First Contact Physiotherapist | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust for enthusiastic, dynamic, and well‑motivated physiotherapists with musculoskeletal experience to join our First Contact Physiotherapy Service.

As a First Contact Physiotherapist at the RWT PCN, you will work on‑site in GP practices as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team. You will assess, diagnose, and manage MSK patients of varying complexity at the first point of contact with full autonomy and clinical support. You will work closely with GPs, receptionists, nurses, and other MDT colleagues to deliver integrated, personalised patient care.

Use advanced clinical practice skills and clinical reasoning to provide comprehensive diagnostic and treatment support to patients who present with complex musculoskeletal conditions and/or multiple pathologies and/or mental health and/or pain management needs.

Provide expert advice and act as a source of expertise in the management of musculoskeletal conditions, offering specialist advisory services to patients, specialist physiotherapists, other specialist healthcare professionals and members of the primary care team, including advising GPs on management of MSK conditions.

Work autonomously, providing direct clinical/physiotherapeutic care for patients with a range of complex musculo‑skeletal conditions who may have significant other primary or secondary conditions/multi‑pathologies.

Develop integrated and tailored care programmes in partnership with patients through:

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• Effective shared decision‑making with a range of first‑line management options (appropriate for a patient’s level of activation).
  
• Assessing levels of Patient Activation to support a patient’s own level of knowledge, skills and confidence to self‑manage their conditions, ensuring they can evaluate and improve the effectiveness of self‑management interventions, particularly for those at low levels of activation.
  
• Agreeing with patients on appropriate support for self‑management through referral to rehabilitation‑focused services and wider social prescribing where appropriate.
  

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands, providing primary, acute and community services. We are proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve, and we are passionate about the value of diverse thinking and lived experience in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in compassionate care.

We are delighted to have been rated “Good” by the CQC and have received numerous awards, including the Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

Our Trust offers a supportive working environment with flexible arrangements to suit your needs and will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Closing date: 18 March 2026