Physiotherapist - Community

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 physiotherapist to join a supportive community rehabilitation service. You will assess, treat and discharge patients in their own homes, delivering rehabilitation across the community and supporting long-term condition management.

You will work autonomously with supervision of junior staff, collaborating closely with MDT and PCN teams, and participate in cross-locality working within the East Lancs footprint.

Qualifications

• Band 6 physiotherapist working in community rehabilitation.
• Autonomous practitioner responsible for assessment, treatment and discharge.
• Provides supervision and guidance to assistant staff and therapists.
• Collaborates with MDT and PCN in neighbourhood teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess, intervene and discharge a caseload in patients' homes.
• Deliver rehabilitation in the community as part of discharge or long-term condition management.
• Provide specialist assessments and equipment prescription as needed.
• Liaise with MDT partners and attend neighbourhood meetings.

Skills

Autonomous practitioner

Supervising staff

Community rehabilitation

Team collaboration

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen in a community rehabilitation team for a band 6 physiotherapist to join a supportive and enthusiastic community therapy service as a Physiotherapist, working across community delivering rehabilitation in patients own homes following discharge from an acute bed, or supporting Long term condition management.

The team comprises of qualified physiotherapists, and assistant practitioners, and assistant therapy staff, who work closely with the wider MDT and INT teams in community.

You will be working with patients with a large variety of conditions and disabilities, in their own homes and local community. You will be responsible for assessment, intervention, and discharge of a caseload of patients, act as the direct supervisor to staff and provide support and expertise to the other members of the team.

We offer a fabulous training programme within a supportive team

The service operates across 5 days , Monday to Friday

Your nominated base will be Blackburn with Darwen, however cross locality working across the East Lancs footprint at times.

The post holder is an autonomous practitioner, responsible for provision of specialised assessment and treatment of patients referred to the service. . Responsible for managing a caseload of patients with a variety of complex conditions including long term condition management and acute hsopital discharges. You will see patients in own homes , working with an MDT in other organisations. You will carry out specialist assessment and treatment including the prescription of essential equipment as part of the therapeutic intervention .

You will play an important link with PCN and MDT teams in attending meetings as part of neighbour hood team working

East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area.

We employ over 7,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

The post holder is an autonomous practitioner, responsible for provision ofspecialised assessment, treatment, intervention and discharge planning of patientsreferred to the service. Responsible for managing a caseload of patients in community, and onward referral and discharge.