Team Lead Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

We are looking for an MSK (Musculoskeletal) physiotherapist who is:

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• Able to provide excellent and evidence based care to patients.
  
• A natural leader; a clinician that follows their initiative and is able to think and work “outside the box”.
  
• A team‑player who is willing to go the extra mile, where necessary, to deliver.
  

You would join a diverse team of physiotherapists, assistants, clinical specialists and the lead clinical academic for therapies.

We are a secondary care outpatient MSK service, accepting consultant referrals from within Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Our 3 hospital sites are: St Mary’s Hospital – a Major Trauma Centre, Charing Cross Hospital – a Specialist Elective Centre and Hammersmith Hospital – our Rheumatology and occupational health base.

The clinical caseload will offer exposure to a variety of simple and complex MSK presentations. You will rotate across sites and specialist MSK clinics specifically designed to upskill band 7s. We have a new physio occupational health service, the team leads manage this caseload to gain exposure to first contact type of referrals.

The successful candidate will have minimum three years relevant, recent experience at Band 6 level (or equivalent) in the musculoskeletal field. NHS experience is essential. You will be part of the inpatient orthopaedic weekend rota with compensatory rest‑days mid‑week. Flexible working/secondment contracts may be considered.

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• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
  
• To provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced clinical reasoning, evidence‑based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills and specialist assessment techniques.
  
• To plan and organise time efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time. To be accountable for the designated area of work.
  
• To flexibly manage responsibilities for own complex caseload, service delivery and teaching commitments. To decide priorities for own work, balancing other patient related and professional demands and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the teams as a whole.
  
• As a lead member of the department, ensure teaching programmes and clinical education/supervision meet the needs of more junior staff’s education and development to ensure that a specialist knowledge of intervention is acquired at all levels. To develop and conduct local in‑service and MDT training.
  
• To employ excellent presentation skills to promote multidisciplinary and interagency liaison and collaborative practice to a broad range of audiences, including other professionals and users.
  

At Imperial College Healthcare, you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values – expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Feb 2026.