Community Specialist Physiotherapist - Northwich | Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity to join the Northwich community therapy team has arisen. Come and join our amazing, friendly and supportive team! Your role will assess, manage and provide treatment to a community caseload of patients with complex and/or multiple therapy needs. You will be lone working on a daily basis and will have MDT and peer support with the Northwich team. There may be an expectation to work between multiple sites in the organisation. This is a permanent post.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and flexible physiotherapist to join our friendly, supportive and dynamic team in the community in Northwich, within CCICP. Your role will assess, manage and provide treatment to a caseload of patients with complex and/or multiple therapy needs. There is a varied caseload and you will need to demonstrate knowledge, experience and relevant clinical skills with patients with complex / long term conditions, falls, orthopaedics, general mobility problems and neurological conditions.

The successful candidate will work as a member of our integrated multidisciplinary team alongside Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistants, District Nurses, Complex Care Practitioners, Advanced Community Practitioners, Macmillan team and will be responsible for supervising junior members of staff and students. There will be associated administrative duties and you will need to be computer literate with a good knowledge of Microsoft packages and have accurate keyboard skills. Our team utilises digital technology to support remote working and accommodate a flexible working approach where possible. You are required to be a car driver and have access to your own vehicle.

• Manage a clinical caseload with autonomy, work without direct supervision.
• Undertake comprehensive physiotherapy assessment, provide a therapeutic diagnosis and implement agreed treatment plans, including the treatment of complex service users with multiple pathologies in a manner that respects people’s privacy dignity and individuality.
• Provide individual or group therapy as appropriate to setting.
• Implement monitoring and evaluation of treatment to measure progress and outcomes to ensure effectiveness of interventions and service delivery.
• Develop programmes of care to support discharge from service.
• Be responsible for equipment used in carrying out clinical duties, adhere to policy, and ensure safe use of equipment by others through teaching, training and supervision of practice.
• Record, maintain and store accurate, comprehensive and up to date documentation, in line with legal and local requirements; communicate outcomes of assessments/intervention to appropriate disciplines in form of letters/reports/discharge summaries.
• Arrange appointments (as applicable), work closely with MDT, attend case reviews/case conferences/variety of MDT internal and external meetings/forums.
• Contribute to the safeguarding of our Service users/families as appropriate.
• Assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and work within a legal framework with service users including those who lack capacity to consent to treatment, within your organisation’s policies.
• Be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of Service users under your care.
• Maintain professional registration with HCPC.
• Work within organisation, HCPC and CSP guidelines.
• Have a working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own and others quality of practise against these.
• Work as part of a team to ensure effective communication and delivery of care.
• Provide and receive, with care and integrity, sensitive information about service users from the service user, carer and other professionals and manage sensitive or contentious information appropriately.
• Work in an empathic manner in partnership with service users, carers and families, adapting approaches to ensure active involvement in their own care.
• Communicate effectively with service users and carers/relatives to progress specific rehabilitation and treatment programme; provide and receive complex information using a range of verbal/non-verbal communication skills, persuading/influencing.
• Use appropriate communication skills to overcome significant barriers to acceptance of sensitive information.

• Communicate effectively with a range of professionals both within the organisation and with external agencies, including primary care, social service and voluntary organisations.
• Provide the Band 7 Physiotherapists / Managers with information to assist planning and development of the service, and assist team leader in planning of longer term strategic plans to develop the therapy service.
• Assist the Managers in achieving the departmental objectives and supporting an open style of leadership.
• Actively participate in the professional development programme of the therapy service.
• Provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals.
• Be involved in the daily management of workload allocation within the specialist area.
• Participate in the operational planning and implementation of policy and service development within your team, leading on delegated projects.
• Undertake any other duties that might be considered appropriate by senior staff and deputise in their absence as required.
• Be aware of the financial impact of clinical decisions.
• Support therapy team in ensuring adequate levels of stock are available as required in line with your organisations stock management policy.

• Organise and lead in-service training programmes for Band 5 Therapists and Assistants under the guidance of Band 7 staff when required.
• Critically evaluate current research and apply to practice; demonstrate an understanding and application of national guidelines and legislation relating to health and social care and their impact on service provision.
• Train, supervise and support less experienced therapy staff, therapy assistants and students, including formal staff appraisals.
• Maintain own competency to practice, through participation in internal and external development opportunities evidenced by a professional portfolio for Continuing Professional Development.
• Demonstrate acquired specialist skills and knowledge of professional practice in order to maintain fitness to practice as a Physiotherapist.
• Work within organisation and department policies and comply with HCPC Code of Conduct.
• Keep up to date with all mandatory training requirements within the organisation.
• Participate in the evaluation of clinical practice and disseminate across relevant areas.

• Undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practices through the use of evidence based practice projects, audit and outcome measures.
• Provide representation at local meetings / specific interest groups and attend national meetings, under guidance of more experienced staff; make recommendation for change and implement change under supervision.
• Undertake audit and contribute to regional/national level as appropriate.
• Support research activity with the service.
• Disseminate findings from audit and evaluation results to relevant areas.

This advert closes on Thursday 4 Jun 2026.