Dragnet Solutions Limited – Our client, a reputable multi-specialist hospital, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief Physiotherapist

Location: Abuja

Job Summary

• This position requires leading the physiotherapy service, providing professional leadership, setting rehabilitation care standards, and ensuring compliance with MRTB requirements.
• The role involves clinical governance, staff development, resource management, and multidisciplinary coordination in a modern, multidisciplinary clinical environment committed to safe, effective, and patient-centred care.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership of the physiotherapy service and set standards of rehabilitation care.
• Lead service planning, rostering, caseload allocation and skill-mix across the team.
• Lead clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and outcome monitoring for the service.
• Ensure compliance with MRTB requirements and inspection/practice standards.
• Lead, supervise, appraise and develop physiotherapy staff and coordinate CPD.
• Manage equipment, resources and interfaces with other clinical services.

Requirements
Education:

• Bachelor of Physiotherapy / BSc Physiotherapy (or BMR-PT / equivalent recognised qualification) from a recognised institution.

Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years of post-registration experience in the relevant profession, including experience at Principal grade or equivalent.
• Substantial post-registration experience in physiotherapy practice, including experience at a senior or supervisory level.

Required Skills:

• Knowledge of MRTB requirements for physiotherapy practice
• Strong knowledge of physiotherapy and rehabilitation practice
• Ability to lead and coordinate a rehabilitation team and service
• Understanding of clinical governance, audit, MRTB requirements and outcomes
• Staff leadership, appraisal and development skills
• Effective communication and service-management skills
• Demonstrable experience leading or coordinating a physiotherapy team or unit.
• Experience in service organisation, quality assurance and the supervision and appraisal of staff.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary hospital team.
• Experience preparing for or responding to regulatory, quality, audit or accreditation reviews.

Application Closing Date
2nd August, 2026.