Job summary
- Main area
- Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Practitioner (Advanced Practitioner)
- Grade
- 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Tuesday-Friday)
- Job ref
- 396-779-NN-7404891-DE-AL-Z
- Employer
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingston Hospital and other local clinics
- Town
- Kingston upon Thames
- Closing
- 07/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Practitioner (AP)
8a
Home, community, hospital
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.
Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.
We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.
Our Trust values
These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.
- Compassionate: We provide care with kindness, understanding, and empathy for all.
- Inclusive: We embrace diversity and respect the unique contributions of every individual.
- Collaborative: We foster teamwork across all levels, working together and with our partners to deliver the best outcomes.
- Inspiring: We are committed to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care, staff development, and innovation.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an established Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Practitioner team (Advanced Practice) at Kingston Hospital. The team is led by an MSK Physiotherapy Consultant and supported by the Orthopaedics department. We work covering clinics at Kingston and off site in local locations. We work closely with our secondary and primary care colleagues and also have a Spinal MDT with the Neurosurgeons at St George's.
Although a general specialty role, we are looking for experience with Hand patients, as this role will have a Hand bias predominantly, but in house training and support will also be provided.
The role includes triage and assessment of patients referred for an Orthopaedic opinion, as well as carrying a physiotherapy caseload. The job plan covers the Advanced practice job plan of 70:30 (clinical:non-clinical) with protected time for four pillar activity.
Whilst we are looking for an experienced Advanced Practitioner, we would also welcome Trainee AP's who are in their thrird year of an AP MSc.
Main duties of the job
• To works as an autonomous OPP and provide expert orthopaedic assessment, clinical diagnosis, and management in an extended scope role in both the Orthopaedic and Physiotherapy departments.
• To triage orthopaedic referrals and make a decision whether the patient should have an appointment with an orthopaedic surgeon or OPP.
• To refer patients from primary and secondary care services onto appropriate specialities according to agreed pathways, e.g. physiotherapy, rheumatology, neurosurgery and pain clinic.
• Be the physiotherapy lead within a multi-disciplinary team, providing specialist advice to other specialist health professionals, such as GPs, Orthopaedic, Rheumatology, Neurology and Pain Management Consultants, Specialist Registrars, Senior House Officers, GPs with Special Interest, and others as necessary.
• To take a lead role in identifying research and audit needs in the musculoskeletal physiotherapy service and orthopaedic department; and develop a research and evidence based practice culture.
• To identify clinical research and audit priorities in order to drive the ESP and musculoskeletal physiotherapy clinical development strategy.
• To provide clinical education and act as a source of the highest specialist knowledge for other physiotherapy team members when encountering complex and/or problematic clinical situations that need immediate clinical input and provide advice for the ongoing management of such patients.
Working for our organisation
Development and staff wellbeing
Your growth and personal happiness matters to us. After all, we can’t expect the best from you if we don’t invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing. From the moment you join us, we’re committed to fostering your professional and personal development within a supportive, empowering environment. Whether you’re just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed. We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.
To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including an on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.
We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly ‘shoutouts’ and patient feedback, monthly and annual awards.
Wherever you work across our organisation, we look forward to welcoming you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- MSc Advanced Practice or equivalent
- Diploma/BSc Degree in Physiotherapy
- State registration with Health Professions Council
- Number of post graduate experience
- Evaluation of clinical practice, including involvement in audit, management, research and service quality issues.
- Expert knowledge and experience of assessment, and administration of a wide range of approaches in the effective management of neuromusculoskeletal disorders, including relevant postgraduate training.
- Expert knowledge of evidence based practice.
- Knowledge of the influence of psychosocial and cultural factors, and health/illness behaviours.
- Evidence of working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Evidence of effective team work across primary and secondary care services and trusts.
Desirable criteria
- AP Digital badge
- MACP Membership
- MSc module or similar qualification in Injection Therapy
- Membership of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
- Leadership management training
- Training of other physiotherapists and students
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Ability to present information, written and spoken, in a clear and logical manner to all levels of staff including management or senior medical staff.
Your application: Please ensure your supporting statement aligns with the job description and person specification, as your application will be assessed against these criteria.
Artificial Intelligence: We kindly ask that you refrain from using AI tools to draft your application, as we value authentic, individual responses that reflect your own communication style.
References: Please provide 3 years of employment/educational history with professional email addresses (not personal ones like Hotmail or Gmail). If you cannot supply these, inform the interviewers to avoid delays in pre-employment checks.
Closing date: To keep our recruitment process efficient, some vacancies may be capped and closed early once we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted by email or SMS from the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted. Please check your registered Trac email regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults at risk of harm. For roles involving direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All employees, however, hold a responsibility to safeguard children and vulnerable adults as part of their duties and to understand the specific safeguarding responsibilities associated with their role.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Morrison
- Job title
- Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Operational Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8934 2510
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