Home First Response Service Physiotherapist-Community Services

Ayrshire; Scotland; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Scotland seeks a Home First Response Service Physiotherapist to deliver rehabilitation care plans and support frail patients. This role involves working within a Multi-Disciplinary Team to ensure seamless patient care and discharge. Flexibility in working hours is required, with a focus on quality improvement and service development.

Qualifications

• Innovative and experienced physiotherapist needed.
• Interest in Quality Improvement and Service development preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide rehabilitation care plans to patients.
• Work collaboratively with acute and community teams.

Skills

Quality Improvement

Service development

Job description

Home First Response Service Physiotherapist-Community Services

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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

This is a 9 month fixed term/secondment opportunity. Please get line management approval before applying for secondments.

The shift pattern for this position is Monday- Friday, 9am-5pm.

The Home First Response Service is a service focused on working differently and collaboratively with acute and community teams to identify frailty and support people home or within a homely setting. Hospital at Home provides urgent short-term hospital level care at home. This post will be responsible for providing rehabilitation care plans to patients sitting under Home First and Hospital at Home. As part of the team we are looking for an innovative and experienced physiotherapist to join our team within the Renfrewshire Community. This post is supported with professional supervision by established structures within Renfrewshire HSCP. The focus of the team is to support frail patients with early discharge from acute settings and prevention of admission. As this is a community post, it will be managed and supervised under the Renfrewshire HSCP management structure. We would welcome applicants with an interest in Quality Improvement and Service development. Individuals will work autonomously and within the team.

The Home First Response service is a Multi-Disciplinary Team working across acute and community area identifying and working with people who live with frailty. It is both a proactive and reactive role to play in the management of frailty. The post holder will be an integral component of the patient journey from early intervention, assessment, care planning and by working proactively and collaboratively with the MDT across acute and community areas to safely discharge the patient home. The post holder will link with the community part of the HFRS team to ensure a seamless discharge and continuity of care.

Hours of work will be flexible to cover between 8am and 8pm, 7 days per week. Initially the working pattern will be Monday to Friday between the hours of 9am and 5pm, expectation that the hours and shift pattern will extend in the future as the service develops. Part time hours may be considered. Flexible working patterns will be considered.

This post presents an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to be part of a service and approach to care delivery, to develop their community knowledge and skills.

Informal contact: Alison Togher, Team Lead HFRS, 07816182814, [e-mail]

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.

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Employment type

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