Specialist Physiotherapist | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Posting date:	15 August 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	14 September 2025
Location:	Newton le Willows, WA12 8RB
Company:	St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7391321/409-7391321

Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Physiotherapist to work within our intermediate care team based within Newton Hospital and Duffy Suite, St Helens Hospital for 22.5 hours per week. You will be responsible for managing a case load of patients with a variety of different medical conditions and needs, planning and completing relevant assessments and interventions to promote independence and recovery.

The successful candidate will:

Have a working knowledge of a broad range of medical conditions with proven clinical skills applicable to intermediate care

Deliver evidence-based practice using rehabilitative and compensatory approaches

Be able to carry out complex holistic assessments

Be able to make decisions based on sound clinical reasoning

Demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills

Have excellent discharge planning skills, facilitating the patient’s discharge from hospital to the most appropriate environment for their needs

Be flexible in their approach and be willing to work across Newton Hospital and Duffy Suite, St Helens Hospital at short notice to support service demand

Adapt to changing working patterns as the team work their hours across a 7-day rota

The trust is committed to the professional development of our staff; clinical supervision will be provided from the Band 7 Physiotherapist within the team. We offer a supportive and friendly environment and welcome innovative ideas.

Our philosophy is to keep the patient at the heart of everything we do, and to always go the extra mile. Intermediate care offers the chance to work closely with patients building therapeutic relationships to get the best possible outcome.

The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, hardworking and motivated with clinical, communication, organisational and time management skills. There will be opportunity to work on devising a tailored activity program for our patients with support from the wider therapy team.

All posts are subjected to enhanced DBS checks.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Advertising date: 15th August 2025

Closing date: 4th September, 2025

Proposed Interview date: 12th September 2025

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.


This advert closes on Thursday 4 Sep 2025

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