Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Deal; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join our urgent care service in the community. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic care for patients with complex needs, manage your own caseload, perform urgent assessments and support discharge planning, rehabilitation and enablement at home.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, provide specialist advice, help develop new care models including

Qualifications

• HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist required.
• Experience delivering patient-centred care in urgent/community settings.
• Ability to manage own caseload and perform urgent assessments.
• Strong communication and problem-solving in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic care for patients with complex needs.
• Manage own caseload; undertake triage and urgent assessments.
• Coordinate equipment provision and contribute to complex manual handling plans.
• Support innovative care models, including Virtual Wards and home-based care.
• Provide specialist advice and support colleagues with assessments and decisions.
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

HCPC-registered

Autonomy

Communication

Clinical reasoning

Job description

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

Are you a passionate Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist looking for a rewarding role within a dynamic and evolving Urgent Care Service? Join our multidisciplinary team delivering short-term care, rehabilitation and therapy interventions that help people remain safely at home, avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and support timely hospital discharge.

Working across community settings, you will assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic care for patients with complex needs, promoting independence through rehabilitation and enablement. You will manage your own caseload, undertake triage and urgent assessments, identify and respond to clinical deterioration, prescribe appropriate treatment interventions, coordinate equipment provision and contribute to complex manual handling plans. You will also play a key role in supporting innovative models of care, including Virtual Wards, enabling patients to receive hospital-level care in their own homes through remote monitoring and multidisciplinary support.

This vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. Therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

We are seeking an experienced, motivated and adaptable HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is committed to delivering high-quality patient-centred care. You will be confident working autonomously while collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary team, providing specialist advice and supporting colleagues with complex assessments and clinical decision-making.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication and problem-solving skills, experience managing patients with complex health needs, and a passion for supporting people to achieve maximum independence. You will contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives and the delivery of business and operational objectives, while supporting the Clinical Lead in the day-to-day running of the team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a service that operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, providing urgent care, rehabilitation, admission avoidance, discharge support and end-of-life care in the community. If you're looking for a role where you can make a real difference every day, we'd love to hear from you.

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Renee Dunford Job title: Business Support Manager Email address: [e-mail]