Musculoskeletal Specialist Physiotherapist

Are you seeking to specialise in MSK? Would you like excellent mentorship and training? If yes, then join our team!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist to join our Outpatient Musculoskeletal Team here at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust working cross site at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich and University Hospital Lewisham, a large London acute NHS trust with excellent transport links to central London.

We are a dynamic and forward-thinking department accepting patients from a wide range of sources including Consultants and GPs. You will rotate through specific musculoskeletal rotations of 8-month duration. We have a wide variety of rotations each with an emphasis on a specific area of the service, for example Hydrotherapy, our Staff Service, Fracture Clinic, Pelvic Health, Paediatrics, GP Practices, A&E, Back Rehabilitation, ACL Rehabilitation, Circuits, ESCAPE Knee Rehabilitation. We offer fantastic support and development opportunities with regular supervision and excellent in-service training.

Successful candidates will have a commitment to work on a weekend rota covering Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

Our People Are Our Greatest Asset. When We Feel Supported And Happy At Work, This Positivity Reaches Those Very People We Are Here For, The Patients. Engaged Employees Perform At Their Best And Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives Contribute To Cultivate a Culture Of Engagement. We Have Four Staff Networks, a Corporate EDI Team And a Suite Of Programmes And Events Which Aim To Insert The 5 Aspirations

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development

Making equalities mainstream

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachael Reader Job title: Outpatient Physiotherapy Lead Email address: rachaelreader@nhs.net Telephone number: 0208 333 3251