Job summary
- 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
Employer heading
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
Here more from our people on the ‘Community Conversations’ podcast: Community Conversations Podcast | Podcast on Spotify
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
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
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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