Intermediate Care Physiotherapist

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Warrington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider is seeking an Intermediate Care Physiotherapist to assess and rehabilitate patients in the Warrington area. The successful candidate will handle a designated caseload, collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, and ensure safe transitions for patients. This role offers a chance to develop clinical skills within a supportive environment, focusing on person-centred care in the community. Flexible working options are available, with the expectation of adhering to NHS standards.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Post-registration experience in various healthcare settings.
• Experience working in a community healthcare environment.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive physiotherapy assessments of patients.
• Develop and deliver individualized treatment programs.
• Supervise junior staff and students in the service.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Effective communication

Time management

Organizational skills

Inter-agency work

Education

Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy

Health and Care Professions Council registration

Job description

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Intermediate Care Physiotherapist

The closing date is 22 December 2025

This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 to progress or current Band 6 Physiotherapist to develop skills in an integrated community intermediate care service.

The role encompasses assessment and rehabilitation functions that are carried out predominantly in the patients home or in one of the designated bed bases. Working under the Discharge to Assess model, the physiotherapist will utilise core professional skills alongside additional generic skills to provide a holistic assessment of the patients health and care needs to ensure a safe transition to home. Following assessment, the occupational therapist will provide rehabilitation to patients in their home or in a bed base.

The post is rotational, you will be given responsibility for providing physiotherapy for a designated area, including community rehabilitation, bed‑based rehabilitation or D2A services.

Interviews will be held 7th January 2026.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients who are under the care of the intermediate care service. They will provide Physiotherapy rehabilitation focused assessment and interventions to these patients as well as directing therapy assistance and social care support workers to support patients in completing rehabilitation tasks between therapist visits.

The successful candidate will be responsible for supervision of junior staff and students within the service. They will also support the clinical lead with audit and service development tasks as appropriate.

About us

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.

At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our NHS services in your local community.

They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.

After all, values are about people and they were created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important to them.

Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.

P – Person‑centred – We are passionate about individual needs and promote independence in the healthcare we provide.

E – Empowered – We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.

O – Open and Honest – We behave in a way that develops relationships based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.

P – Professional – We support our people, so everyone has the right skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.

L – Locally Lead – We are always learning about our communities and show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.

E – Efficient – We use our resources wisely to provide sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

To undertake specialist assessment of patients within their own or bed base units with acute/unstable conditions who are referred to the Intermediate Care Service as an alternative to hospital admission.

To undertake Physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis and deliver treatment programmes for adults with intermediate care needs in the Warrington area.

To have continuing responsibility for a defined caseload of patients who have been identified as being at risk of inappropriate hospitalisation.

To actively participate and contribute to multidisciplinary team working also liaising with other professional agencies to promote and plan rehabilitation and care.

Duties and Responsibilities

This list of duties is not intended to be exhaustive, but indicates the main areas of work and may be subject to change after consultation with the post‑holder to meet the changing needs of the organisation

(a) Clinical

To undertake comprehensive and holistic physiotherapy assessments of patients including those with diverse presentations, multiple pathologies and complex needs, in a variety of settings.

Based on assessment, to develop and deliver individualised and graded physiotherapy treatment programmes, that are regularly reviewed and evaluated to ensure intermediate care outcomes are met.

To utilise advanced analytical skills and clinical reasoning and apply to the physiotherapy process in a person‑centred approach.

To review and re‑evaluate the patient’s response to physiotherapy interventions to ensure that goals are met within the time limits of intermediate care.

Based on the outcome of the assessment and treatment programme, to formulate appropriate and timely discharge strategies.

To modify treatment skills as appropriate to the service user’s environment.

To assess and treat patients, in their own environment, without prejudice and in conditions hazardous to health with the potential to cause harm.

To provide planned and spontaneous advice to patients, informal and formal carers, relatives, junior staff and fellow professionals promoting understanding of the aims of Physiotherapist and ensuring a consistent approach to patient care. To work autonomously within scope of practice and to consult more experienced team members as necessary.

To communicate effectively with patients, carers, relatives, colleagues and junior staff, assistants etc in order to progress specific rehabilitation and treatment programmes.

To deal with distressing and/or emotional situations with tact and sensitivity.

To implement best practice based on evidence and clinical knowledge.

To liaise with all members of the multi‑disciplinary team both formally in the MDT and informally as appropriate, to facilitate progress through intermediate care.

To facilitate management of manual handling risks in accordance with the Bridgewater policy.

To be responsible for maintaining and managing accurate and comprehensive intervention records in line with professional and local standards.

(b) Clinical Management

To accept clinical responsibility for an identified caseload and to prioritise this effectively, according to clinical and service needs and time available.

To manage the clinical caseload with autonomy, guided by Bridgewater policies and procedures, professional codes of practice and departmental working practice.

To communicate with a wide range of professionals both within the Trust, and in external agencies including primary care, the acute trust, social care, voluntary organisations etc.

To engage patients in the consent process to facilitate informed compliance with physiotherapy interventions.

To attend relevant clinical meetings, safeguarding meetings and case conferences as appropriate.

To provide training for own discipline, and to be involved in the training of all team members/disciplines and students.

To supervise less experienced staff, students and assistants and delegate specific responsibilities where applicable.

To provide accurate statistical information in line with local standards and the professional body.

To participate in clinical audit relevant to the post.

To adhere to the Trust lone worker policy at all times.

To comply with organisational and departmental policies and procedures and be involved in reviewing and updating as appropriate.

(c) Professional Development

To work to the standards of professional practice as described by professional body and the HCPC.

To be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through Continuing Professional Development activities as identified by the HCPC.

To continually evaluate clinical practice and modify approach in line with team and organisational objectives.

To prepare for and actively participate in the Performance Development process both of yourself and others.

To update clinical knowledge and skills and evidence based practice as identified through the PDR process utilising appropriate learning opportunities.

To be actively involved in improvements to service delivery and quality initiatives.

Job Description attached in full.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
• Health and Care Professions Council registration
• Member of Professional Body
• Post‑graduate study in relevant speciality

Other

• The ability to travel independently across the Trust
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs including weekends and bank holidays
• 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
• Evidence of compliance with clinical governance and ability to apply evidence base to practice
• Ability to make and maintain accurate
• clinical judgement under pressure
• Evidence of acute illness management training
• Experience of recording vital signs
• Proactive in the development of services to meet changing needs of patients
• Ability to pass on
• skills and/or knowledge to others in both formal and informal environments

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.

Sponsorship

• Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share‑codes will be checked if applicable).

Experience

• Demonstrable post‑registration experience in a variety of settings
• Demonstrable experience of work in a community 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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust