Highly Specialist Physiotherapist


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£49,387 to £56,515 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Widnes, WA8 3LZ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	1 Sept 2026
Closing date:	9 Sept 2026

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Summary

Duties and responsibilities:Provide expert clinical leadership within your area of specialism and the implementation of best practice/evidenced-based interventions.Undertake timely, holistic assessments of patients, involving functional and environmental factors.Demonstrate a knowledge base of your specialism, education and NHS guidance to achieve positive outcomes within service delivery.Demonstrate knowledge and experience in delivery and interpretation of outcome measures and other specific assessment tools.Undertake assessment and interventions within various settings.Undertake assessments autonomously as well as working with other members of the MDT.Provide comprehensive assessments and intervention to patients making use of education and treatment facilities where appropriate.Make rapid decisions where required, using clinical reasoning skills, knowledge and experience, with support as appropriate.Work with clinical colleagues and teams to deliver an optimal service within your specialism.Develop and implement education and training plans within your specialism.Attend where appropriate relevant meetings linked to your service.Be responsible for a clinical caseload working within multidisciplinary teams, sharing care appropriately ensuring patients and carers receive optimum level of therapy and holistic care within available resources.Willingness and enthusiasm to work toward cross-disciplinary capabilities.Monitor a persons progress and adapt treatment plans and intervention / recommendations as appropriate, using outcome measures and reflective practice Work with a person / friends and family to identify person centred goals (care plan), using clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice.Keep accurate up-to-date records on patient care and equipment provision, which comply with quality standards of Trust / Professional / Service policies, meet legal requirements and that can be shared with colleagues and carers when appropriate.Have an awareness of local community services and be able to refer to these appropriately and in a timely manner.Provide written and / or verbal reports to referrers and other agencies involved in patients care and participate in clinical meetings as necessary.Contribute to the development of information that enables patients to understand and self-manage their condition whenever possible.Contribute to the development of your service and effectively contribute to the patient / care pathway, and to develop the skills required to undertake this.Be involved in clinical innovation, using research evidence-based practice and clinical networks.Operational LeadershipLead others from a base of clinical credibility in order to model and support improved practice, integrity and partnerships.Provide supportive and facilitative leadership to the team and colleagues.Manage the day-to-day, on-going delivery and development of your service within remit ensuring delivery of a service that is responsive, high quality, value for money and meets the commissioned service specification.Responsible for service delivery of the key performance indicators.Support the service manager with analysis of performance data highlighting areas of variance, reasons for variance and where appropriate develop and monitor action plans to address and improve performance and patient care (i.e., caseload monitoring, recording statistics and prioritising referrals as required). Escalate to service manager when actions plan is not achieving expected change.Develop a working environment and culture that actively improves health, safety and security for staff and clients.Report, investigate, review and monitor complaints and clinical incidents in conjunction with service manager, Clinical and Professional Leads and the Clinical Governance team and work collaboratively to develop strategies around prevention of future occurrences.Ensure the formal dissemination of learning in order to inform policy and practice.Take responsibility for ensuring that a client experience of the service is positive and patient feedback informs service improvement plans.Create a constructive environment in which to work effectively with commissioners and partners including primary care, other health care providers, and adult social care, voluntary organisations. Planning and Organisational DutiesBe able to prioritise effectively and be flexible to the demands of the service. To be able to respond to urgent referrals and clinical queries as required throughout the day.Be able to undertake triage of referrals and allocation to appropriate staff members.Demonstrate flexibility according to the needs of the service and the clinical area as directed by senior staff.Enhance and maintain co-operative working relationships with colleagues from all sectors.Contribute to and participate in team objectives and service developments.Participate in team and service-related meetings, planning, organising, chairing or minute taking when required. Personal and People DevelopmentLine manage allocated team members (clinical and / or administrative) in accordance with organisational policies and procedures ensuring that good practice in recruitment, appraisal, performance management and other policy areas is maintained.Monitor and manage levels and standards of performance, staff conduct, standards of behaviour and staff absenteeism as appropriate ensuring the matters are dealt with effectively and in line with Trust policy and procedure.Support staff engagement by encouraging team members to be involved in shaping and influencing service delivery and improvement and ensuring that the contributions and perspectives of all staff are heard, valued and influence management decision making.Actively participate in team, locality, divisional and other relevant meetings, working groups and committees and deputise for the service manager when required.Actively participate in the recruitment and selection and the subsequent employment and induction of new staff.Ensure that all team members are offered clinical supervision and provide regular clinical supervision, mentorship and coaching to designated staff members.Work with professional and clinical leads to ensure that staff are working to competencies which are regularly assessed and appropriate and in line with the Knowledge and Skills framework and are able to develop the necessary level of personal and professional capability to fulfil their roles.Ensure training and development needs of staff are identified and communicated to the Learning & Organisational Development and Clinical Education and Practice functions.Support therapy clinical leads where appropriate to deliver both formal and informal teaching and/or training programmes.Work with Service Managers and Professional Leads to ensure efficient and effective use of the workforce and ensure that the structure and skill mix of the team reflects the activity demands.Work with service managers to implement skill mix and staff deployment/changes as appropriate and review work allocation to meet the changing needs of patients within the financial budget.Communicate the Trust and Division objectives, future plans and current progress against plans to all team members and foster a sense of identity, common purpose and shared values in pursuit of goals and organisational objectives.Support staff engagement by encouraging team members to be involved in shaping and influencing service delivery and ensuring that the contributions and perspectives of all staff are heard, valued and influence management decision making.Promote equal opportunities for staff in accordance with the Organisations policies.Participate in case-based learning sessions, in service training, case study presentations as a recipient and facilitator.Participate as a full member of the team(s), contributing to the development and practice of both uni-disciplinary (Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy) and multidisciplinary practice. Quality and Service DevelopmentAbide by the HCPC / CSP rules of professional conduct and local professional and quality standards.Develop and maintain personal, clinical and managerial skills through supervision, CPD and a personal development plan agreed with the line manager / professional manager.Maintain a current knowledge of developments within the NHS and Physiotherapy.Participate in clinical governance / audit / clinical effectiveness projects in this clinical area.Obtain and communicate information, gaining consent to client understanding of, and client compliance with treatment programmes. Recognising patients may present with complex conditions or may have emotional, physical or physiological conditions, requiring the use of verbal and non-verbal communication skills.Liaise with all members of the relevant multi-disciplinary team, as well as the patients, carers and external agencies.Liaise with colleagues in therapy teams, not associated with Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, as appropriate.Work in partnership with stakeholders across the CCGs, Primary Care Networks, Social Care, acute trusts and voluntary sectors.Collaborate with other colleagues on ways to maintain, monitor and improve services provided, and undertake research project as appropriate.Maintain links with own professional group by attending relevant meetings.Develop and maintain discipline specific skills, whilst adopting a cross competency approach, with support as required.

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