Band 6 Community Physiotherapist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity to join the SMASH Care Community has arisen. Come and join our amazing, friendly and supportive team!  Your role will be to assess, manage and provide treatment to a caseload of patients with complex and/or multiple therapy needs. You will be working closely with the MDT and providing supervision to therapy assistants, junior staff, apprentices and students. There will be an expectation to work between multiple sites in the organisation, including other care communities and within the discharge to assess beds.

You will also be expected to join the 7-day,  urgent community response rota on a rolling basis which will cover the 5 care communities.

This is a permanent post.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and flexible physiotherapist to join our friendly, supportive and dynamic team in the SMASH Care Community within CCICP.

We provide a rapid, unplanned and planned response, we facilitate early discharge from hospital and aim to reduce hospital admissions.  We also cover discharge to assess beds. There is a varied caseload and you will need to demonstrate knowledge, experience and relevant clinical skills with patients with complex / long term conditions, falls, orthopaedics, general mobility problems and neurological conditions.

The successful candidate will work as a member of our integrated multidisciplinary team alongside District Nurses, Advance Nurse Practitioners, Complex Case Practitioners, MacMillan Nurses  and will be responsible for supervising junior members of staff, apprentices and students.

You are required to be a car driver and have access to your own vehicle.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Degree in physiotherapy

• HCPC registered

• CSP registered

• Previous experience of working in the NHS
• Experience of working in a community setting

• Completion of band 5 rotation
• Student educator or experience of having students
• experience of audits

• Good written and verbal communication skills

• good IT skills

Key Messages

·       Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process.

• We are a flexible working employer, so please talk to us about any flexible working requirements.

·       All correspondence will be sent to the email address you have registered as your TRAC account.

·       Selection is based on the Trust's values, and the criteria outlined in the Job Description for the role.

·       Secondments will be considered for fixed term positions when both parties agree.  Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before application.

·       Appointments are subject to a 6-month probationary period.  LED Doctors are subject to a 3-month probationary period.

·       Please provide a contact email address for referees. We will not request references until after you have been made a formal job offer.

·       You will be required to pay for your DBS disclosure (where the post requires one). This will be done via 3 monthly instalments from your pay.  We encourage applicants to join and remain registered with the DBS update service.

·       We do not reimburse travel to interview expenses.