How to become a Physiotherapist – Employers & Salaries
A significant percentage of physiotherapists work within both NHS and private hospitals where they are needed in virtually every department, from general out-patients to intensive care, where round-the-clock chest physiotherapy can be vital to keep unconscious patients breathing. Also hospitals often have physiotherapy gyms, hydrotherapy and high-tech equipment so that specialist therapy can be carried out
However, nowadays more and more physiotherapists work outside the hospital setting, in the community and in private practice. Treatment and advice for patients and carers can take place in their own homes, in nursing homes or day centres, in schools and in health centres. Other possible work locations include those wherever people are at risk of injury from their occupation or activity.
Industry and commerce
Special needs schools
Private practice, many now in sports centres such as David Lloyd
Graduate physiotherapist NHS starting salary
£21,176+
Band 5
Specialist physiotherapists
£25,472+
Band 6
Physiotherapist team managers
£30,460+
Band 7
Principal physiotherapists / consultants
£38,851+
Band 8
Extra allowances are payable in the London area, where there may also be assistance towards the costs of accommodation.
Salaries in the private sector are generally similar to those in the NHS and it is thought that the average physiotherapist earns around £29,000 and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) advises two years of experience and further training before moving into the private sector (either self-employed or based in a clinic).
