Band 8b Consultant Physiotherapist

Go back Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

The closing date is 16 February 2026

Here at Regional Rehabilitation Unit (RRU), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.

We are looking to recruit a Band 8b Consultant Physiotherapist with vision, substantial clinical experience, and excellent team focus, who can adapt to a unique organisation and is able to deliver the highest standards of professional practice.

Are you looking for a new challenge and would like to add military rehabilitation healthcare to your career portfolio? This could be the role for you!

This is a part time position, offering 16 working hours per week.

You will feel valued as a Consultant Physiotherapist with RRU, receiving access to outstanding rewards and employee benefits including:

• Free parking
• Access to gym
• Professional registration fees re‑imbursed
• An inclusive working environment
• Learning and development opportunities

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

You will provide consultant‑level clinical expertise to service personnel referred to the regional rehabilitation unit, working closely with sport and exercise medicine (SEM) doctor and physiotherapist colleagues. You will also contribute to the strategic development of Defence Rehabilitation and ensure local implementation of relevant national policy.

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.

Duties will include, but not limited to:

• Assessing highly complex cases using a range of assessment/diagnostic methods and reaching valid, reliable and comprehensive patient and client‑centred conclusions appropriate to needs, context and culture.
• Producing individual treatment and intervention plans for patients with MSKI who require in‑depth diagnosis and management. Typically this could include patients with ACL lesions, acute and persistent shoulder, neck or low back injuries / pain, ankle inversion injuries, and training injuries. However the caseload is very mixed, and frequently interesting.
• Providing training and expert clinical advice within the RRU ensuring that it operates to the highest possible standards of clinical practice.
• You will be able to refer for fast track - imaging and surgery, as well as standard NHS referrals.

Please read the attached job description and person specification prior to applying to fully understand all the duties required.

At application stage you will be assessed against your

Experience:

• 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…