🏃 Senior MSK & Sports Physiotherapist

Senior MSK / Sports Physiotherapist

Are you an experienced MSK or Sports Physiotherapist looking for a role where you can use your clinical expertise, enjoy a varied and interesting caseload, and work alongside a great team of healthcare professionals?

We're looking for a confident, experienced Senior Physiotherapist to join our established private practice, taking on an existing, busy caseload at our Hatfield clinic.

This is an opportunity to make an immediate impact, working with everyone from active individuals and recreational athletes through to high-performance and elite sportspeople, alongside patients with a wide range of musculoskeletal and orthopaedic conditions.

A particularly exciting part of this role is working with high-performance athletes through programmes including TASS, HTAP and university sports scholarships, collaborating with coaches, S&C teams and other professionals to support rehabilitation and return to performance.

You'll have the autonomy to manage your patients and deliver excellent clinical care, supported by an experienced clinical team, strong relationships with Orthopaedic and Sport & Exercise Medicine Consultants, regular CPD and mentoring, and a dedicated administration team.

About Bodybalance

Bodybalance Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic is an established private practice with three clinics across Hertfordshire and North London.

Our purpose is to help people return to an active, healthy life. We take an active approach to rehabilitation, aim for excellent patient outcomes and are guided by our values of Respect, Always Active and Aim High.

We're a friendly, collaborative team who take pride in what we do, enjoy working together and are always looking for ways to develop and improve.

Alongside our core MSK, Sports and Orthopaedic services, our team includes clinicians specialising in Pelvic Health, Paediatrics, Vestibular and TMJ physiotherapy.

The Role

As a Senior Physiotherapist, you'll take responsibility for managing a varied clinical caseload, delivering high-quality assessment, treatment and rehabilitation.

You'll be expected to:

• Independently assess, diagnose and manage a broad range of MSK, Sports and Orthopaedic conditions, including complex presentations.
• Develop and deliver individualised, evidence-informed treatment and rehabilitation programmes, with a strong emphasis on active rehabilitation.
• Support patients and athletes through rehabilitation and return to activity, sport and performance.
• Work collaboratively with referring Consultants, S&C coaches and other healthcare professionals.
• Build strong therapeutic relationships with patients, supporting engagement and excellent clinical outcomes.
• Contribute to our internal CPD programme, sharing knowledge and experience with colleagues.
• Play an active role in the wider clinical team, helping us maintain high standards and continue developing our services.

Who We're Looking For

We're looking for an experienced, enthusiastic clinician with excellent clinical reasoning, strong rehabilitation skills and the confidence to independently manage a busy and varied caseload.

You'll enjoy working with people, take pride in achieving excellent patient outcomes and bring a positive, collaborative approach to the team.

Essential requirements

• Degree in Physiotherapy and current HCPC registration.
• Ideally 5+ years' post-graduate experience, including substantial experience in MSK, Sports or Orthopaedic physiotherapy. Applicants with less experience who can demonstrate the required skills and confidence will also be considered.
• Excellent clinical reasoning, assessment and patient management skills.
• Strong manual therapy, exercise rehabilitation and S&C knowledge.
• Confidence managing complex presentations and progressing patients through rehabilitation.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with patients and colleagues.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• A commitment to ongoing CPD and professional development.
• Willingness to work at least one evening per week until 8pm.

Desirable

• Experience working with competitive or high-performance athletes.
• Experience collaborating with S&C coaches and supporting return-to-sport rehabilitation.
• Previous experience in private practice.

Why Join Bodybalance?

We want Bodybalance to be a great place to work, where clinicians enjoy their work, feel supported and have opportunities to continue developing their careers.

Clinical environment and development

• An established, varied and interesting caseload, with a high proportion of active and sporting patients.
• Opportunities to work with high-performance and elite athletes.
• An experienced, friendly and supportive clinical team.
• Strong relationships with Orthopaedic and Sport & Exercise Medicine Consultants and other healthcare professionals.
• Regular 1:1 mentoring and a strong internal CPD programme.
• Generous external CPD budget and paid study leave.
• Opportunities for ongoing career progression.
• Scheduled administration time and AI-assisted clinical note-taking.
• A dedicated administration team to support your clinical work.

Salary and benefits

• Starting salary from £45,000 per annum (FTE), depending on experience.
• Additional performance-related bonus.
• Permanent, salaried employment.
• Paid annual leave increasing with length of service.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Company sick pay policy.
• Company pension scheme.
• Cycle to Work scheme and other salary sacrifice benefits.
• Subsidised staff parking.
• Free gym access.

Working Arrangements

We're ideally looking for someone to join us on a permanent, full-time basis (38 hours per week across five days), although part-time arrangements may be considered for candidates with the right experience and skills.

There is some flexibility in structuring the working week, with all clinicians working at least one evening per week.

The role will be predominantly based at our Hatfield clinic within Hertfordshire Sports Village at the University of Hertfordshire. Depending on the individual, there may also be opportunities to work at our Elstree clinic.

Ideally, we'd like someone to start in January 2027, although we can be flexible for the right candidate.

How to Apply

Please apply with your CV and a covering letter outlining your experience and interest in joining Bodybalance.

If you'd like an informal discussion about the role, please contact us on 020 8181 3939.

Visa sponsorship may be available for the right candidate. Please indicate in your application if you require sponsorship.

Interviews will initially be conducted by video link, followed by a face-to-face interview for shortlisted candidates.

Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including verification of qualifications, right to work in the UK and appropriate DBS checks.