Job overview
Are you a Community Practitioner with a broad range of clinical skills
Do you thrive in a busy, dynamic and rapidly revolving service and wish to develop you leadership skills?
If so, this role may be for you.
The Urgent Community Response Frailty Hospital at Home (UCR FH@H) team delivers hospital-level urgent and same-day responses to people in their usual place of residence following a sudden deterioration in their health or condition. This could be a one-off visit or a short episode of care, delivered through multidisciplinary team working and working collaboratively with other community services. The timely responses and high level of holistic assessment and effective clinical interventions reduce the need for unnecessary hospital conveyances or admissions and enable patients to remain at home where they recover best. The post holder will work with a range of professionals to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner. The post holder will be able to demonstrate their professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning / co-ordination, and care and treatment delivery.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will respond to clinically appropriate 0-2 hour and 2-24 hour community response referrals, alongside planned follow up visits across the breadth of the service, providing holistic assessment and delivering hospital level treatments and care in the patient’s usual place of residence.
- Assess physical and psycho–social needs and provide interventions tailored to meet the needs of the individual based on best available evidence
- To improve health outcomes using profession based skills and knowledge
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.
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.
Person specification
Values
Essential
- Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships
- Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to develop
- Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued.
- Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate experience post or pre-registration placements in relevant clinical areas for therapists:- Care of Elderly Orthopaedics Neurology Respiratory Palliative Care Long term conditions
- Experience of working in an NHS community/in-patient setting for a minimum of 2 years post registration
- In depth experience of working within multi-agency/multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of working with NHS or Adult Social Care single assessment process.
- Experience of electronic clinical systems.
- Experience participating in research or audit project.
- Experience of day-to-day staff management e.g. case allocation to Health Care Assistants
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Registered Healthcare Professional with HCPC and Degree in Physiotherapy
- Experience of recent Continuous Professional Development.
- Relevant post graduate clinical training e.g. Advanced History Taking & Assessment
- Training in: Long Term Conditions Respiratory Disease Cardiac Disease Trauma, Orthopaedics & End of Life
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This advert is for Community Practitioner - UCR Frailty Hospital at Home (UCRFHH) with Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in Stoke Mandeville Hospital. It is listed as a Band 6 Practitioner role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent: There are 1 fulltime and 1 part time posts available. The application deadline is 17 Sep 2026.
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