Specialist Physiotherapist

Transformationunitgm; Liverpool, Knowsley; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Liverpool is looking for a Specialist Physiotherapist to join their Community Physiotherapy team. The role involves managing complex caseloads, providing leadership to junior staff, and participating in service improvement initiatives. Candidates should have post-registration experience in physiotherapy, strong communication skills, and a commitment to high standards of care. Join a supportive team that values diversity, equality, and the pursuit of perfect care for patients in their homes.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable post registration experience in physiotherapy.
• Evidence of CPD/Short courses in the relevant field.
• Management and clinical leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients with complex needs.
• Provide leadership for junior staff through supervision.
• Participate in planning and service improvement projects.

Skills

Excellent communication

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to travel

Self-management

Education

Registered Professional

Teaching/mentorship qualification

Job description

Employer Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Community Physiotherapy, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Town Prescot Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 05/01/2026 23:59

Specialist Physiotherapist

Band 6

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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

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Job overview

Liverpool Community Physiotherapy service provides therapy and rehabilitation in patients homes. We aim to promote independence and improve quality of life for people with physical problems caused by accidents, ageing, disease or disability. These include respiratory conditions, orthopaedic and musculoskeletal conditions, mobility issues, neurological conditions and those receiving palliative care.

If you’re motivated, with therapy experience and skills, a passion to be part this service, and share our aim for perfect care, we’d like to hear from you.

The role involves working across Liverpool community teams (North, Central, South, Neuro, Rehab at Home, Care homes and Falls) on a rotational basis to provide support to our patients in their homes and other community settings, which will enable you to develop skills and flourish within your career. If this interests you, come and join our fantastic team.

We’re a very supportive team with physiotherapists and assistant practitioners who work closely with our occupational therapy colleagues.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patient’s with multiple and often complex co-morbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions of the patient group.

The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal. The post holder will participate in planning, development and evaluation of services provided, holding responsibility for defined service improvement projects.

The post holder will take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality therapy and care to a caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice.

Working for our organisation

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patient’s with multiple and often complex co-morbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based/ patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions of the patient group.

• To prioritise designated Physiotherapy referrals according to need, risk and service capacity
• To plan and implement patient centred individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals including sensory integration difficulties within rehab hub setting
• To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention
• To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual. To monitor, via performance management, the care plans developed for service users by all sector members to ensure that they are appropriate and of a high standard
• To liaise with family members, carers, GP’s and other professionals as necessary when completing the assessment and developing a care plan
• Understanding risk assessment, being able to assess risk and complete management plans
• The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal
• The post holder will participate in planning, development and evaluation of physiotherapy services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects
• The post holder take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of service users / patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality care to a defined caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice
• Work in partnership with other professional to enable patients / clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission
• To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Physiotherapy profession and facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners

Person specification

Values

• Accountability
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet
• Change oriented

Skills

• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to travel to work across boundaries
• Self-management and motivation skills
• IT literate

Knowledge/Experience

• Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience in the identified specialised field of physiotherapy
• Experience of successful multi - agency working
• Demonstrable experience in relevant area of specialised physiotherapy practice or equivalent
• Evidence of CPD/Short courses
• Awareness of current national and local agenda in health and social care
• Understanding of partnership working
• Understanding of the principles of care management
• Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
• Evidence of being able to communicate complex information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues
• Management and clinical leadership experience

Qualifications

• Registered Professional
• Teaching/mentorship qualification or equivalent or equivalent work-based experience
• Clinical Examination

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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.

Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email [emailprotected] to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role and work in Children’s & Young People services to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email [emailprotected] ) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Please be advised that the use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored and if you choose to use this, you must declare this on your application form.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.