Physiotherapist - Surrey Downs Health & Care

Surrey Downs Health & Care Partnership; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare partnership in Leatherhead seeks a dynamic Physiotherapist to support community patients over a fixed 12-month period. The role involves assessing and managing clients' needs in their homes, delivering high-quality care, and working closely with a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates should possess relevant experience and a commitment to person-centered care.

Qualifications

• Experience in multidisciplinary teamwork and complex care needs.
• Ability to plan, deliver, and evaluate treatment.
• Experience in developing high-quality healthcare services.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage a caseload of clients in home or community settings.
• Deliver and evaluate treatment for clients with complex needs.
• Promote teamwork and effective service delivery.

Job description

Position Overview

Surrey Downs Health & Care

We require a dynamic and enthusiastic Physiotherapist to work in the community, supporting patients in the Leatherhead area in the picturesque Surrey Downs, for a fixed period of 12‑months. The successful applicant will be employed by Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust and will work in Leatherhead Primary Care Network, as part of the Community Therapist Team. The PCN works within Surrey Downs Health and Care, a partnership between three GP federations, community trust and acute trust, with the aim of delivering true transformational change for adult community services across Surrey Downs, to the benefit of patients and the local healthcare system.

Responsibilities

• To work as a key member of the multidisciplinary team in the assessment (including Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment) and management of a caseload of clients whose needs are best met in their own home or community setting.
• To plan, deliver and evaluate the treatment needs of clients with a variety of complex social and health care needs.
• To participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing and delivering high quality and innovative services to the local population.
• To promote effective teamwork delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery.
• Responsible for the provision of Physiotherapy service for Surrey Downs Health and Care.
• To liaise closely with other health and social care professionals, to contribute to audit, implementation of best practice guidelines and to participate in in‑service training.

Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.

Surrey Downs Health And Care Has a Track Record Of Providing Person Centered Care That Goes Beyond Organisational Boundaries To Do What Is Best For The Individual. This Partnership Includes

• The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
• Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Surrey Council County

Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.

It’s on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed – we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.

In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: George Hilditch  Job title: Leatherhead Community PCN Operations Manager
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 07917233266