Physiotherapy Practitioner - Orthopaedic Outpatient Clinics

Role Overview

We are seeking an advanced physiotherapy clinical practitioner to operate within the Orthopaedic Outpatient Consultant Clinics specialising in designated orthopaedic areas. This role involves utilising advanced clinical reasoning to provide expert advice and support to both physiotherapy and broader clinical teams, whilst autonomously managing a caseload of highly complex patient cases referred to the service.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive, autonomous assessments of complex patients presenting with multiple pathologies using advanced biopsychosocial clinical reasoning, expert evidence-based practice knowledge, and advanced rehabilitation skills.
• Interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical information, including sensitive or emotive data, demonstrating critical awareness of knowledge in orthopaedics and interdisciplinary fields.
• Utilise advanced clinical decision-making to develop, guide, and support effective treatment pathways and rehabilitation plans, ensuring clear and consistent delivery.

About Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

One of the largest NHS teaching trusts, providing a broad range of general and specialised clinical services across four hospitals: John Radcliffe, Churchill, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, and Horton General Hospital. The Trust is committed to medical education, training, and research alongside delivering compassionate, high-quality care governed by values such as compassion, respect, learning, and improvement.

Organisational Values

Our initiative, Delivering Compassionate Excellence, embodies our core values focused on patient-centred care and professional integrity. In alignment with NHS England's sexual safety charter launched in 2023, we enforce zero tolerance towards inappropriate sexual behaviour, maintaining a safe, respectful recruitment process.

Contact Information

For further information or informal visits, please contact:
Sam Hynes, Hip and Knee Physiotherapy Lead - Email: sam.hynes@ouh.nhs.uk, Phone: 01865 738079
Karen Barker - Email: karen.barker@ouh.nhs.uk, Phone: 01865 738080