Band 6 Physiotherapist - Rehab Home Pathway

NHS; Orpington; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a proactive Band 6 Physiotherapist to join the Bromley Home Pathway team. The role involves providing rehabilitation to patients in their homes, promoting independence, and collaborating with various health and social care teams. This position offers the chance to develop leadership skills and participate in ongoing training.

Benefits

Various pension schemes

Discounted gym membership

Cycle to work scheme

Discounted electronics

Access to EAP

High street discounts

Blue Light Card eligibility

Opportunity for low-interest personal loans

Excellent lease car scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in previous rotational post or community-based position.
• Evidence of CPD.
• Experience of supervising junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Conduct physiotherapy assessments and interventions.
• Manage individual caseload and supervise junior staff.
• Lead on therapy input in weekly consultant-led MDT.

Skills

Leadership

Autonomy

Clinical awareness

Education

Diploma or Degree in Physiotherapy

HCPC registration

Member of the CSP

Tools

Microsoft 365

EMIS

Malinko

Job description

Band 6 Physiotherapist - Rehab Home Pathway

Band 6 Physiotherapist - Rehab Home Pathway

37.5 hours per week (Monday - Sunday (Seven day working 8am - 8pm))

Full & Part-time is considered

An exciting opportunity for a proactive, dynamic Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our community-based Bromley Home Pathway has arisen. This role provides rehabilitation to patients in their own homes to enable independence.

You will promote independence, utilising rehabilitation and enablement interventions, working collaboratively with a vast range of key health and social care teams and services, spanning across primary, community and secondary care, as well as voluntary and public sector providers, to ensure the successful delivery of intermediate care pathways in Bromley.

There will be opportunities to receive regular training from senior therapists, to participate in the larger MDT meetings, to develop skills to deal with more complex conditions and to develop your leadership skills. There will be regular one-to-one supervisions with a Band 7 Physiotherapist.

If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work, and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference for our community by supporting people with their recovery, then we want to hear from you.

Please note that the post holder is expected to work 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Sunday.

Interview date week commencing 2nd June 2025

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be supported and upskilled to gain experience in a leadership role to include the following responsibilities;

• Physiotherapy assessment and interventions
• Knowledge of NEWS 2 and the deteriorating patient
• Supervision of junior staff
• Individual caseload management and supervision of team caseload management.
• Completing return to works and managing sickness as per the trust's policy
• Carrying out detailed and timely appraisals in keeping with KPI's
• Co-lead on the coordination of all discharges from the Home Pathway Team.
• Lead on therapy input in the weekly consultant led MDT.
• The post holder will be expected to streamline processes to support efficiency within the Home Pathway.
• Service development; a review of current physiotherapy services and an innovative approach to developing new aspects of the service. This is an excellent opportunity for a creative physiotherapist to develop cutting edge professional services that really make a difference to individual patients.
• Lead on competencies for NRA and therapy staff
• Completing Audits
• Supporting with patient allocations with admin team and reviewing new patients into the service

About us

Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people and adults. Being born from NHS Bromley's community provider unit we have been providing community services to the people of Bromley for many years and we have a wealth of experience.

Social Enterprises are a fairly new and exciting way to deliver healthcare, offering many of the traditional advantages of the NHS with the freedom for innovation by being able to reinvest any surpluses we make into the community.

Salary is dependent on NHS experience and current banding/pay point, applicants from outside the NHS will receive the start point of the salary scale in line with NHS terms & conditions.

Excellent benefits package available including various pension schemes, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, discounted electronics, access to EAP, high street discounts, Blue Light Card eligibility, opportunity to apply for low-interest personal loans and an excellent lease car scheme and we are constantly looking to expand our staff benefits.

Job responsibilities

The post holders will promote independence utilising rehabilitation and enablement interventions, working collaboratively with a vast range of key health and social care teams and services within the community, as well as voluntary and public sector providers, to ensure the successful delivery of the Bromley Home Pathway service.

Your role will encompass completing complex assessment and treatment plans, developing and leading group education and treatment, and physiotherapy service development. The post will primarily involve working with elderly patients and their families with a focus on goal-orientated discharge planning within their home.

Band 5 physiotherapists with previous rehab and rotational experience are welcome to apply as this will be a supported position.

This is a static community rehab post however, there is a possibility this will become a rotational post in the future. It is expected that the job holder will work across and support all community based and in-patient therapy services, as operationally required.

Person Specification

Other

• Full driving license - able to carry equipment in car.

Information Technology

• Experience using Microsoft 365
• Experience using EMIS
• Experience using Malinko

Experience

• Experience in previous rotational post or community based position
• Evidence of CPD
• Experience of supervising junior staff.
• Experience of supervising students.

Specific Skills

• Good awareness of a range of clinical conditions and their management
• Ability to work autonomously but to seek assistance when appropriate.
• Ability to carry a large caseload
• Knowledge of additional specialist areas
• Research, teaching and leadership skills

Qualification

• Diploma or Degree in Physiotherapy.
• HCPC registration
• Member of the CSP

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.

£42,939 to £50,697 a yearInc HCAS per annum pro rata