Senior Physiotherapist - North Mersey Stroke Service

Transformation Unit; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Physiotherapist (Band 6) to join the North Mersey Stroke Service. The post rotates across SEAC, Hyperacute, and Rehab Units at Aintree, Broadgreen, and Early Supported Discharge Team, collaborating with a skilled multidisciplinary team.

You will require stroke/neural expertise and leadership qualities to support staff development, supervision, and service improvements locally and nationally.

Qualifications

• Specialist clinical assessment and treatment skills for Stroke and neurological presentations.
• Leadership qualities; ability to evidence supporting staff/student development.
• Opportunity for training, supervision, and personalised development plans.

Responsibilities

• Undertake physiotherapy assessments and implement treatment plans across the stroke pathway.
• Provide supervision and contribute to education of staff and students.
• Rotations across Hyperacute/Acute/Rehab Stroke units and associated teams.
• Support seven-day service and on-call rota.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Communication

Teamwork

Leadership

Education/supervision

Education

Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy

HCPC registration

Job description

Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Aintree/Broadgreen Town Liverpool Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/10/2026 23:59

Senior Physiotherapist - North Mersey Stroke Service

Band 6

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Physiotherapist to join the North Mersey Stroke Therapy Team. The post holder will rotate between the SEAC, Hyperacute and Rehab Units at Aintree, Broadgreen and Early Supported Discharge Team.

The post holder will have the opportunity to work closely with highly skilled multidisciplinary colleagues, and to deputise for team leads. This post requires excellent interpersonal and communication skills and a commitment to team working and skill sharing.

You will require specialist clinical assessment and treatment skills for Stroke and neurological presentations. The successful candidate will need leadership qualities; and be able to evidence supporting staff/student development. There will be opportunity to contribute to service developments that are both locally and nationally driven.

The post will support your career development in this specialist field through training, regular supervision, appraisal and personalised development plans. You will have a named supervisor, support of the Advanced Clinical Practitioner and Therapy Management Team.

LUFT staff are required to work flexibly, to support seven day services and shift patterns over an extended working day; candidates be able to access car for work purpose and have business car insurance to be able to rotate across the pathway.

You will be required to provide respiratory care and support the Aintree oncall rota.

** Possible 8week secondment opportunity in addition to a fulltime permanent band 6 physio position likely starting Jan 2027- March 2027**

Main duties of the job

The post holder will undertake 9 month rotations across each specialist team within the stroke pathway . Rotations are based across the trust.
Rotations are within the following areas:

• Hyperacute/Acute/Rehab Stroke unit Aintree Hospital
• Stroke Rehab unit Broadgreen Hospital
• Liverpool Stroke Recovery Partnership/Sefton Early supported Discharge team

We are committed to staff development and training. You will have a named supervisor and the opportunity to attend courses and study days. You will be involved in the supervision and support of more junior staff and have the opportunity to be involved in student education, research and audit.
Therapists are required to work flexibly to meet the needs, supporting a 7 day service; working extended days or late shift; working on-call.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

1. To undertake physiotherapy assessment, clinically diagnose and implement agreed treatment plans, evaluate care delivery according to health care needs for routine and complex patients.
2. To advise, assist and educate, staff grade Physiotherapist and student
Physiotherapist in the management of routine patients.
3. To ensure effective communication with patients, carers and all other Health & Social Care Professionals regarding all aspects of patient care. This will include patients who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating.
4. To participate in Departmental Planned Out of Hours Working and
Emergency On-Call Rota.
5. Represent Physiotherapy Service at Multidisciplinary Meetings to ensure the delivery of a co-ordinated Multidisciplinary Service.
6. Attend relevant ward rounds and clinics, working alongside the
Multidisciplinary Team, assessing, advising and treating patients as required.

Please refer to detailed Job Description attached

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy or equivalent
• HCPC registration

Experience

• Demonstrable post-registration experience
• Majority of clinical experience in the NHS UK
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Evidence of a contribution to clinical education / supervision of less experienced staff, students or assistants

Knowledge

• Broad range of clinical assessment and treatment skills based on current best practice
• Demonstrates an ability to comprehend and work within policies on health and safety, risk management and data protection
• Working knowledge of current NHS issues
• Evidence of self directed learning and willingness to participate in CPD

Skills

• Demonstrates effective and adaptable communication skills including written and verbal
• Evidence of time management and organisational skills
• Demonstrates an ability to pass on skills / knowledge to others
• Demonstrates an ability to manage own work load, determine priorities and delegates tasks
• Demonstrates an ability to problem solve

Other

• Demonstrates an ability to work independently and to seek advice when necessary
• Demonstrates an ability to work effectively in a team
• Demonstrates an ability to respond effectively to complex, emotional or challenging situations
• Demonstrates an ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
• Demonstrates a genuine interest in medical / surgical specialties

Candidatesapplying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18 th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £25.70 (standard disclosure) or £46.70 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Application numbers

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