Specialist Physiotherapist | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in England is seeking a dedicated Physiotherapist to manage complex patient cases within community settings. The successful candidate will work alongside a supportive team, employing evidence-based practices to enhance patient care. Responsibilities include assessing and developing individual care plans, leading junior staff, and collaborating with multiple professionals to ensure effective therapy. This role offers flexible working arrangements and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience in therapy with patients having complex health issues.
• Ability to manage a caseload as an autonomous practitioner.
• Skills in evaluating and modifying treatment plans.

Responsibilities

• Manage caseload with multiple co-morbidities effectively.
• Provide leadership for junior staff.
• Participate in service development and improvement projects.
• Liaise with family, GP's, and other professionals for care planning.

Skills

Evidence-based practice

Leadership skills

Holistic patient assessment

Communication skills

Education

Physiotherapy degree

Job description

Overview

Liverpool Community Physiotherapy service provides therapy and rehabilitation in patients homes. We aim to promote independence and improve quality of life for people with physical problems caused by accidents, ageing, disease or disability. These include respiratory conditions, orthopaedic and musculoskeletal conditions, mobility issues, neurological conditions and those receiving palliative care.

If you’re motivated, with therapy experience and skills, a passion to be part this service, and share our aim for perfect care, we’d like to hear from you.

The role involves working across Liverpool community teams (North, Central, South, Neuro, Rehab at Home, Care homes and Falls) on a rotational basis to provide support to our patients in their homes and other community settings, which will enable you to develop skills and flourish within your career. If this interests you, come and join our fantastic team.

We’re a very supportive team with physiotherapists and assistant practitioners who work closely with our occupational therapy colleagues.

About Mersey Care

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities. At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Responsibilities

• The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patient’s with multiple and often complex co‑morbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions of the patient group.
• The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal.
• The post holder will participate in planning, development and evaluation of services provided, holding responsibility for defined service improvement projects.
• The post holder will take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality therapy and care to a caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice.
• To prioritise designated Physiotherapy referrals according to need, risk and service capacity.
• To plan and implement patient centred individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals including sensory integration difficulties within rehab hub setting.
• To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.
• To ensure that the service user’s care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual. To monitor, via performance management, the care plans developed for service users by all sector members to ensure that they are appropriate and of a high standard.
• To liaise with family members, carers, GP’s and other professionals as necessary when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.
• Understanding risk assessment, being able to assess risk and complete management plans.
• Work in partnership with other professional to enable patients / clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission.
• To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Physiotherapy profession and facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.

Contract Details

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. This advert closes on Monday 5 Jan 2026.