MSK Physiotherapist (West) *Internal Applicants*

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) EMPLOYEES ONLY

We are delighted to offer a secondment opportunity to work within our MSK team in West Cumbria, offering a supportive and friendly environment.

Our team is a large MSK department situated along the Western edge of the Lake District. Our service is spread across departments offering a wide and varied opportunities to gain skills in the MSK field. An ability to travel across these sites is required. We have highly skilled physiotherapists working in each of these areas who will support you to achieve high standards of professional development.

The post is based in the MSK team, offering you the opportunity to work within a well-developed and supportive department in which we have a robust appraisal, preceptorship, clinical and management supervision provision.

You will need to be committed to working autonomously providing evidence based assessment, treatment and rehabilitation. You will manage a caseload where patients are referred from both Primary and Secondary care and include those from the wider MSK Pathway (including our First Contact Physiotherapists and Orthopaedic triage services). We support the education of physiotherapy students, as well as apprentices, and we would anticipate you would support with their development.

If this sounds like it is the role for you, please see the job description and contact Laura Hocking if further information is required.

Main duties of the job

This post is a static MSK role providing assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients requiring MSK treatment and rehabilitation.

You will work within the IMSK team, consolidating and building upon undergraduate experience, clinical skills and knowledge through CPD, participation in a structured IST programme and self-directed learning.

You will contribute to continuous service improvement, monitoring and improving standards of MSK care in accordance with Regional, National and International guidelines.

You will work autonomously with a caseload of patients undertaking assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and providing appropriate advice, management and onward referral where required.

You will perform comprehensive physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations, physical conditions and multi-pathologies using clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition. This may include interpretation and analysis of clinical and information and investigations.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Recognised Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy.
  • HCPC registered
  • Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Comprehensive undergraduate clinical placements.
  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development/Lifelong Learning Activities.
  • Sound understanding of theory underpinning physiotherapy practice.

Desirable

  • Relevant post graduate clinical experience
  • Experience of Electronic Patient Record (EPR)

Skills & Aptitudes

Essential

  • Demonstrate an understanding of evidence based clinical practice.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of Continuing Professional Development.

Desirable

  • Understanding of local and national “service drivers” for Physiotherapy
  • Leadership skills

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Take an active part in training for personal and professional development
  • Act in ways that support equality and value diversity
  • Willing to actively take part in training of others
  • Ability to travel across sites

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 2 August 2026

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