Specialist Physiotherapist

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Main area Physiotherapy Grade NHS AfC:
Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (From January 2026 to January 2027) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job  

Site Whiston Hospital Town Whiston Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 28/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 06/02/2026

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Specialist Physiotherapist - Band 6
Medical Specialities Therapy Team
Full time (37.5 hours) – part time considered
Fixed term/Secondment – Until 27/09/2026

Are you passionate about Physiotherapy and thrive on utilising all your clinical skills to treat patients with multiple pathologies? Are you looking to develop your skills in a band 6 role? We have an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Physiotherapist in the Acute Medicine Therapy Team.

The team covers a range of 9 inpatient medical wards, with specialties including respiratory, gastroenterology, hematology, cardiology and general medicine, treating patients with a wide variety of conditions. You will get the chance to work in all areas and extend your knowledge and skills.

The ideal candidate will have previous experience relevant to this post with the specialist knowledge and skills to enable clinically reasoned decision making. You should have effective communication skills and be committed to the delivery of quality care as part of the multi-disciplinary team, as well as being open in treatment approach to provide holistic patient intervention.

A flexible approach to day-to-day tasks is essential to meet demands. The service operates over 7 days per week and the successful candidate will join the roster providing weekend cover.

In return for your hard work and dedication we can offer a very friendly and welcoming team, and support with continuing professional development. We have an innovative service of AHP’s, with an excellent staff supervision system enabling our staff to be committed to developing both their service and themselves. Clinical Governance, research and audit activities are encouraged within the service.

Current HCPC registration is essential. Interviews, medical checks, and DBS checks will be made prior to acceptance. The successful candidate will have a valid DBS check with the Trust or will be required to pay for the cost of the DBS disclosure, which is £44 for an enhanced disclosure, the cost of which will be deducted from their first salary.

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.

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…