University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 7 Senior Physiotherapist Team Leader MSK
The closing date is 16 June 2026
Do you want to work in a dynamic, innovative Trust, where there is a strong focus on staff wellbeing and development?
A vacancy has arisen for a Senior Physiotherapist (Team Leader) Musculoskeletal Outpatients to join our large team.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is part of the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and has good transport links to the City Centre.
We are at an exciting time with work progressing well on our new Therapy Outpatient Department, which will give a new modern therapy MDT environment in 2027.
This is an opportunity for applicants looking to move into a more senior position, who have considerable senior experience assessing and treating acute and chronic conditions in an Acute NHS setting. Within the team we have opportunities to work in FCP roles, Major trauma clinics, Fracture clinics, T&O clinics, Spinal clinics, Pain clinics, ED, SEMS and Haemophilia, all closely with the MDT.
The Physiotherapy service actively supports CPD and personal development for all staff. We have a comprehensive in-service training programme at all levels and structured supervision. We have an experienced team of Clinical Specialists supporting Senior staff.
Please follow this link for a video of our services: https://vimeo.com/984151860/ed0a106619?share=copy
We have full-time post and part-time opportunities.
Interviews will be face to face and reasonable adjustments will be considered so please contact us if shortlisted.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to contribute to service development, quality improvement and operational delivery. This will include tasks as requested by Clinical Specialist or Senior Management as required. This may include periods of Team Leader of the day to support department operations.
You will be expected to be flexible with working hours to cover late clinics and weekend work. You will be expected to support our weekend trauma rota.
You should have experience of managing both qualified and non-qualified staff and will be expected to assist in their development.
Evidence of leadership competency or qualification is required.
There are ample opportunities for CPD.
The successful candidate will be dynamic and highly skilled in managing a complex caseload of patients with acute and chronic conditions and work within the MDT in consultant clinics in a variety of specialities. You will also participate in triage of referrals.
You should have experience of working in an acute NHS Trust and management of acute and chronic conditions in an outpatient setting.
You will be expected to manage and support students and more junior staff as required and contribute to their development. You will partake in the delivery of a comprehensive in-service training programme. All behaviours should be in line with the trust behavioural framework.
Qualifications
- Appropriate Physiotherapy or professional qualification e.g. MCSP/ BSc or MSc.
- Registration with Health Care Professions Council
- CSP or equivalent professional registration
- Evidence of commitment to advanced clinical and non-clinical continued professional development within own speciality, e.g. post registration training, management / Leadership competencies and evidence of a detailed personal development portfolio
- Relevant, accredited, postgraduate education/courses in musculoskeletal physiotherapy
- Post registration MSc
- Attended student educator course
Experience
- Significant senior post registration experience of which considerable experience has been in a musculoskeletal specialty in an acute NHS organisation. To include experience of treating acute and chronic patients.
- Experience of staff management including supervision and of development and performance management of staff.
- Significant experience in education and clinical training of others.
- Some experience of clinical/service evaluation
- Proficient knowledge and skill in the specialist assessment and treatment of a wide range of complex acute and chronic clinical presentations relating to the musculoskeletal patient.
- Excellent knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
- Awareness of current evidence in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and application to clinical practice, using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
- Good understanding of IT systems and its application to clinical practice.
- Good knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management
- Understands the legal responsibilities of the profession
- Good understanding of principles of data and statistics and experience of their use in evaluation of service delivery
- Knowledge and understanding of the research process.
- Teaching experience to uni and multi-professional groups with evidence of ability to deliver high quality presentations
Additional Criteria
- Ability to work autonomously within specialist clinical area & undertake clinical analysis and reasoning skills in the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal patients and apply broad standards & guidelines to own practice.
- Well-developed specialist therapeutic handling skill relevant to this specialty.
- Leadership and influential skills, able to lead and command confidence in senior therapists, consultants, senior nurses and managers within and related to musculoskeletal services
- Able to demonstrate the ability to select and apply a wide range treatment options for a range of clinical presentations.
- Good verbal & written skills; able to communicate complex clinical information in a clear and logical manner to patients, colleagues and other healthcare professional concerning a wide range of clinical situations.
- Proven organisational skills including prioritisation and delegation
- On-call skills (if appropriate to this post) and able to provide advice and patient assessment as a lone physiotherapist in an on-call situation
- Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the differing needs of patients.
- Strong sense of professional integrity, and compliance with Trust vision and values.
- Ability to be self-motivated and to motivate team.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Physically fit and resilient, able to meet the physical and emotional demands of the post.
- Able and willing to work flexibly in order to meet service priorities.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills and able to meet deadlines and targets
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Able to demonstrate advanced physical skills especially in precision, dexterity and hand-eye/sensory co-ordination in order to undertake e.g. palpation and mobilisation at an advanced level.
- Ability to constructively challenge current practice and identify opportunity to develop, implement and facilitate change in practice by others.
- Good teaching, supervisory and appraisal skills
- Able to interpret and analyse a range of policy, clinical guidelines and data and their relevance for practice.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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