This will give new staff members an opportunity to become familiar with the culture and working environment of the Trust.

Please note that interviews will be conducted in person only. Virtual interviews cannot be accommodated for this recruitment process.

To provide a high standard of physiotherapy service, facilitating and maximising patient potential within the service boundaries

To fulfil a teaching and supervisory role with peers, Junior staff and Students on placement

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefit ting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Date posted: 08 September 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £45,953 to £54,254 a year Per Annum Inclusive

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 162-7892-CCS-B

Job locations: King George Hospital, Barley Ln, Ilford, IG3 8YB
, United Kingdom

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of limitations of own clinical practice and identify appropriate solutions
• Ability to demonstrate skills in assessment and treatment of patients in line with current practise and research
• Understand clinical governance and its implications for service delivery and demonstrate evidence of its application ie audit
• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information (verbal, non‑verbal and written) in an accurate, clear and logical manner
• Supervision of other staff i.e. assistants and technical instructors
• To have broad clinical experience during Band 5 rotations including MSK
• Some…