# Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist (Rotational)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Leighton Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Physiotherapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Pa, Pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Part of six day or seven day rota  plus evening respiratory on-call)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-15T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-01T09:30:40.427Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cheshire/Crewe/Mid_Cheshire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Physiotherapy/Physiotherapy-v8293505
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8293505?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.mcht.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Physiotherapist: Band 6.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated physiotherapist to join our Band 6 rotations here at Leighton Hospital. The rotations are 6 monthly and consist of Cardio-respiratory, Orthopaedics, A&E and Stroke/ Rehabilitation.

We look forward to welcoming you into the team and will offer you support and training opportunities. We encourage service development and audit participation, and will support you to develop as a clinician. We also offer improvement coaching to support with service development projects when commenced.

### Main duties of the job

- As a clinical specialist, the post holder would provide a high standard comprehensive physiotherapy assessment and treatment service of patients with a wide range of conditions working as an autonomous clinician, using accurate analytical skills and clinical reasoning to interpret assessment findings, making diagnosis where appropriate, identifying patient problems, setting goals, and providing an appropriate treatment plan and progression.
- To be an active member of a 7 day working service.
- Upon completion and maintenance of on-call competencies, to work unsupervised in an on-call and out of hour’s emergency service.
- To work autonomously to manage a defined complex patient caseload whilst working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- To provide specialist clinical services to patient while rotating across the core specialty wards within Leighton hospital.
- Contributing to teams when on rotation through the service, gaining and maintaining relevant competencies required to practice in different teams.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more specific details regarding the job.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Post grad training relevant to role
- Advanced communication Skills

**Desirable**

- Evidence of contribution to quality and safety

### Experience

**Essential**

- Previous NHS Experience in acute hospital (Minimum 12 months)
- Experience of acute ward experience and discharge planning

**Desirable**

- Clinical Supervisor experience

### Knoweledge

**Essential**

- On-call experience
- Assessment and treatment planning knowledge of complex patients within acute setting

**Desirable**

- Member of Special Interest Group

## Documents

- [mchft safeguarding statement (pdf, 320.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3026)
- [recruitment process & timescales (pdf, 240.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1885)
- [clinical specialist physiotherapist (pdf, 652.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10611876)
- [dbs checks and ex-offender guidance (pdf, 146.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1887)
- [guide to completing the application (pdf, 518.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1884)
- [recruitment process & timescales (bank vacancies) (pdf, 249.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1886)

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