Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Band 6 Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapist

The closing date is 02 July 2025

Job summary

At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel. Are you a Band 6 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist looking for an exciting role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities? If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a professional and patient focused individual with a strong commitment to providing a high-quality service to work within our friendly and welcoming team at RAF Halton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

Benefits

Access to learning and development tailored to your role
A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
NHS Pension
Professional Registration Fees Reimbursed
Free car park
RRA NHS long term fixed rate
Access to gym on site

Main duties of the job

The Regional Rehabilitation Unit (RRU) Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapist will provide a comprehensive and professional physiotherapy and residential rehabilitation service for entitled personnel as part of a team.

You will uphold professional standards through enhanced MSK clinical delivery and continuous improvement in accordance with Healthcare Professions Council (HCPC) guidelines and Civil Service core standards.

About us

Our success depends on our people our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.

Date posted

19 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

K0003-25-0282

Job locations

Royal Air Force (RAF) Halton

Aylesbury

Buckinghamshire

HP22 5PG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities for the role include, but are not limited to:

Delivering physiotherapy assessments, interventions, education sessions, tailored exercise programmes and discharge plans for patients utilising Defence and National best-practice guidelines within a structured course setting as part of a rehabilitation team.
Using enhanced clinical reasoning, communication strategies and interpersonal skills to maximise occupational outcomes for personnel with diverse and complex MSK presentations including post-operative, persistent pain, sporting and high performance populations.
Enabling seamless care pathway management, ensuring exercise programmes, summary reports and referrals are completed in a timely manner on course discharge.
Assisting the course Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor (ERI) or Exercise Therapist (ET) in operational delivery of the course programme whilst retaining clinical leadership of patients care.
Delivering additional specialist outpatient interventions alongside course delivery as indicated in line with training and experience, including Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT). Support the wider clinical team and develop service expertise by contributing to clinical triage, Multidisciplinary Injury Assessment Clinic (MIAC) activity and administrative tasks as indicated.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.

Selection Process

At application stage you will be assessed against the following:

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history and previous skills and experience
Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description. You may wish to further include examples of how you have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job advert.
When choosing your Technical Skills examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

At interview you will be assessed against the following:

NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
NHS Core NHSC5 Quality

At interview stage you will also be required to provide a case study covering HWB6 - Assessment and Treatment Planning , and HWB7 - Interventions and Treatment. This will be given just before the interview.

The sift will be completed within 10 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcing@mod.gov.uk.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.