Highly Specialist Physiotherapist- First Contact Practitionert in Eastbourne

Are you an experienced and enthusiastic Highly Specialist Physiotherapist looking to make a real impact in MSK care? Join our dynamic, well‑established MSK team and play a key role in delivering exceptional patient experiences within a supportive and forward‑thinking department. This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your expertise to varied clinical settings and patient groups.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead autonomous FCP clinics within GP practices, providing expert assessment, diagnosis, and management of MSK conditions at first contact.
• Apply advanced clinical reasoning to deliver personalised, evidence‑based treatment plans and support shared decision‑making.
• Collaborate with a skilled multidisciplinary team, contributing to seamless, patient‑centred care pathways.
• Drive service quality through participation in clinical audits and service evaluations.
• Manage a diverse outpatient caseload and help develop others through supervision and mentorship.

About You

• HCPC-registered Physiotherapist.
• Strong background in orthopaedics and MSK physiotherapy, including post‑operative rehab.
• Excellent assessment, clinical reasoning, and treatment‑planning skills.
• Experience contributing to service improvement or audit activity.
• Confident communicator with effective teaching and mentoring skills.
• Self‑motivated, adaptable, and comfortable working independently and in leadership roles.
• Up‑to‑date knowledge of MSK evidence and best practice.
• A working approach aligned with our values: Caring | Friendly | Quality | Integrity | Pride.

What We Offer

• Salary: Up to £50,583.00 per annum (full‑time equivalent, pro-rata according to hours and experience).
• Contract: Full time - Permanent.
• Hours: Part time (37.5 hours per week).
• Locations: Eastbourne.

Right to work in the UK: In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencing employment. We have assessed this role and it does not meet the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. As such, we will not be accepting any visa sponsorships for this role, and candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK independently, without sponsorship from Horder Healthcare.

At Horder Healthcare, we are proud to champion and celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in all areas of our business. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to protected characteristics by applicable law.

In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Due to the nature of work here at Horder Healthcare, and to ensure that we remain committed to our Safeguarding policy, any applicant upon an initial offer of employment will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References and Occupational Health checks will also be taken up before appointment.