Community Physiotherapist - Ipswich

NHS; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job description

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Ipswich West Community Team. We are looking for an energetic Band 5 Physiotherapist who is passionate, committed, innovative, enthusiastic and highly motivated to deliver high quality care within patient's homes.

You will be committed to team work, delivering high quality, holistic patient care, have a desire for on-going professional development and ambition to mould and develop the services at a local level.

The therapy team are co-located within Constantine House Ipswich, and visits are scheduled geographically in the IP1, IP2, IP6 and IP8 post code area. You will be working with a caseload including neurological conditions, falls assessment and management, and palliative care.

We have one permanent contract and one fixed term, both are full time 37.5 hours, the fixed term position is until 31/3/2026.

You will be working alongside and supported by other Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Community and District Nurses, and Generic Support Workers.

Main duties of the job

To be an active member of a multi-disciplinary, integrated community team. To manage a defined caseload of complex individuals, with the support of the Band 6 occupational therapists, Physiotherapists and clinical Lead using evidence based/person centred principles to assess, plan, implement & evaluate therapy interventions.

To provide clinical supervision and supervise band 3 & 4 staff.

We will provide support through in-house professional forums, Mandatory training, 1:1 and personal development meetings as well as clinical rolling skills training via the practice development facilitators. We facilitate students on training and have close working relationships with neighbouring teams in Health & Social Care and primary care.

Previous community experience is preferred; but training will be available to applicants who possess the personal qualities/skills required.

You will need to be able to meet the needs of this service by being available to work flexibly between the hours of 08.00-20.00 on a rota basis over a 7 day period.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job responsibilities

To manage a caseload of patients with a range of multiple and complex health needs.

To utilise clinical knowledge and experience to carry out assessments, setting objectives and implementing appropriate treatment, as part of the holistic care plan for individuals and/or groups.

To formulate an individual management/treatment plan for each patient using a wide range of advanced assessment, clinical reasoning and treatment skills, including health coaching and promotion of self-management skills.

To ensure interventions are evaluated and plans modified to ensure effectiveness and timely discharge for the whole therapy team.

To provide training and advice to patients and carers to facilitate their care plan in complex situations.

To adhere to agreed national, professional and Trust standards.

Person Specification

• Effective communication via articulate application.
• Able to evidence ability to triage.

Experience

• Wide range of fieldwork placements.
• Experience of functional assessment techniques and activity analysis.
• Experience of practice evaluation.
• Application of Physiotherapy process.
• Documented evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Experience of working and communicating effectively as part of a Multi-Disciplinary team.
• Prior work/voluntary experience (in associated field).
• Membership of professional body / specialist Interest Group.

Qualifications

• Dip COT/BSc/MSc in Physiotherapy.
• Registration with HCPC.
• Associated prior learning qualification.
• Membership of professional body / specialist Interest Group.

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.