Highly Specialist Physiotherapist

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Une organisation de soins de santé recherche un Falls Lead Physiotherapist pour conduire des initiatives innovantes dans la prévention et la gestion des chutes au sein de la communauté. Le candidat idéal aura de l'expérience dans des équipes multidisciplinaires et sera responsable de l'élaboration de plans de soins efficaces pour améliorer la qualité de vie des patients. Ce rôle implique un travail étroit avec divers acteurs des soins pour assurer une approche intégrée et centrée sur le patient.

Benefits

Formation continue

Accès à des programmes de développement professionnel

Qualifications

• Expérience substantielle en Physiothérapie dans divers contextes.
• Connaissance approfondie des conditions cliniques.
• Compétences éprouvées dans la gestion des chutes.

Responsibilities

• Diriger les initiatives de prévention et de gestion des chutes.
• Travailler en collaboration avec les équipes multidisciplinaires.
• Développer des plans de soins et coordonner les efforts à travers les services communautaires.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Assessment Skills

Education

Diploma or Degree in Physiotherapy

HCPC Registration

Tools

Rehabilitative Equipment

Job description

Are you passionate about preventing falls, promoting independence, and delivering transformational care across the community? We are looking for an inspiring Falls Lead Physiotherapist to drive innovation and lead integrated falls prevention and management across our community pathways to join our Admission Avoidance and Discharge Service. We are seeking for a skilled Physiotherapists to lead in driving a proactive prevention approach and be at the forefront of proactive healthcare in a multidisciplinary team that will shape the future of Intermediate Care Falls Pathways.

This role is developed to be the pivotal link between acute, community, and care sector services. Working in collaboration with Older People Service at The Royal London Hospital, the Intermediate Care Service, Urgent Community Response, and the wider Community Therapy Teams, you will design and implement a structured, preventative falls management pathway that delivers real impact across the system.

You will also work in partnership with care homes, independent providers, and voluntary and community organisations to embed sustainable, evidence-based interventions from proactive care plans to stable, long-term community and care home based and exercise groups.

Main duties of the job

• Lead in strategic falls prevention and management initiatives across community, hospital discharges, and care home settings.
• Deliver coordinated care planning and intervention in partnership with Admission Avoidance and Discharge Service, Community Therapy Team, and Integrated In-Reach and Older People Service clinicians.
• Develop and expand MDT community facing exercise groups focusing on strength, balance, and resilience.
• Work collaboratively with the independent care sector, primary care, and other partners to embed falls prevention into everyday practice.
• Champion training and upskilling across care teams and build networks of influence to drive a whole system approach to falls reduction.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job responsibilities

• The post holder will be required to work with partners across the health and social care interface to ensure a joined up and integrated approach is adopted to the provision of services. All staff are expected to work across traditional boundaries of both community and acute services, to deliver truly holistic care.
• To be professionally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of highly complex patients in your care to prevent relapses/injury and identify risks for admission. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for patients under your management, and support more junior staff to do likewise.
• To lead the multidisciplinary falls response within the Admission Avoidance and Discharge Service and Older People Clinic
• To support therapy teams with specialist input, clinical reasoning, and escalation pathways for patients who have fallen or are at high risk.
• To develop and embed structured care plans with measurable goals and timely reviews.
• To coordinate and integrate care across community teams and Falls Clinic, ensuring continuity and consistency.
• To provide outreach support to primary care networks, care homes, and voluntary sector organizations to deliver falls awareness, training, and proactive case identification.
• To contribute to service development, data analysis, and quality improvement initiatives to drive outcomes in falls prevention and reduce system pressure.
• To formulate accurate physiotherapy assessment and prognosis of patients/clients presenting with a broad range of highly complex physical, cognitive and psychological conditions and disabilities by utilising interpreting and analytical skills in order to recommend the best client-centred treatment plan and develop comprehensive discharge plans in order to meet patients complex physical, cognitive, social and environmental needs.
• To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and organise this effectively and efficiently with regards to clinical priorities and use of time. To ensure the junior staff do likewise.
• To be a source of knowledge and demonstrate highly specialised knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options, using clinical assessment, reasoning skills, and knowledge of wide range of treatment skills.
• To participate in on-going service development within the Admission Avoidance & Discharge Service and the wider Community Health Services.
• To deputise for the Clinical Lead taking responsibility for operationally managing allocated parts of the service.
• To be responsible for the education, supervision, and line management of junior staff, including static and rotational staff, postural stability instructor, and physiotherapy students.

Person Specification

Experience

• substantial post registration and experience at a senior level with a minimum clinical experience in a broad range of specialties relevant to the post on an in-patient and or community basis
• Knowledge of broad clinical conditions
• Experience working in Falls Team or sound knowledge in Falls
• Working with a multidisciplinary team
• Equipment provision and assessment
• Contributing to professional development and clinical education of more junior staff, students and assistants
• Experience in Intermediate Care and Reablement Service
• Experience of working in falls prevention, rehabilitation, social services and community based work
• Involvement in audit, research and understanding of quality issues

Knowledge and Skill

• Ability to communicate and present information, orally and in writing, in a clear and logical manner
• Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes in line with local and national standards and policies
• Ability to cope working in a fast paced and stressful environment and with emotional and/or aggressive patients and carer
• Ability to assess, advise and educate clients and carers about safe manual handling techniques (including use of equipment and adaptations)
• Ability to assess for/review medical devices & other rehabilitative equipment for patient/clients, carers and others. This includes safe handling, fitting and demonstration
• Car Driver

Education and Qualification Training

• Diploma or Degree in Physiotherapy
• HCPC Registration
• Evidence of CPD Maintained in a portfolio including post graduate courses and training
• Field Educators training
• Member of Chartered Society for Physiotherapy
• Training in Care Act
• Involvement in a relevant Physiotherapy Special Clinical interest

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.

Deputy Head Unplanned Care and Therapies

£54,320 to £60,981 a yearper annum Inc HCA