Community Practitioner - UCR Frailty Hospital at Home (UCRFHH)

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Stoke Mandeville; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in Wycombe is seeking a Community Practitioner with a broad range of clinical skills to join the Urgent Community Response Frailty Hospital at Home team. You will provide rapid, hospital-level assessments and treatments in the patient’s home, coordinate care with physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other colleagues, and help reduce unnecessary hospital visits.

This Band 6, permanent post offers 37.5 hours, with options for flexible working, and

Qualifications

• Registered Healthcare Professional with HCPC and Degree in Physiotherapy.
• Experience of NHS community/in-patient setting.
• Minimum 2 years post-registration NHS experience.
• Training in Long Term Conditions, Respiratory Disease, Cardiac Disease, Trauma, Orthopaedics & End of Life.

Responsibilities

• Respond to 0-2 hour and 2-24 hour community response referrals, plus planned follow-ups, delivering hospital-level treatments at the patient’s home.
• Assess physical and psycho-social needs and provide evidence-based interventions.
• Improve health outcomes using professional skills and knowledge.

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

HCPC registration

Continued Professional Development

Advanced History Taking & Assessment

Job description

Community Practitioner - UCR Frailty Hospital at Home (UCRFHH)

Band 6

Main area AHP- physiotherapy and occupational therapy Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: There are 1 fulltime and 1 part time posts available Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Shift patterns within the hours 8am to 8pm, 7 days per week) Job ref 434-CR8254717-B

Site Chichester House or Stoke Mandeville Hospital Town Wycombe, or Stoke Mandeville Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 28/10/2026 23:59

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [e-mail] or phone [phone].

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

Are you a Community Practitioner with a broad range of clinical skills

Do you thrive in a busy, dynamic and rapidly revolving service and wish to develop you leadership skills?

If so, this role may be for you.

The Urgent Community Response Frailty Hospital at Home (UCR FH@H) team delivers hospital-level urgent and same-day responses to people in their usual place of residence following a sudden deterioration in their health or condition. This could be a one-off visit or a short episode of care, delivered through multidisciplinary team working and working collaboratively with other community services. The timely responses and high level of holistic assessment and effective clinical interventions reduce the need for unnecessary hospital conveyances or admissions and enable patients to remain at home where they recover best. The post holder will work with a range of professionals to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner. The post holder will be able to demonstrate their professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning / co-ordination, and care and treatment delivery.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will respond to clinically appropriate 0-2 hour and 2-24 hour community response referrals, alongside planned follow up visits across the breadth of the service, providing holistic assessment and delivering hospital level treatments and care in the patient’s usual place of residence.
• Assess physical and psycho–social needs and provide interventions tailored to meet the needs of the individual based on best available evidence
• To improve health outcomes using profession based skills and knowledge

Working for our organisation

Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! - BHT - A great place to work (buckshealthcare.nhs.uk)

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’re 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.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly 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

Values

• Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships
• Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to develop
• Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued.
• Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative

Education, Qualifications and Training

• Registered Healthcare Professional with HCPC and Degree in Physiotherapy
• Experience of recent Continuous Professional Development.
• Relevant post graduate clinical training e.g. Advanced History Taking & Assessment
• Training in: Long Term Conditions Respiratory Disease Cardiac Disease Trauma, Orthopaedics & End of Life

Experience

• Demonstrate experience post or pre-registration placements in relevant clinical areas for therapists:- Care of Elderly Orthopaedics Neurology Respiratory Palliative Care Long term conditions
• Experience of working in an NHS community/in-patient setting for a minimum of 2 years post registration
• In depth experience of working within multi-agency/multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of working with NHS or Adult Social Care single assessment process.
• Experience of electronic clinical systems.
• Experience participating in research or audit project.
• Experience of day-to-day staff management e.g. case allocation to Health Care Assistants

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.