What is a band 5 physio?

[catiak]

Hi all,
I know this question may seem ridiculous to you, but in Portugal we don´t use the same classification.
I have been seeing some advertisments for jobs in the UK, but don´t really know what they are asking for...
Does it have to do with the years of experience or something else?
Thanks for your help

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[wriggly_b]

More often than not band 5 posts are for newly qualified professionals - its mainly an NHS term that has replaced the posts previously known as basic grade or junior. The band 5 positions can also be for anyone returning to work after a period of time out of the profession - assuming that they can demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental skills required to do the job.

[catiak]

Thx for your reply wriggly_b. And the other bands (6, 7 how many are there?) are for how many years of experience?

[wriggly_b]

Band 6 is for experienced physiotherapists - normally with 2+ years experience (specialist), band 7 is specialist physiotherapists/team leaders or physiotherapists with managerial responsibilities and band 8 (which is broken into 3 levels - a,b,c) tends to be department head or higher level management and often have little clinical hours, based on their management role.

[estherderu]

Thanks Wriggly,

We all have the same profession but the circumstances per country vary so much.
I never knew how these bands worked either and I have been around for a while .

Thanks for the explanation.

Esther