Senior Physiotherapist

Job overview

Are you an experienced and motivated Senior Physiotherapist looking for an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in patients' lives while developing your leadership and advanced clinical skills?

We are seeking a passionate Band 7  Senior Physiotherapist to join our innovative and supportive Harrow Urgent Community Response Team on a 9 month fixed term maternity cover contract.

Our Urgent Community Response Service delivers high quality, person centred care directly in people's homes, helping to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting adults aged 18 and over to remain safe and independent in their own communities. This is a rewarding opportunity to work at the forefront of community healthcare, providing rapid assessment, intervention, rehabilitation, and clinical decision making within a multidisciplinary team.

The service operates 7 days a week, 365 days a year between 8:00am and 10:00pm. This role includes participation in weekend and bank holiday working on a rotational basis, with a commitment to promoting a healthy work life balance wherever possible.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake comprehensive Head to Toe assessments without supervision and to determine patient need/risk and plan, implement and evaluate their care with support from service consultant.
• In the absence of senior colleagues, take charge of the unit, day to day management of the team including taking handovers and helping to make treatment plans at the virtual ward round with the consultant.
• To work in partnership with multi-disciplinary members of the team, other professionals, and agencies, to meet the health and rehabilitation needs of patients within the Brent Urgent Community Response Team .
• To maintain standards of clinical care using an evidence-based approach within the service, incorporating principles and values of clinical governance
• Ensure effective communication is always maintained, whilst providing support, supervision, and clinical expertise to all members of the team
• Develop your skills into a more well-rounded holistic approach to patient care.
• Take on extended roles such as venepuncture, drug administration, advance assessment of the acutely ill patient and acute injury assessment.

Must hold UK HCPC registration and  Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trust’s values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.