Musculoskeletal Advanced Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 14 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,631 - £68,623 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 February 2026 |
| Location: | London, E11 1NR |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7736139/259-7736139WXH |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic, expert musculoskeletal clinician with leadership capability to work in our award winning MSK service at Whipps Cross and it’s community sites.
With proven skills in the management of musculoskeletal disorders at a senior level, the post holder must have excellent clinical communication and interpersonal skills and be able to teach and develop staff and students of all grades working within the service. The post holder will be encouraged and supported to develop their clinical, teaching, research and managerial skills. You will support the coordination, delivery, and governance of the MSK Physiotherapy services at Whipps Cross and satellite sites. You will join a team which includes MSK Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner Clinical Leads, Persistent pain service including psychology and a large MSK team working across 3 sites, offering an excellent opportunity to develop your skills within a supportive and friendly environment. We are also currently recruiting a consultant physiotherapist to support our staff and oversee service development and research.
• To provide clinical leadership for the Musculoskeletal and persistent pain team across Whipps Cross therapies and satellite sites,
• To act as an expert physiotherapy practitioner and leader within the wider therapies team, within Whipps cross hospital in the field of musculoskeletal through and out of the hospital,
• To undertake a cross-site AP clinical and leadership role within Barts Health NHS
Trust musculoskeletal services,
• To support the Deputy Head of Outpatient Therapies in the development of relevant
cross-site service and clinical initiatives and modernisations,
• To act as the lead clinical representative on agreed clinical and service development,
groups and boards,
• To provide highly specialist care of complex patients including extended scope
interventions and management as appropriate,
• To provide expert training, advice and clinical education to service providers, service
users and service commissioners,
• To have a clinical leadership role within therapies and professional leadership role for physiotherapy.
• To act as clinical lead for the Whipps Cross, Wanstead and Chingford therapy teams
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Jan 2026