Physiotherapist/Pelvic Physiotherapist/Manual Therapist
For physiotherapists who already know how the system works
Twenty minutes per patient. Around eighteen a day on a full schedule. Running production, going home empty.
The first few years your pay moves with you. There’s some room to grow. Somewhere in year three or four that usually stops. Not because you’ve stopped growing. The insurer sets the rate, and the rate sets the ceiling.
This doesn’t only happen early in your career. Most experienced, specialised physios we know are still inside the same system. Better physio, same constraints.
Sound familiar? Read on ;)
I promise you this won’t be like all the other more-of-the-same job ads.
Not “a market rate salary’’, not “be dynamic and flexible”, not “don’t have a 9-to-5-mentality” and all that blah blah.
This is an explanation of why EBP Studio exists the way it exists, and why we’re hiring 1-2 colleagues. The order we tell it in isn’t marketing. It’s how the place grew.
A lot of the clients we see have something specific in common. They’ve already been somewhere else.
Second opinions before shoulder or knee surgery. Postpartum pelvic floor complexity. Athletes who’ve cycled through three coaches and two physios without finding the cause. Chronic low back pain that didn’t resolve with the standard protocol.
We don’t give guarantees. We help the client take control of their situation, and it’s a real partnership, actually. Let a client’s story speak for itself. From our Google reviews:
(translated from Dutch)
“If I could give more than 5 stars, I would. I was helped by Thomas and I couldn’t have asked for better. I came in for a second opinion. Thomas takes the time to really investigate the cause of your complaints. He went back to basics and tested my shoulder, apparently with a technique from the first year of physiotherapy training, and discovered that a treatment was actually possible instead of surgery. My previous three physios, GP and orthopaedic surgeon hadn’t done this test, which is why I was scheduled for surgery. On top of the treatment itself, this is a beautiful practice, good atmosphere, friendly and quick communication, and everything happens in proper consultation. Really recommended!”
You’d be working alongside specialists who have real depth in what they do.
Querine (MSc) heads the pelvic physio department. Thomas and Julian specialise in complex shoulder and lower back cases, including the second opinions before surgery. Annelou sees a lot of lower limb and running-related injuries, both conservative and post-surgical. Together with the rest of the team, they're the colleagues you'll spar with daily on the cases that don't fit a standard protocol.
A weekly team meeting on professional and organisational topics, regular case meetings and check-in and feedback moments scheduled. Another example of how we structure what we do and how we work together.
The contracted system holds both clients and professionals back. Therefore, we don’t have contracts with insurance companies. Having this freedom, the client rate is based on your competencies, knowledge and skills, like in many other sectors. People gladly pay more for quality, so you have to be ready to live up to the expectation.
The starting level depends on your competencies. Show us what you’ve got.
At 32h/week, gross per month:
- Level 1: €3.154
- Level 2: €3.709
- Level 3: €4.056
We’re open to discuss a monthly study allowance, for example for a Master’s.
We’d rather grow your competence together, than grow your hours (and burn-out soon after…)
The competency framework continues to Level 4 and 5. That’s where you shape clinical standards across the practice and lead the leaders. Numbers are in the conversation once we get into a serious interview.
No insurer caps any of this. Neither do we.
We help you grow. Either into an exceptional clinician, or into a leader who supports the rest of the team. Want to run a whole location eventually? We provide both the podium and the safety net.
As an example of what growth looks like for our Performance Motivation competency:
- Level 1: improves own performance on own initiative. Actively asks for feedback.
- Level 2: looks for ways to improve yourself with a structured development plan.
- Level 3: looks for ways to improve yourself and helps colleagues develop along a clear plan.
Most hiring runs the same way at every practice. A chat or two, a contract, you start, you find out six months in whether the fit was real. We’ve watched that play out and we’d rather know sooner. So would you.
The first month is an extension of the application process. This gives us the chance to get to know each other better.
- Week 1: shadowing colleagues. Getting to know them, the work, the place.
- Week 2: build own caseload with intervision. Feedback moments during the week.
- Week 3: apply week 2’s feedback.
- Week 4: decision week. Either we both confirm the fit and continue, or there’s a clean out. No hard feelings.
The first month isn’t about distrust of your capability. It’s about respecting that integration into a particular clinical culture takes deliberate effort. The alternative most practices use is dumping a senior into 38 hours of complex caseload in week one and calling it onboarding. That’s not how you get the best work out of someone. The structure above is how we invest in the fit, for both of us, instead of pretending integration just happens.
This applies to every new hire regardless of experience. We don’t change the structure for seniority.
Practical: 24+ hours in 3+ days per week, open to working 1-2 evenings. BIG registration, BSc in Physiotherapy. Additional specialisation (manual, pelvic, sports) and experience with personal training is a plus.
If this sounds like you, let us know. Send over your CV and a 2-3 minute clip introducing yourself and your motivation. From there we’ll invite you in for a conversation.
Thomas Mulder
+31 6 330 96 586
info@ebp-studio.com
EBP Studio · Churchill-laan 87a · Amsterdam