Home First Physiotherapist

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Brighton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a proactive Physiotherapist to join the Home First service. The role involves delivering high-quality rehabilitation support in various community settings, ensuring effective patient recovery post-discharge from hospitals. This dynamic team aims to enhance patient independence through tailored, evidence-based care while embracing flexibility in work environments.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Qualifications

• Experience in therapeutic, social, and rehabilitative support.
• Ability to undertake holistic assessments.
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments to inform therapy and rehabilitation pathways.
• Formulate and deliver individualized treatment programmes.
• Document patient conditions and provide advice to both patients and carers.

Skills

Therapeutic support

Holistic assessment

Patient education

Job description

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The Home First service brings together nurses, therapists, health and therapy assistants, to work with the acute Multi-Disciplinary Team & Transfer of Care Hubs to promote an efficient, effective discharge from hospital to the patient’s own home.

Our multidisciplinary teams work flexibly to provide a 7-day service, 365 days a year, between 8am and 8pm. Patients who are discharged from hospital into Home First will be receiving step-down intermediate care, involving community-based assessments and interventions provided in their own home to support recovery and monitoring of their health in the early days post discharge to prevent re-admission. Home First will, where required, provide acute reablement for up to 10 days, supporting people to achieve functional goals and work towards independence with activities of daily living.

You could become part of our exciting service, bringing the unique benefits of a wraparound recovery service from hospital discharge. The principle of the service ensuring that recovery involves working towards the person being as independent as possible through enablement.

We are looking for a Physiotherapist to join us, so if you’re an ambitious and proactive physiotherapist looking to join a team that provides cutting-edge, excellent community care, we’d love to hear from you!

Required

A job plan will be created by your line manager in line with the service blueprint and discussed with you. It will be reviewed annually at your PDR and updated as required. The main tasks you will spend your time doing are:

• To work effectively as a team member in providing and facilitating a high standard of therapeutic, social, and rehabilitative support in the unit, department or in the community.
• To work within the conditions of a rotation if required.
• To provide assessments that appropriately inform therapy, social and rehabilitative pathways taking account of the fluctuating needs of the patient and assist in evaluating the outcomes.
• To undertake a holistic assessment of all the patients’ needs and understand the routes for escalating issues that are not directly resolved by own profession.
• Formulate and deliver an individual treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using specific clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of treatment skills.
• To report and document variances in a patient’s condition or planned pathway of care.
• To offer advice, support, and education on healthcare to both patients and carers.
• To take referrals for services using the criteria specified in the team’s operational policies.
  
  

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
  
  

Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tatiana Nestorowicz Job title: Operational Team Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01273 242117

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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