Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.
Are you an enthusiastic and motivated Physiotherapist looking to develop your career within a supportive and dynamic Musculoskeletal (MSK) service? We have an exciting opportunity to join our Integrated Musculoskeletal Services team, which includes Physiotherapy Outpatients, Community Orthopaedics and the Community Chronic Pain Service.
You will provide comprehensive musculoskeletal assessment and treatment to outpatients across community hospital physiotherapy departments and outreach clinics, delivering care through a blend of face-to-face and virtual consultations. Working under the guidance and supervision of experienced senior physiotherapists, you will manage your own caseload while developing your clinical skills and confidence in a wide range of MSK conditions.
This role offers excellent opportunities for learning, professional development and collaborative working within a multidisciplinary team committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
Provide comprehensive musculoskeletal assessment, treatment, management and evaluation for outpatients with a wide range of MSK conditions.
Manage an allocated caseload independently, under the supervision and guidance of senior physiotherapists.
Develop, implement and review patient-centred treatment plans in partnership with patients, their families and carers.
Deliver high-quality care through a combination of face-to-face and virtual consultations.
Use sound clinical reasoning, effective risk assessment and professional judgement to ensure patient safety at all times.
Apply evidence-based practice, current clinical guidelines and Trust policies to achieve the best possible patient outcomes.
Promote positive patient experiences by treating individuals with dignity, respect and compassion, and involving them in care planning and decision-making.
Undertake a range of physiotherapy interventions to support both individual and group rehabilitation programmes.
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic care programmes that meet patients’ physical, functional and wellbeing needs.
Work collaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary Integrated Musculoskeletal Services team to ensure effective and coordinated care.
Maintain accurate, timely and legally compliant clinical records and documentation.
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. Following integration and to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent .
We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.
We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.
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As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via
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The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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