Specialist Physiotherapist; CAU Job Cardiff area,Wales UK,Healthcare

Site Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan Lane, Wigan, WN1 2NN
Town Wigan Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 20/09/2026 23:59

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Physiotherapist who will be based on the Community Assessment Unit at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan. The unit has 21 beds and 6 assessment chairs providing holistic specialist Geriatric Assessments. Our focus and priority is on the timely, safe and effective discharge of frail patients back into their normal place of residence. NHS experience is essential.

This is a permanent full time (37.5 hours) post - some weekend working may be involved.

An Enhanced DBS with Adults' Barred List checks will be obtained during pre-employment checks.

This vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard of intervention to support individuals who are medically well enough to be discharged from hospital.
Provide mobility assessments & complete baseline assessments for patients within the unit.
Provide excellent communication with patients, families and colleagues.
Allow safe provision of equipment to patients being discharged.
To act as a source of knowledge for patients presenting with a range of long term conditions and needs.
To take a role in the specialist assessment and treatment of patients who may have complex and chronic presentation, and to determine clinical diagnosis and treatment indicated.
To manage a defined caseload using evidence based / client centred principles to access, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
To provide leadership and clinical supervision for other junior staff as delegated by manager and/or professional supervisor. To regularly supervise junior staff members, and students on placement within the service.
To work collaboratively within the services across Wigan and liaise with professionals and voluntary agencies to optimise patient care.

Working for our organisation

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is proud to provide high‑quality acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, our staff are central to everything we do — we believe that happy staff make for happy patients, and this ethos underpins our culture and our success.

We have a strong, recognised track record in staff engagement and in living our values:

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care, and to maintain overall accountability for delegated duties of treatment to junior staff for patients on your caseload.
To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnosis and prognosis in a wide range of conditions, to recommend the best course of intervention, and to develop comprehensive discharge plans.
To ensure interventions take place in the most appropriate setting, e.g. Community Assessment Unit or clients’ homes.
To work with clients and/or carers to identify goals as part of an overall care plan in co-operation with the inter-disciplinary professional team using recognised goal setting system.
To demonstrate and apply a broad level of understanding of the effect of disability and long-term condition management and ensure high standards of holistic clinical care.
To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professional, to promote understanding of the aims of intervention, and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
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