Senior Physiotherapist

NHS; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a motivated Senior Physiotherapist to join their community rehabilitation team. The role involves delivering high-quality, patient-centred care through holistic assessments and tailored treatment plans. Responsibilities include providing support to patients, managing a diverse caseload, and collaborating with various healthcare professionals to ensure effective rehabilitation. The position offers a salary ranging from £40,617 to £48,778 per annum.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• HCPC Registration is mandatory.
• Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent is required.
• Evidence of continued CPD is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic PT assessment and individualised treatment programmes.
• Collaborate with Occupational Therapy and Nursing colleagues.
• Manage and prioritise caseload effectively.

Skills

Ability to assess rehabilitation needs

Prioritising workload under pressure

Experience of clinical audit

Education

Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy

HCPC Registered

Clinical educators training

Job description

Are you a motivated and compassionate Physiotherapist looking to take the next step in your career? Heathlands Care Home is seeking a proactive Senior Physiotherapist to join our dynamic community rehabilitation team, supporting patients to achieve meaningful recovery, independence and improved quality of life.

About the Role

As a Senior Physiotherapist at Heathlands, you will undertake holistic and comprehensive physiotherapy assessments and deliver individualised treatment plans for patients within a community rehabilitation setting. Your expert clinical skills will contribute to high‑quality, patient‑centred care, ensuring safe and effective rehabilitation pathways.

You will work collaboratively as part of a skilled interdisciplinary team, supporting excellent day‑to‑day service provision and contributing to continuous service development.

Main duties of the job

• To provide holistic PT assessment, goal setting, individualised treatment programmes, care planning/delivery, evaluation, and discharge of patients
• To provide comprehensive environmental and functional assessments and treatment programmes as required ensuring the progression of the patient to their optimal level.
• To provide comprehensive manual handling assessment and care plans for inpatient staff to follow, ensuring effective and safe manual handling on the ward.
• To identify, assess and manage risk.
• Where appropriate to take responsibility for the application of new skills to rehabilitation programmes.
• To provide line management and supervision to junior staff and students as appropriate.
• To maintain excellent clinical practice through the CPD process, and taking part in relevant research, audit and development activity as directed.
• To work closely and jointly at times with Occupational Therapy and Nursing colleagues to ensure a holistic and effective care plan is provided to the patient.
• To be responsible for the day‑to‑day management and prioritisation of your caseload and be able to respond to urgent referrals and an unpredictable workload.
• To be able to manage potentially stressful, upsetting, or emotional situations in an empathetic manner.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Job responsibilities

For more information on the main duties and responsibilities please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HCPC Registered
• Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy
• Evidence of continued CPD with varied evidence.
• Clinical educators training.

Experience

• Inpatient experience within physical health setting, including care of elderly, medical, orthopaedics, surgical, A&E.
• Experience of referring on to other agencies including the voluntary sector to continue patient's care.
• Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience providing interventions for fatigue and anxiety management and cognitive impairment.
• Experience of palliative care.
• Managerial/supervisory experience and/or training.
• Community experience.
• Experience of educating and training informal and formal carers.

Skills and Knowledge

• Ability to assess, plan, and evaluate the rehabilitation needs of client groups and progress to effective outcomes.
• Ability to prioritise own workload under pressure and that of multi-disciplinary junior grades, assistants & students.
• Working with own scope of practice and competencies and seeking support as required
• Experience of clinical audit.
• Experience of appraisal, & recruitment processes.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£40,617 to £48,778 a yearper annum incl HCAS