Physiotherapist - Prehabilitation

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals; Preston; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals seeks a Specialist Physiotherapist for Prehabilitation in Preston. In this role, you will enhance patient recovery by delivering personalized therapy programs, working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. The position requires HCPC registration and the ability to manage a caseload, emphasizing professional development in a supportive healthcare environment.

Benefits

Access to varied development opportunities

Chance to work in a dynamic team environment

Qualifications

• Experience in the NHS as a specialist Physiotherapist is essential.
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) required.
• Experience of working with cancer patients and managing own caseload.

Responsibilities

• Deliver tailored prehabilitation programmes for patients.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to ensure patient care.
• Assist in planning and organization of service delivery.

Skills

Communication

Time Management

Change Management

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

HCPC registration

Member of the CSP

Job description

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Client:

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals

Location:

Preston, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

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Job overview

Are you an experienced physiotherapist ready to shape patient cancer pathways and contribute to pioneering projects in cancer prehabilitation?

We are looking for a Specialist Physiotherapist to join our dynamic multidisciplinary team, where you will play a vital role in providing, monitoring, and enhancing a high-quality therapy service. This exciting opportunity offers you the chance to build on your advanced skills, support the development of colleagues, and contribute to the ongoing improvement of our service within a supportive and forward-thinking clinical environment.

In this role, you will be responsible for delivering tailored prehabilitation programmes that prepare patients for surgery or treatment, helping to optimise their recovery and outcomes. You will work closely with a range of healthcare professionals to ensure a seamless, patient-centred approach to care. Supporting the Therapy Lead, you will assist in the planning and day-to-day organisation of service delivery, including prioritising and assessing workloads for assistants and therapists.

You will be encouraged to take ownership of your professional development and play an active role in fostering the growth of your colleagues. By building on your consolidated postgraduate expertise, you will develop advanced specialist skills and contribute innovative ideas to drive service development and continuous improvement.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you will receive referrals from a broad and diverse multidisciplinary team, allowing you to build strong, collaborative relationships with clinical nurse specialists, surgeons, oncologists, dietitians, and anaesthetists across a variety of tumour sites. You will have the opportunity to assess and treat patients both one-to-one and in group settings, working across two key locations: RPH and CDH. You may have the chance to deliver therapy in the hydrotherapy pool at CDH.

You will provide not only physical therapy but also wellbeing support and basic nutritional advice to both new and ongoing patients, carrying your own caseload with guidance and support from the clinical lead physiotherapist. Experience working with cancer patients or those with chronic conditions, as well as a solid understanding of enhanced recovery principles, is highly desirable.

Beyond clinical expertise, this role demands excellent communication skills, alongside strong abilities in change management and time management, as the position continues to evolve. You will be able to contribute to the development of new care pathways within the hospitals and to forge meaningful connections with community exercise and health services.

Furthermore, as an online surgery school is currently in development, you will have the chance to play a key part in shaping and finalising this innovative educational resource, helping to enhance patient support and recovery.

Working for our organisation

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To directly support the delivery of therapy to patients

To support service development and planning.

To communicate and collaborate with all Service stakeholders

To help to ensure the health, safety and security of users of the
Prehab, self and colleagues

To support the Clinical Governance and Quality agenda within the
Prehab Service

Person specification

Qualifications and Education

• HCPC registration
• Degree in Physiotherapy
• Evidence of CPD
• Member of the CSP
• Clinical Educator

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience in the NHS as a specialist Physiotherapist
• Proven varied experience of relevant rotational posts
• Range of transferable clinical skills from rotational posts
• Experience of MDT working
• Current knowledge of evidence base
• Understanding of the regional and national drivers influencing service provision
• Experience of working with cancer patients
• Experience of working in an outpatient setting
• Experience of managing own caseload within the outpatient setting