Community Practitioner - Physiotherapist

Buckinghamshire Healthcare Nhs Trust; Aylesbury; Presencial; GBP 40.000 - 48.000; A tiempo parcial

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible working

NHS benefits

Annual leave entitlement

Descripción de la vacante

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is recruiting for a Band 6 Physiotherapist to join the Rapid Response, Intermediate Care and Community Physiotherapy service in Aylesbury on a part-time secondment basis.

You will triage and assess patients in the community, plan treatment programmes, and coordinate care with a multidisciplinary team to enable early discharge and home-based recovery.

Formación

• Registered Healthcare Professional with HCPC or RCN registration.
• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, Paramedic Science.
• Experience of CPD (continuous professional development).
• Desirable: Electronic clinical systems

Responsabilidades

• Provide triage, specialist assessment and evaluation of patients and carers.
• Plan care programmes to promote health gain and maximise independence.
• Allocate workloads within the RRIC team.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure timely care delivery.

Conocimientos

Clinical assessment

Care planning

Complex cases

English communication

Educación

HCPC/RCN registration

Physiotherapy degree/diploma

Descripción del empleo

Job summary

RRIC: join our team

The Rapid Response, Intermediate Care and Community Physiotherapy service works across Buckinghamshire - and we need you to join our Aylesbury Team to cover a period of Maternity Leave

Your mission:

• To provide expert Physiotherapy interventions and rehabilitation as part of a dynamic, tight-knit team that reacts quickly when people are in crisis. You will also hold a community Physiotherapy caseload.
• To help patients stay in their own home, empowering recovery and preventing unnecessary hospitalisation alongside supporting early discharge from hospital and patients at the end of life.

Your role:

Add your expertise to our multi-disciplinary community team working with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Specialist Paramedics, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Community Healthcare Assistant Practitioners or Healthcare Assistants.

Who are we?

We are part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, based in 7 locations across the county, working closely with our Frailty Hospital at Home Urgent Community Response Team. Together we operate as one collaborating with colleagues across all sectors of health and social care.

Disclaimer: The trust reserves the right to close the vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications and therefore early submission is recommended.

Please note: Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

Your main duties include:

• Providing triage, comprehensive specialist assessment, review and evaluation of the needs of patients and carers using your Physiotherapy skills and experience
• Being responsible for planning programmes of care to promote health gain and maximise independence, actively case managing patients through their journeys
• Allocating appropriate workloads to members of the Rapid Response and Intermediate Care (RRIC) team
• Working with a range of professionals in order to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner. Demonstrating professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning and co-ordination, and care and treatment delivery. Support the development of clinical pathway

About us

Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work!

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We are committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Closing date: 04 November 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum - pro rata for part time

Contract: Secondment

Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 434-CR8298708

Job locations: William Rathbone House, Stoke Mandeville Hospital site, Aylesbury, HP21 8AL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
• If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person Specification

Education, qualifications and training

• Essential: Registered Healthcare Professional with HCPC or RCN registration - Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Nurse
• Essential: Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, Paramedic Science
• Essential: Experience of recent Continuous Professional Development.
• Essential: Relevant post graduate clinical training e.g. Advanced History Taking and Assessment, Long Term Conditions, Respiratory Disease, Cardiac Disease, Trauma, Orthopaedics and End of Life
• Desirable: Experience of electronic clinical systems
• Desirable: Experience participating in research or audit project.
• Desirable: Experience of day-to-day staff management e.g. case allocation to Health Care Assistants

Experience

• Essential: Demonstrate experience post or pre-registration placements in relevant clinical areas for therapists: Care of Elderly; Orthopaedics; Neurology; Respiratory; Palliative Care; Long term conditions
• Essential: Experience of working in an NHS community/in-patient setting for a minimum of 2 years post registration
• Essential: In depth experience of working within multi-agency/multi-disciplinary team
• Essential: Experience of working with NHS or Adult Social Care single assessment process

Special circumstances

• Essential: Valid and current UK driving licence and car with Business Insurance to be able to travel to locations throughout Buckinghamshire

Skills, abilities and knowledge

• Essential: Demonstrate profession specific clinical assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation skills. Ability to manage complex cases.
• Essential: Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.
• Essential: Report writing and presentations skills
• Desirable: Teaching patients, carers, and Colleagues
• Desirable: IT Skills.
• Desirable: Knowledge of legal requirement for working with vulnerable adults and those who lack capacity.
• Desirable: Ability to develop and maintain partnership working.
• Desirable: Knowledge of modernisation agenda within the NHS and social care.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Address: William Rathbone House, Stoke Mandeville Hospital site, Aylesbury, HP21 8AL, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://careers.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:

RRIC Clinical Lead, Helen Hallett, [e-mail], 07816174032

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