Band 6 Physiotherapist

Kent Community Health Nhs Foundation Trust; Chestfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Physiotherapist to support stroke patients across the rehab journey, predominantly within the community team alongside in-patient and early discharge pathways. You will work within Medway Stroke Services and collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues across community and hospital settings.

The role requires UK HCPC registration, a physiotherapy degree, and a minimum of 18 months post‑qualification experience at band 5 or above.

Qualifications

• Diploma/Degree in physiotherapy and HCPC registration.
• Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy is desirable.
• Minimum of 18 months recent band 5 level experience or above.

Responsibilities

• Support stroke patients through their rehab journey in community and hospital settings.
• Assist in patient assessment and management within the community stroke service.
• Comply with vaccination and safeguarding requirements as applicable.

Skills

Driving licence

Education

Diploma/Degree in physiotherapy

Job description

Job summary

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

As a Band 6 Physiotherapist working in Medway Stroke Services you will be supporting stroke patients through their rehab journey. Our service covers in patient units and early supported discharge team and longer term rehabilitation and this post is predominantly in the community team.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

Main duties of the job

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [e-mail], quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Working Pattern: 22.5

About us

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated 'Outstanding' by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

Details

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 846-8359964-TB

Location: Our Zone Pattens Lane, Rochester, ME1 2RB

Essential qualifications

• Diploma/Degree in physiotherapy, appropriate State registration with the Health Professions Council

Desirable qualifications

• Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Essential experience

• Minimum of 18 months recent experience within the past 2 years at band 5 level or above.

Desirable experience

• Clinical experience within community, working with patients with neurological conditions

Essential knowledge

• Awareness of and skills to deliver evidence-based practice to assess/treat patients with neurological impairments

Desirable knowledge

• Comprehensive knowledge of service

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer: Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Contact for questions about the job: Andrea Dennis, Clinical Therapy Lead, [e-mail]