Band 6 Senior Orthopaedic Physiotherapist

Job summary
Across the sites of Barking, Havering, and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust (BHRUT) we are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Physiotherapist with a special interest in Orthopaedics to join our friendly and highly skilled team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and support staff on a full-time basis.

The post will include rotations in trauma, community and elective inpatients. You will be able to provide a high standard of physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for their patients, as well as having excellent communication skills. The post involves close working with the MDT to provide evidence-based patient-centred care in a variety of settings. In return you will receive regular supervision and support, as well as training and career development opportunities.

We are a dynamic and driven service, with lots of opportunities for involvement in service development as we work towards the goal of establishing the best care and treatment for our patients throughout their journey at BHRUT.

The post will include weekend and twilight working.

Main duties of the job
To provide a high standard of physiotherapy service, as determined by your area of speciality, facilitating and maximising patient potential within the service boundaries. To fulfil a teaching and supervisory role with peers, Band 5 staff and students on placement.

About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Details
Date posted: 21 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £45,953 to £54,254 a year per annum inclusive
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 162-8024-CCS
Job locations: Queen's Hospital, Rom Valley Way, Romford, RM7 0AG, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Education / Qualification

• Essential: Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
• Essential: HCPC registration
• Desirable: Post graduate clinical training
• Desirable: Clinical supervisors training

Skills / Abilities

• Essential: Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
• Essential: Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information (Verbal, non-verbal and written) in an accurate, clear and logical manner
• Essential: Ability to cope working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients, family and carers
• Essential: Ability to work at moderate to intense physical effort throughout the day
• Desirable: Competent IT skills
• Desirable: Supervision of other staff e.g. assistant staff

Experience / Knowledge

• Essential: To have proven clinical experience during junior rotations in an acute hospital setting
• Desirable: To have proven clinical experience during junior rotations or equivalent including orthopaedics

Personal Qualities

• Essential: Team worker
• Essential: Flexible approach
• Essential: Reliable

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact details
Contact: Jenny Smith, Clinical Lead Physiotherapist for Orthopaedics, View email address on meeveem.com, View phone number on meeveem.com

Apply through our website
Applications should be made online. Queries regarding the application process can be directed to Sarah Wood, Recruitment Advisor, on View phone number on meeveem.com.