Job Title: MSK Physiotherapist
Location: Home based with travel in the North East to cover clinics
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday.
Right to live & work within the UK is required for this role
Role Summary
As an Occupational Health Physiotherapist, you'll play a key role in helping employees with musculoskeletal and physical health conditions, supporting their safe and sustainable return to work. This is a home-based role with some travel required (within the North East) to one location for face-to-face assessments. These could include DSE assessments, driver assessments, workplace assessments, and initial assessments. You'll also write detailed reports to advise employers on fitness to work, functional capability, and any recommended workplace adjustments.
Along with assessments, you'll deliver physiotherapy treatments, support self-management, and offer follow-up reviews. The role also involves helping employees with functional restoration programmes and ensuring they're supported through their recovery process.
While previous Occupational Health experience isn't necessary, you'll need to be confident in your physiotherapy skills. You'll receive training in Occupational Health, but it's important you're comfortable working with the flag system, using outcome measures, and managing musculoskeletal conditions with a biopsychosocial approach. The role works standard hours from 08:30 to 16:30, with travel for face-to-face assessments part of the working day. Mileage is paid at £0.45 per mile, and the post holder must have a driver's license and access to a vehicle.
You'll only need to travel to one location at a time when assessments are required, making it a flexible and rewarding role with great support and training.
About Us
Optima Health is the UK's largest provider of Occupational Health and wellbeing services, supporting organisations across both the public and private sectors. With a heritage dating back to 1947, we have been helping employers create healthier, high-performing workplaces for generations, and we continue to evolve with innovative, practical solutions that make a real difference.
At the heart of our story are our people. We bring together like-minded professionals who are passionate about improving workplace health and wellbeing and delivering meaningful support to the organisations we work with across the UK.
When you join Optima Health, you become part of something bigger. We invest in our people/you through structured induction, ongoing training and tailored career development, helping you build the skills and experience to grow your career.
Together, We Live Our Values
One Team – There are no barriers in our business. We trust each other and work together as one team to deliver what our clients need. We all have a part to play in our future, and everyone's contribution is important and valued.
Doing the Right Thing – We operate to the highest standards. Success is underpinned by honesty and integrity, and by doing what we say we will do. We care about the impact of our work on our people, our clients, their employees, society, and the world we live in. Caring for our colleagues' wellbeing and respecting their time, energy and balance is fundamental to this value.
Shaping Tomorrow – We are always looking for ways to improve and innovate. We train, support and empower future leaders, invest in market-leading propositions and use technology to advance service and clinical outcomes. We evolve how we work - embracing smater, more flexible approaches that help our people thrive both professionally and personally.
Never Too Big to Care – We always retain a client-first approach. Every client, and every one of their employees that we support, matters. We work in partnership to optimise workplace health and wellbeing, sharing in the benefits of growing together
Main Duties And Responsibilities
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Documents
Location: Home based with travel in the North East to cover clinics
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday.
Right to live & work within the UK is required for this role
Role Summary
As an Occupational Health Physiotherapist, you'll play a key role in helping employees with musculoskeletal and physical health conditions, supporting their safe and sustainable return to work. This is a home-based role with some travel required (within the North East) to one location for face-to-face assessments. These could include DSE assessments, driver assessments, workplace assessments, and initial assessments. You'll also write detailed reports to advise employers on fitness to work, functional capability, and any recommended workplace adjustments.
Along with assessments, you'll deliver physiotherapy treatments, support self-management, and offer follow-up reviews. The role also involves helping employees with functional restoration programmes and ensuring they're supported through their recovery process.
While previous Occupational Health experience isn't necessary, you'll need to be confident in your physiotherapy skills. You'll receive training in Occupational Health, but it's important you're comfortable working with the flag system, using outcome measures, and managing musculoskeletal conditions with a biopsychosocial approach. The role works standard hours from 08:30 to 16:30, with travel for face-to-face assessments part of the working day. Mileage is paid at £0.45 per mile, and the post holder must have a driver's license and access to a vehicle.
You'll only need to travel to one location at a time when assessments are required, making it a flexible and rewarding role with great support and training.
About Us
Optima Health is the UK's largest provider of Occupational Health and wellbeing services, supporting organisations across both the public and private sectors. With a heritage dating back to 1947, we have been helping employers create healthier, high-performing workplaces for generations, and we continue to evolve with innovative, practical solutions that make a real difference.
At the heart of our story are our people. We bring together like-minded professionals who are passionate about improving workplace health and wellbeing and delivering meaningful support to the organisations we work with across the UK.
When you join Optima Health, you become part of something bigger. We invest in our people/you through structured induction, ongoing training and tailored career development, helping you build the skills and experience to grow your career.
Together, We Live Our Values
One Team – There are no barriers in our business. We trust each other and work together as one team to deliver what our clients need. We all have a part to play in our future, and everyone's contribution is important and valued.
Doing the Right Thing – We operate to the highest standards. Success is underpinned by honesty and integrity, and by doing what we say we will do. We care about the impact of our work on our people, our clients, their employees, society, and the world we live in. Caring for our colleagues' wellbeing and respecting their time, energy and balance is fundamental to this value.
Shaping Tomorrow – We are always looking for ways to improve and innovate. We train, support and empower future leaders, invest in market-leading propositions and use technology to advance service and clinical outcomes. We evolve how we work - embracing smater, more flexible approaches that help our people thrive both professionally and personally.
Never Too Big to Care – We always retain a client-first approach. Every client, and every one of their employees that we support, matters. We work in partnership to optimise workplace health and wellbeing, sharing in the benefits of growing together
Main Duties And Responsibilities
- Provide accurate, detailed, and appropriate assessment, diagnosis, and treatment to employees on a remote or face-to-face basis.
- Identify, assess, and advise on any workplace hazards or contributing factors to Musculoskeletal disorders.
- Conduct workplace assessments such as DSE or work-based tasks as and when required and provide advice and recommendations as appropriate.
- Always maintain clinical objectivity and impartiality in line with occupational health guidance.
- Deliver effective evidence-based rehabilitation that adheres to national clinical standards.
- Utilise a bio-psychosocial approach combined with functional assessment to address barriers to work and inform robust work recommendations.
- Clinical Physiotherapy Qualification.
- Full Member of the CSP & Registered member of HCPC is essential.
- Minimum of 18 months experience post registration
- Previous experience or an interest in Occupational Health Physiotherapy.
- Driver license & access to a vehicle.
- 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
- Buy and Sell Holiday Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Pension Scheme
- Health Cash Plan
- Volunteer Days
- YuLife Employee Benefits Platform
- Save As You Earn Scheme
- Eye Test Vouchers
- Flu Vaccination Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Clinical Training Academy
- Paid CPD Days
- Professional Registration Fees Paid
- RAVE Awards
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Right to Request Flexible Working From Day 1
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All salaries are displayed as Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
Documents
- JD0087 OH Physiotherapist.pdf (102.78 KB)
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