Band 5 Community Therapy Physiotherapist.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Theatre Practitioner · viaNHS Jobs
£32073.00 to £39043.00
- Closing date
- 5 Nov 2026
- Posted
- 8d ago
- Specialism
- Theatre Practitioner
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Reference
- nhs-5685083
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Job summary
Are you passionate about supporting individuals on their rehabilitation and recovery journey? Do you believe in rehabilitation that empowers people to regain independence, confidence, and wellbeing? If so, we would love to welcome you to our team.
We are looking for a dedicated, compassionate and professional Band 5 Physiotherapist who wants to make a genuine difference in the lives of people working within our Community Therapy North Team.
What We're Looking For
- Qualification in Physiotherapy
- Experience in community-based rehabilitation or recovery work
- Strong communication, empathy, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to motivate and encourage individuals at varying stages of recovery
- A commitment to holistic, strengths-based rehabilitation
Main duties of the job
What You'll Do
- Provide person-centred rehabilitation therapy in clients' homes and community settings
- Support clients to develop daily living skills, mobility, confidence, and independence
- Deliver structured intervention plans and monitor progress
- Work collaboratively with physiotherapists, OTs, nurses and wider MDTs
- Facilitate group-based rehabilitation, wellbeing sessions, or community outreach and in-reach
- Promote safety, dignity, and empowerment in every aspect of care
The service has recently undergone an exciting restructure to help support and empower our patients even further with specialities for service development being fundamental in our approach.
About us
What We Offer
- A supportive, forward-thinking rehabilitation environment
- Ongoing training, supervision, and professional development
- Flexible working patterns to support work-life balance
- Opportunities to shape and grow community rehabilitation services
- The chance to create meaningful, lasting impact in people's recovery journeys.
Details
Date posted
26 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043 a year pa
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
382-NBC171-26
Job locations
Fleetwood
West View Health Village
Fleetwood
FY78GU
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work within and adhere to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, The Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) standards of practice, The Trust relevant policies and guidelines.The post holder is an autonomous practitioner, responsible for provision of highlyspecialised assessment, treatment, intervention and discharge planning of clientsreferred to the service.Responsible for managing a caseload of patients with a variety of complexconditions including chronic, disabling and life limiting illnesses.Carry out specialist assessment and treatment including the prescription of essentialequipment as part of the therapeutic intervention. Specifically assessing issuesrelated to the barriers which prevent the individual carrying out activities of dailyliving e.g. mobility, moving and handling, functional restrictions, activity tolerance,hand eye coordination, positioning, cognitive impairment, social and psychologicalissues, environmental restrictions.The post holder will act as a source of expertise and demonstrate advancedknowledge, skill and experience in their role.Assist the Clinical Specialist in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating thetherapy service.Educate other health care professionals, multi-agency professionals and therapystudents within the speciality.Work in the community as a lone practitioner in line with the Trust Lone WorkerPolicy.
Job responsibilities
Work within and adhere to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, The Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) standards of practice, The Trust relevant policies and guidelines.The post holder is an autonomous practitioner, responsible for provision of highlyspecialised assessment, treatment, intervention and discharge planning of clientsreferred to the service.Responsible for managing a caseload of patients with a variety of complexconditions including chronic, disabling and life limiting illnesses.Carry out specialist assessment and treatment including the prescription of essentialequipment as part of the therapeutic intervention. Specifically assessing issuesrelated to the barriers which prevent the individual carrying out activities of dailyliving e.g. mobility, moving and handling, functional restrictions, activity tolerance,hand eye coordination, positioning, cognitive impairment, social and psychologicalissues, environmental restrictions.The post holder will act as a source of expertise and demonstrate advancedknowledge, skill and experience in their role.Assist the Clinical Specialist in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating thetherapy service.Educate other health care professionals, multi-agency professionals and therapystudents within the speciality.Work in the community as a lone practitioner in line with the Trust Lone WorkerPolicy.
What you need to do now
Applications are handled by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on their own site — BOQQS does not collect CVs or hold your application. This listing closes on 5 Nov 2026.
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