Rotational Physiotherapist

Job summary
Are you a soon to be qualified, newly qualified or an experienced Physiotherapist looking to work within a supportive, friendly, and dynamic therapy teams delivering Physiotherapy across a wide variety of rotations?

North Cheshire & Mersey NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join the Band 5 rotations. The successful candidate will join our therapy teams across a variety of inpatient, outpatient, intermediate care, and community settings and rotate every 6 months across a wide range of areas including:

• Acute medical including our award-winning dementia unit,
• Neuro rehabilitation inpatients,
• Trauma & Orthopaedics (including Paediatrics) inpatients,
• Respiratory (including critical care unit) inpatients,
• General Surgery rehabilitation inpatients,
• Neuro rehabilitation Outpatients,
• Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Outpatients
• Intermediate Care & Frailty Service
• Halton Community Therapy team

Our teams are lively, friendly, dynamic and are keen to offer the best possible service to our patients. This role would be an excellent opportunity for qualified Physiotherapists looking to gain experience in a variety of core clinical areas. We offer preceptorship support and training opportunities to enable you to develop your career. As a Therapy service, we are big enough to provide you with varied experience and small enough to care.

Main duties of the job
Within this rotational role you will be expected to work as an autonomous Physiotherapist to provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients presenting with a range of conditions. This may be in a range of settings within the Hospital or Community.

Some of our teams offer a weekend working rota which you will be expected to contribute to in-line with delivering seven-day services.

About us
Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.

Our mission is to be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other.

Our vision is to be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn.

Our approach to healthcare is founded on our four core values:

• Kind - we are caring, supporting and respectful to everyone
• Open - we are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair - we listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team - we work well together and with our communities

We employ almost 6,500 people from more than 80 nationalities and are fully committed to being an equal, diverse and inclusive employer. Our culture and values ensure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and that no job applicant or employee is disadvantaged at any stage of their journey.

We are also proud to be an Armed Forces Friendly organisation and welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists and families.

Working at NCM means becoming part of a dedicated team of clinical and support staff who are passionate about keeping people well and supporting wellbeing. If you share our values and are motivated by making a difference for our patients, we'd be delighted to receive your application.

Details
Date posted: 23 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year Per Annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 370-AHP5THE-2501
Job locations: Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Lovely Lane, Warrington, WA5 1QG, United Kingdom

Essential Experience

• A wide variety of rotational experience as a student or Physiotherapist.

Desirable Experience

• Previous work in NHS or placement experience within the NHS.

Essential Qualifications

• BSc Hons Physiotherapy (or graduating within 4 months).

Desirable Qualifications

• Attendance at nationally recognised courses or other evidence of advancing knowledge

Essential Skills

• Able to sound knowledge of the clinical management of patients across different clinical areas.

Desirable Skills

• Car driver with full UK license

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please apply through our website.

Employer contact: Deputy Therapy Manager Rachel Radcliffe, rachel.radcliffe@nhs.net, 01925662106