Physiotherapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 08/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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Role summary
This Physiotherapist role is within the Urgent Community Response Team, providing urgent care to people in their homes to prevent hospital admissions and support independent living. You will conduct therapy assessments and interventions for patients with acute/unstable conditions in the Warrington area. The role involves working as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team, delivering care over a 7-day period. You will undertake comprehensive assessments and formulate timely discharge plans.
Essential criteria
- If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.
- Job Specific Requirements
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust and work in a variety of community settings
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
- Skills and Knowledge
- Broad based clinical knowledge, skills and experience
- Demonstrate clinical reasoning relevant to clinical area
- Effective time management and organisational skills.
- Evidence of effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Evidence of inter-agency work
- Ability to work independently and request assistance as necessary
- Computer literate
- Evidence of compliance with clinical governance and ability to apply evidence base to practice
Desirable criteria
- Ability to make and maintain accurate clinical judgement under pressure
- Experience of taking clinical observations and NEWS scores
- Proactive in the development of services to meet changing needs of patients
- Experience to pass on skills and/or knowledge to others in both formal and informal environments
- IT Skills
- Demonstrable post-registration experience in a variety of settings
- Demonstrable experience of work in a community setting and/or acute setting
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of organising and prioritising own workload and delegation of responsibilities
- Experience of working in an intermediate care service
- Experience of working in an integrated service
- Experience of supervising students and assistants
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- Health and Care Professions Council registration
- Member of Professional Body
- Post-graduate study in relevant speciality
- Right to Work
- Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
- If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)?
- Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.
- Relationships
- If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.
- Job Specific Requirements
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust and work in a variety of community settings
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
- Skills and Knowledge
- Broad based clinical knowledge, skills and experience
- Demonstrate clinical reasoning relevant to clinical area
- Effective time management and organisational skills.
- Evidence of effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Evidence of inter-agency work
- Ability to work independently and request assistance as necessary
- Computer literate
- Evidence of compliance with clinical governance and ability to apply evidence base to practice
- Ability to make and maintain accurate clinical judgement under pressure
- Experience of taking clinical observations and NEWS scores
- Proactive in the development of services to meet changing needs of patients
- Experience to pass on skills and/or knowledge to others in both formal and informal environments
- IT Skills
- Demonstrable post-registration experience in a variety of settings
- Demonstrable experience of work in a community setting and/or acute setting
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of organising and prioritising own workload and delegation of responsibilities
- Experience of working in an intermediate care service
- Experience of working in an integrated service
- Experience of supervising students and assistants
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- Health and Care Professions Council registration
- Member of Professional Body
- Post-graduate study in relevant speciality
- Right to Work
- Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
- If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)?
- Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH)
Physiotherapist
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
This
exciting role is based within the Urgent Community Response Team.
The
service provides urgent care to people in their homes which helps to avoid
hospital admissions and enables people to live independently for longer.
By
referring to the Urgent Community Response team, older people and adults with
complex health and social care needs who urgently need support, can get fast
access to a range of health and social care professionals within two hours.
Working as part of the integrated multi-disciplinary team. You will provide
therapy assessments and urgent intervention, advice and support in the
management of patients in the Warrington area.
Urgent Community Response is a
service delivered in collaboration with our local authority partner. The post
holder will undertake comprehensive assessments of patients within their own
homes with acute/unstable conditions who are referred to the Urgent Community
Response Service as an alternative to hospital admission.
Actively
participate and contribute to multidisciplinary team working also liaising with
other professional agencies for on-going support and long-term review.
Main duties of the job
To undertake comprehensive and holistic therapy assessments of patients
including those with diverse pr
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