Autonomous Community Physiotherapist – Home Visits

Countess Of Chester Hospital; Chester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly motivated Physiotherapist to join our Ellesmere Port and Neston Community Response Hubs, covering Cheshire West and Chester. Based in a community setting, you will join a large team delivering care to service users in their homes.

Applicants must have HCPC registration and have completed a broad range of placements as a student or at Band 5 within the NHS.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration and completed broad range of placements as a student or Band 5 NHS.
• Good time management and organisational skills; ability to work autonomously under pressure.

Responsibilities

• To work as an autonomous practitioner to perform therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations.
• To communicate empathetically with patients with complex clinical presentation, explaining their clinical diagnosis and treatment programmes. Ensure that patients understand this and answer any queries they may have in relation to their diagnosis and treatment plan.
• To use clinical reasoning to provide a diagnosis and develop, deliver and adapt individualised treatment programmes.
• To contribute to monitoring and evaluation of treatment in order to measure progress and outcomes to ensure effectiveness of interventions and service delivery.

Skills

Autonomy

Time management

Organisational skills

Education

HCPC registration

Job description

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly motivated Physiotherapist to join our Ellesmere Port and Neston Community Response Hubs, covering Cheshire West and Chester. Based in a community setting, you will join a large team delivering care to service users in their homes.

Applicants must have HCPC registration and have completed a broad range of placements as a student or at Band 5 within the NHS.