Band 6 Physiotherapist

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust; Bishop's Stortford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading community health organization as a lead therapist in the Discharge to Assess team. This hybrid role allows you to work closely with inpatient teams and provides opportunities to deliver quality care to patients with complex conditions. Enjoy competitive benefits, including generous holiday, NHS pension schemes, and further training opportunities.

Benefits

5% high-cost allowance supplement

27-33 days holiday plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension scheme

Special leave for personal reasons

NHS Car Lease Scheme

Eye Care Vouchers

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Discounts

Free parking

Qualifications

• Experience in handling complex conditions like neurology and frailty.
• Ability to provide guidance to health and social care professionals.
• Capable of training and supervising junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead rehabilitation and discharge planning as a therapist.
• Provide specialized assessment and treatment for patients.
• Contribute to the training and development of junior staff.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Assessment and treatment

Advisory skills

Education

Relevant degree in healthcare

Job description

The Discharge to Assess (D2A) Team has recently merged with our Bed Based teams across our 3 Community Hospitals. This is a hybrid role working as part of the D2A team but embedded within the inpatient team at Herts & Essex Hospital (HEH). You would be joining a supportive team of qualified therapists and therapy support workers to provide senior clinical leadership to deliver quality care to our D2A patients within care homes in and around the East & North Hertfordshire area, as well as the inpatients at HEH.

You will be based at HEH in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. However, when providing the D2A service, the post holder will be required to travel between care homes within East & North Hertfordshire including, Stevenage, Hatfield & Broxbourne.

HEH is a 32 bedded unit providing rehabilitation for patients with a wide range of conditions such as falls, frailty, stroke, orthopaedics and amputees.

• To provide specialised assessment and treatment packages of high quality for patients with complex conditions including neurology and frailty.
• To provide expert advice, guidance and information to health and social care professionals, carers and relatives and other non- professionals.
• To contribute to the training, development and supervision of junior staff, rehabilitation assistants and students.
• To take a lead in the rehabilitation and discharge planning of patients as part of the "lead therapist" role. This involves the chairing of patient/ family meetings and making onward referrals.
  
  

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities

Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages

We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now

You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.

We Can Offer You

• 5% on top of basic salary high-cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• One of the UK's best pension schemes
• Special Leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Discounts
• Free parking
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Paul Riseley Job title: Community Beds Therapy Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07926990373