Physiotherapist

Job overview

North East Essex Community Therapy Team has an exciting opportunity to work as a Band 5 Physiotherapist in the community. This position will be working alongside our established team of therapists based in Colchester and being offered on a permanent basis at 37.5 hours a week.

Because the patients are community based it is essential to have a car and driving license for the UK.

We are looking for a thoughtful, proactive and enthusiastic individual to join the friendly team within Community Rehabilitation.

As a Community Physiotherapist you will be responsible for providing specialised physiotherapy assessment, treatment and advice to patients within their own homes or care homes.  Therapists play a vital role in supporting hospital discharges, preventing admissions and enabling long-term self-management empowering patients to live well at home.

You will be part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, working alongside AHP’s, Nurses, Associate Practitioners, Assistant Practitioners and administrative staff. You will hold an independent caseload supported by senior physiotherapists.

You will have opportunities to develop specialist community-based skills, strengthen multidisciplinary working and gain experience in supporting and supervising colleagues, alongside building key leadership capabilities.

Applicants will ideally have some community therapy experience, including through previous employment, rotational posts, or student placements.

Main duties of the job

Initial holistic assessment, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients who are acutely and chronically unwell.

Use clinical reasoning skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate, patient- centred intervention programmes using an evidence-based practice approach, promoting high quality and harm free care.

Responsible for proactive service and own caseload management

Responsible for allocation of work and efficient service/team coordination

Develop and maintain strong, communicative working relationships to prevent avoidable admissions and facilitate timely discharges.

Collaborate and negotiate with patients, carers and family in identifying achievable goals as part of the overall care plan to maximise quality of life and independence.

Facilitate appropriate referrals to other services based on your assessment

Assess and arrange the provision of equipment within scope of practice, reporting any issues

Take responsibility for the development of therapy assistants and students

Maintain accurate, informative and legal records

Actively participate in training; this may involve assisting in the delivery

Identify risks and act accordingly to minimise risk to self, colleagues and service users

Proactive engagement in improving service delivery & implementing service changes

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.