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Main area
Physiotherapy
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
412-COMM-7868170
Employer
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Community Therapy Centre
Town
Winsford
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/04/2026 23:59

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Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist

Band 6

Want to work somewhere you can really make a difference? Somewhere you’re encouraged to have ideas and empowered to create positive change?

Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP) deliver NHS Community Services across Cheshire. With a wide range of clinical disciplines, we are a dynamic, future-facing organisation passionate about delivering the highest quality healthcare whilst collaborating with our community partners.

We foster a culture of continuous improvement, built on compassion.

 Find out more about CCICP: Community Services (CCICP): Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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 Don’t just take our word for it…

Our Annual Staff Survey results say

·       Over 83% of staff would recommend CCICP as a place to work

·       90% of staff say the people they work with show appreciation to each other

·       88% staff say that patient care/service users are the organisations top priority

·       Over 70% of staff believe there are opportunities for them to develop their career

·       If a friend or relative needed treatment 81% of staff are happy with the standard of care provided

 

We are recognised nationally

·       With over 24 Queen’s Nurses (and growing) we have one of the highest percentages proportionate to the size of our team

·       Nursing Times Award winners in 2023 and finalists in 2024 for a Bladder and Bowl project. Our specialist Stoma service is currently shortlisted for a Nursing Times and British Journal of Nursing awards. 

·       Two Specialist clinicians have recently had their work recognised by Wounds UK

·       Leighton Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre, run by CCICP, was reviewed by Care Quality Commission and awarded the highest score in the North West

Job overview

Do you enjoy working with children and young people in a variety of community settings?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Physiotherapist, to come and join our Community Paediatric therapy team in the Vale Royal Locality, predominantly working in community settings in Winsford and Northwich.

You would carry a caseload of children and young people between the ages of 0-19, within a variety of locations, and will be working with some brilliant children and young people across the locality, with varying conditions and diagnoses including neurodevelopmental conditions like Cerebral Palsy, gait abnormalities and musculoskeletal issues amongst others. Within the team you will work alongside our wider Health team including OT, Therapy Assistants, SALT and nursing teams.

You will have the support of an experienced and supportive Therapy team, including a Team Leader and Advanced Clinical Specialist Physio. The team are extremely welcoming and supportive, and work closely as an MDT alongside our education and wider MDT colleagues. We are extremely keen to promote continuing professional development, and regularly complete supervision and peer training / review sessions.

If you have any queries or questions, please feel free to give me a call or an email. We look forward to hearing from you!

Main duties of the job

Assessment and intervention of a wide range of conditions including but not exhaustive to neurodevelopmental, Musculoskeletal, Gait abnormalities

Management of a community based caseload, with therapy sessions taking place in a variety of locations, including schools, nurseries, patient's homes and clinics.

Contribution to Statutory Assessments in regards to Education Health and Care Plans

Involvement in additional physiotherapy interventions including hydrotherapy & orthotics

Contribution to Continuous professional development plans within the team and peer supervision sessions

Working alongside and providing supervision to therapy assistants

Collaborative working with other members of the MDT

Working for our organisation

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008. 

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health. 

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal. 

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE. 

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients.  We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives. 

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The detailed job description and main responsibilities for this role can be found in the attached job description and person specification

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy
  • Postgrad Qualifications
  • HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
  • Student mentor
  • Musculoskeletal experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous paediatric experience
  • Evidence of community based working

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of paediatric Assessment and treatment skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgePrince's Trust - Proud to support the Prince's trust - Youth can do itNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkArmed Forces Covenant

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Eve Cooper
Job title
Team Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07552406677

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
Telephone
[email protected]
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