Community Rotational Physiotherapist

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a physiotherapist in community rehabilitation, where you'll manage complex clinical assessments and treatment plans for patients across various settings. This role offers opportunities to develop and progress in a supportive environment committed to high-quality care and sustainability.

Qualifications

• Passion for delivering care close to home.
• UK driving license and access to own vehicle essential.
• Experience with complex patient needs in community settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments and treatments for diverse patient needs.
• Manage caseload including complex cases with support.
• Work independently as a lone worker in various community settings.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Treatment planning

Communication

Education

Physiotherapy degree

Job description

North Manchester Community Services have a vacancy on their Community Rehabilitation Rotation and are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic physiotherapist. The successful candidate will have a passion for delivering care close to home and be committed to keeping patient's in their own locality.

Physiotherapists Will Rotate Through a Diverse Range Of Areas

Community Rehabilitation Team: delivered over 5 days, Monday to Friday.

Manchester Community Response (MCR) – North (Home Pathway, Discharge to assess and Crisis response): delivered over 7 days, Monday to Sunday 8:00-20:00.

Community Stroke Rehabilitation: delivered over 5 days Monday to Friday 08:00-16:30

Crumpsall Vale Intermediate Care - delivered over 7 days, Monday to Sunday.

Adult Learning Disabilities: delivered over 5 days Monday to Friday.

We encourage physiotherapists to apply who are keen to progress and develop within the profession and who are passionate about delivering high quality services.

UK driving license and access to own vehicle are essential for the post.

The post holder will be responsible for providing specialist complex multifactorial clinical assessments, treatment and advice to patients in the community who have a variety of general presentations such as orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, neurology, Learning Disabilities, respiratory, falls and amputees as part of a community rehabilitation rotation.

The individual will manage a clinical caseload of clients, including those with complex and highly complex needs with support from the band 7 therapists for highly complex patients and supervise the band 3 and 4 support staff with caseload management.

The post holder will work without direct supervision as a lone worker in the community assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating and modifying individualised treatment programmes in a variety of care settings e.g. patients home, clinic setting, residential homes and intermediate care setting for patients with low to highly complex needs.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Caomha Preston Job title: Rehabilitation Services Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 388 4022

Laura Mason - Home Pathway Team Lead

0161 667 3292