Senior Community Physiotherapist

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Stroud; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a skilled Physiotherapist to join a supportive Integrated Community Team in Stroud. This multifaceted role involves managing a varied caseload, triaging urgent cases, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to provide outstanding rehabilitation care. With a focus on personalized and community-based services, you will play a vital role in helping individuals maintain their independence and health. The Trust is committed to professional development and offers a range of benefits, including flexible working opportunities and generous annual leave. Join a passionate team dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of others.

Benefits

Free car parking

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Training and development opportunities

Flexible working opportunities

Generous NHS pension

Recognition and long service awards

Discounts and salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in NHS and clinical rehabilitation.
• Ability to manage complex patient needs and work in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage a specialized clinical caseload as a Band 6 Physiotherapist.
• Assess and coordinate rehabilitation care packages for patients.

Skills

Community Rehabilitation

Patient Management

Complex Needs Management

Multi-disciplinary Collaboration

Education

Diploma / Degree in Physiotherapy

HCPC Registration

Membership to CSP

Job description

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.

Job overview

1x fixed term contract for up to 12 months

Due to the current post holder commencing maternity leave, an exciting opportunity has emerged for an enthusiastic and skilled Physiotherapist to join the Integrated Community Team (ICT) in the Stroud District on a fixed term contract until March 2026.

The ICT consists of Community Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and the Home First/Reablement Team. We work collaboratively with the wider MDT within our service and our Integrated Care System (ICS) partners to enable individuals to remain as healthy and independent as possible within their own homes.

This is a multifaceted role with a varied caseload incorporating both triage and urgent response of patients referred via the referral centre, and patients from the community waiting list. The post holder will also be responsible for the delegation of work to other members of the physiotherapy team within the ICT, as well as holding a caseload. This is an ideal opportunity for an existing Band 6 or experienced Band 5 looking for a new challenge who would like to work in new ways within the Stroud area.

We can offer you the opportunity to work in a very supportive integrated team, with access to training, regular supervision, annual appraisal and the autonomy to be a lead professional in our service delivery.

Main duties of the job

To work as a Band 6 Physiotherapist participating as a member of the community team and independently managing a specialised clinical caseload. You will also be required to manage and triage work within the Stroud Referral Centre on a rota basis.

The post-holder will be required to assess, formulate, evaluate and monitor specialised rehabilitation care packages which will involve complex decision making within the community, including Home First services and referral centre. The role can require urgent responses to priority cases, and will require negotiation and co-ordination of a number of multidisciplinary team members to deliver specialised rehabilitation care programmes.

Working for our organisation

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative.

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Closing date: 23rd February 2025

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• Diploma / Degree in Physiotherapy
• HCPC registration
• Membership to a relevant professional body e.g. CSP

LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

• Experience of working within the NHS
• Broad range of clinical experience including work in the rehabilitation field
• Experience of managing junior members of staff and rehabilitation assistants
• Evidence of working across multi-disciplinary and multi-agency boundaries

PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

• Able to deliver community rehabilitation within the home setting
• Able to manage patients with complex needs / multi-pathologies
• Evidence of working to avoid hospital admission / facilitate discharge

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:

• Free car parking at many of our sites
• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
• A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
• Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
• Recognition and long service awards
• Fast Track physiotherapy
• Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.