Autonomous Specialist Physiotherapist – Community Rehab

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join our integrated, community-based team in inner-city London. You will work across a range of locations, delivering holistic assessments, rehab plans and short-term multidisciplinary care to adults with functional changes.

You will be supported with supervision, leadership development and opportunities to contribute to student mentorship, service evaluation and research.

Qualifications

• Develop your clinical skills in holistic assessment, problem solving, intervention planning and joint working with other health and social care colleagues.
• Develop management and operational skills.
• Access leadership development training courses to support career development.

Responsibilities

• Have responsibility for specialist rehabilitation and therapy assessment, specialist intervention, care planning and review of individual clients.
• Delegate tasks to RSWs.
• Case manage people through intensive short term rehabilitation programmes. Goal setting with clients to maximise independence, enable early discharge and reduce admissions.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner, complying with HCPC and CSP standards and professional expectations.
• Work as part of a flexible multidisciplinary team to meet client needs using a holistic, client-centred approach.

Skills

Holistic assessment

Intervention planning

Joint working

Clinical supervision

Job description

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join our integrated, community-based team in inner-city London. You will work across a range of locations, delivering holistic assessments, rehab plans and short-term multidisciplinary care to adults with functional changes.

You will be supported with supervision, leadership development and opportunities to contribute to student mentorship, service evaluation and research.