# Senior Physiotherapist - Neurology > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-physiotherapist-neurology/a33a2922-51cf-4261-a266-048c08379bc7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-physiotherapist-neurology/a33a2922-51cf-4261-a266-048c08379bc7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Clatterbridge Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term 12 months end date 31/10/2027) - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week (Thursday, Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T12:42:45.410Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Bebington_Wirral/Wirral_University_Teaching_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Support/Clinical_Support-v8334043 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8334043?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wuth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are very excited to offer a temporary post in our neuro team for a Senior Physiotherapist speciality Neurology as part of the neuro rehabilitation service at the Clatterbridge Rehabilitation Centre. This is Band 6 working 15 hours per week. This includes weekend working and working across services of neuro rehabilitation, acute neuro, early supported discharge team and neuro outpatients. The Centre provides rehabilitation services to Wirral residents following a stroke, and we are a spoke for Wirral, East & West Cheshire, Shropshire and North Wales for the Cheshire and Mersey Rehabilitation Network. You will require post graduate experience in neurological rehabilitation and relevant experience at Band 5 and/or Band 6 level. The post holder will provide specialist assessment and intervention for people following stroke, acquired brain injury and other neurological conditions. We operate an integrated therapy service where occupational therapists and physiotherapists work together to optimise people's outcomes following onset of neurological pathology. You will require excellent communication skills (including competence utilising supported communication techniques), be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical reasoning and be able to case manage patients with complex needs. You will join an enthusiastic, supportive team with training and supervision from Band 7 staff. ### Main duties of the job - To communicate effectively with staff, patients, relatives and carers and other agencies regarding care and treatment in order to co-ordinate care and to ensure effective and appropriate planning and delivery of treatment. - To be line-managed by an AHP Team Leader. - To maintain good working relationships with all other staff involved in patient care. - To establish a rapport with patients in order to gain their compliance with treatment programmes. - To communicate effectively with patients and adapt approach where there maybe barriers to understanding e.g. deaf, confusion. - To be a caring, responsible member of the AHP service and to take a full part in the life of the department. - The post holder is managed by AHP Team Leader , but has the freedom to act, regarding patient care, guided by protocols and guidelines for conduct. The results/ outcomes of treatment / performance are assessed at agreed intervals through the supervision / appraisal process. - To be responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service and patient priorities. - To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi-pathologies; use developed clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Senior Physiotherapist position available with WUTH. ### 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 ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Basic computer skills ### Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training **Essential** - Graduate Diploma or BSc Physiotherapy or equivalent qualification recognised by HCPC - HCPC Registration - Appropriate experience as a qualified Physiotherapist - Previous care experience - Core rotations in a range of areas: o Respiratory (including HDU/ICU) o Orthopaedics o Musculoskeletal Outpatients o Neurological Rehabilitation **Desirable** - Member of Charted Society of Physiotherapy or similar - Significant experience as a staff grade Physiotherapist ## Documents - [oh risk id form (pdf, 143.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10657339) - [vision values behaviours (pdf, 515.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2088) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 734.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1841) - [wuth gdpr privacy notice for applicants (pdf, 255.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2506) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 235.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10657338) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.