# Specialist Wheelchair Therapist (OT or Physio) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-wheelchair-therapist-ot-or-physio/7bc47f99-687f-4027-a3c1-8483757c513c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-wheelchair-therapist-ot-or-physio/7bc47f99-687f-4027-a3c1-8483757c513c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St Catherine's Health Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Worked Monday to Friday 08:30 to 16:30) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-26T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-12T14:01:09.693Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Birkenhead/Wirral_Community_Health_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Wheelchairs/Wheelchairs-v8311850 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8311850?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wchc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Band 6 Specialist Wheelchair Therapist -Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Wheelchair Therapist to join our patient-centred multidisciplinary Wheelchair Service team. We are looking for a registered Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist who is keen to develop their knowledge and skills in this diverse, niche and rewarding area of wheelchairs. You must have experience working in a wide range of clinical areas, with both adults and children, have excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills, and be passionate about delivering personalised care to wheelchair service users. Ideally you will have experience working in a Wheelchair Service, with competencies in wheelchair assessment, prescription and provision; however, this is not essential, providing you are quick to learn and can demonstrate underpinning and transferable knowledge and skills in posture and mobility assessments and management. ### Main duties of the job You will be part of a highly motivated multi-disciplinary team providing assessments and wheelchair provision to people of all ages with a wide range of conditions that have a permanent disability that requires them to use a wheelchair (or associated equipment) on a long-term basis. It is patient facing position which is clinic based but also requires you to visit service users in their place of residence or other establishment in the community as/ when required. You must be able to start and finish work at base every day, and work across both of our locations (Wirral and West Cheshire), according to the needs of the service. It is essential that you are able can drive and have access to a suitable vehicle for work purposes. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For the main responsibilities of the post please refer to the attached Job Description. Responsibilities include: - Utilising therapy skills to assess for, prescribe and provide wheelchairs and associated equipment to an identified cohort of service users. - Working within the local eligibility criteria for the provision of wheelchairs and associated equipment. - Offering people who are eligible for new/ re-provision of a wheelchair a personal wheelchair budget in line with legislation and service operating model. - Handing over and adjusting any prescribed equipment, advising the service user and carers on its safe use. - Prioritising, organising and managing own workload autonomously and in the most efficient and effective way. - Documenting assessments, interventions and equipment details on the Wheelchair Service’s clinical and asset management system. - Supervising and supporting the development of identified Therapy Assistants/ Support Practitioners. - Being a proactive clinical educator and supervising both Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy students, regardless of your own profession. - Providing specialist advice to other health and care professionals on wheelchairs and postural management. - Recognising and working within own competence and professional code of conduct/ standards. - Taking responsibility for own CPD and keep up to date with clinical practice and wheelchair products. Please ensure that your supporting information in your application reflects how you meet the person specification for role. ### 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 ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Ability to travel to various hospital / community locations - Ability to fulfil occupational health requirements for the post, with reasonable adjustments as necessary - Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance - Awareness of relevant national frameworks / guidance relating to area of work - Commitment to professional lifelong learning - Due to the requirement to undertake visits it is necessary to have a valid driving licence for the UK and have access to a vehicle for work purposes. ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Good computer skills - Excellent clinical reasoning skills - Broad base of clinical physiotherapy knowledge and different approaches required to clinical interventions - Knowledge of governance issues - Supervision of staff and delegation of tasks - Ability to work under own initiative, be adaptable, flexible, compassionate, and approachable - Ability to establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with service users and their carers - Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines - Effective communication skills, including report writing and presentation skills **Desirable** - Evidence of participation in health, safety, and risk management - Participation in audit / research ### Experience and Knowledge **Essential** - Broad experience of working in a variety of clinical areas as Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist e.g., elderly care, neurology, general medicine, orthopaedics, mental health, children’s, adult social care - Good knowledge of working in specialist Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy area e.g. posture and mobility assessments, specialist seating, manual handling, etc. - Working knowledge of relevant national standards/ acts and agendas, and understanding of partnership working with statutory and voluntary agencies - Knowledge of current best practice in specialist Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy area - Knowledge of team / group dynamics and role of an Occupation Therapy specialist within a team - Evidence of effective working within an MDT **Desirable** - Clinical experience of working in wheelchairs or similar/ related clinical area - Experience as an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist in the NHS and be able to demonstrate awareness of current NHS, social care and organisation issues ### Qualifications and Professional Training **Essential** - Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy - HCPC Registration as an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist - Relevant post graduate level training or equivalent relevant experience - Evidence of ongoing CPD **Desirable** - Clinical educator certificate - MSc modules in relevant health studies ## Documents - [band 6 wcs ps (pdf, 520.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10641415) - [band 6 wcs jcds (pdf, 496.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10641414) ## 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.