SBU/Department: Institute of Sport, School of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
FTE: 1 FTE (working 37 hours per week)
Duration of Contract: 3 Year Fixed Term Contract
Salary: UH7 £38,784pa to £46,049pa by annual increments on achieving designated skills and experience
Annual Leave: 25 days plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year
Location: Herts Sports Village, University of Hertfordshire
Main duties and responsibilities
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Lead Therapist to support the development and delivery of the innovative Musculoskeletal (MSK) Rehabilitation Pathway and associated MSK Clinic. This is a key role supporting adults living with MSK conditions, particularly those most affected by health inequalities, by providing high-quality clinical assessment, rehabilitation, and support to help individuals improve their health outcomes and remain physically active.
This role will lead and manage the operational delivery of the MSK Clinic, ensuring safe, effective and efficient service provision. You will provide specialist MSK assessment and treatment through one-to-one clinical appointments and group-based exercise and rehabilitation sessions, while overseeing the day-to-day coordination of the clinic to ensure a high standard of patient care and smooth patient flow throughout the service.
Skills and experience required
You will have applied experience in physiotherapy or a directly related area. You will demonstrable experience of assessing and treating musculoskeletal conditions. You will demonstrate experience of delivering both one-to-one clinical appointments and group-based exercise or rehabilitation sessions, with the ability to support individuals with a range of MSK conditions.
You will have experience of leading or coordinating projects, with the ability to manage day-to-day service delivery and ensure safe, effective and person-centred care. You will be confident working with a range of partners and stakeholders and able to build positive working relationships across health, community, voluntary and local authority sectors.
You will have the ability to collect, manage and report on monitoring data and outcomes, using spreadsheets or database systems where required. You will have strong communication skills, with confidence presenting information and delivering education sessions both in person and virtually.
Qualifications required
You will hold an undergraduate degree or equivalent level 6 qualification in Physiotherapy or Sports Therapy and Registration with the Health Care Professions Council.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE
The University requires that the successful applicant who is offered employment may require a DBS at a later date due to the nature of the work involved.
Overseas applicants and UK applicants who have lived abroad
Successful applicants from overseas will be required to produce a criminal records check, or 'Certificate of Good Character', from any country in which they have been resident, consecutively or cumulatively, in the previous 10 years.
Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria. Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification.
We regret that we are unable to offer UKVI sponsorship for this post; applicants will either hold UK Right to Work or demonstrate access to UK Right to Work before an offer is made.
Previous applicants need not re-apply
Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: Jenny Jones J.a.jones@herts.ac.uk, Subject Group Lead for the Institute of Sport.
Closing Date: 13 October 2026
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Date advert placed: 29 September 2026
£38,784 to £46,049 pa by annual increments on achieving designated skills and experience. UH7