Band 7 Advanced Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

The closing date is 26 March 2025

Job summary

At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel.

Are you a Band 7 Advanced Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist looking for an exciting role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities? If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a professional and patient focused individual with a strong commitment to providing a high-quality service to work within our friendly and welcoming team at Bulford Healthcare Facility, Bulford, Salisbury.

The vacant post is full time working 37.5 hours per week. Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

Benefits

Access to learning and development tailored to your role
A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
NHS Pension
Professional Registration Fees Reimbursed
Parking

Main duties of the job

The Regional Rehabilitation Unit (RRU) Advanced Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapist will lead clinical services for referred patients in accordance with Defence Medical Services Guidelines and associated Defence Rehabilitation Policy under the direction of the Officer Commanding (OC).

They will uphold and develop professional standards through delivery of clinical leadership and continuous improvement in accordance with Healthcare Professions Council (HCPC) guidelines and Civil Service core standards.

About us

Our success depends on our people our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us. Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay. In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before.

Let's see where your future will take you, together

Date posted

06 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

K0003-25-0120

Job locations

Bulford Healthcare Facility

Kandy Road

Bulford Barracks

Salisbury

SP4 9AA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities for the role include, but are not limited to:

Provide an advanced MSK service. Triage, assess, diagnose, provide specialist interventions and care pathway management direction for complex patients referred to the RRU within Multi-Disciplinary Injury Assessment Clinics (MIACs) and residential rehabilitation courses. These may include diverse, persistent physical and associated psychological conditions requiring advanced clinical reasoning and decision making.
Facilitate referrals. Assist the MIAC Consultant/Medical Officer with diagnostic and secondary care referrals, use and interpret diagnostic ultrasound and autonomously complete investigation requests if indicated in accordance with local requirement and training. Use the results of investigations to assist decision making within the patients care pathway.
Line manage staff and support the OC. Assume line management responsibilities in accordance with Defence Medical Services (DMS) policy and local direction, including appraisal and administrative processes to set and maintain clinical direction. Manage the day-to-day running of the RRU in the absence of the Officer Commanding (OC) and Second in Command (2iC) RRU. Undertake any post-appropriate secondary duty responsibilities requested by Line Manager.
Lead residential course output. Lead the residential course team to perform a high-quality rehabilitation service based on best practice, including provision of evidence-based rehabilitation and educational interventions to enhance patient outcomes. Complete clinical interventions and support staff with discharge plans, including completion of referrals and timely discharge reports.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.

Selection Process

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV.Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework:

NHS Core NHSC1 Communication

NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development

NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement

NHS Core NHSC5 Quality

NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning

NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment

You will also be required to review a case study at interview covering NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning and NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview. All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Please see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-based questions. Hints and tips such as:

Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit. https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed

When choosing your Behaviour/Technical Skills examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.

We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the pointsbased system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. Details can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-thecivil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivperssgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments. For details on our complaints procedures, please see attached Important Information document.