Senior Physiotherapist - HOST

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Guildford is seeking a motivated Senior Physiotherapist to join their Hospital Outreach Support Team. This role offers the opportunity to work with complex patients, providing rehabilitation and support in various settings. The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic team, contributing to patient care and service development.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellbeing program

Commitment to professional development

Investment in physical environment and new equipment

Qualifications

• HCPC registration required.
• Previous Acute NHS experience at band 5 level.
• Evidence to support knowledge base in specialist area.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients in HOST.
• Provide clinical supervision to junior physiotherapists.
• Support the team in delivering high-quality physiotherapy services.

Skills

Multidisciplinary team working

Adaptable communication

Innovative approach

Education

BSc Physiotherapy

Post graduate qualifications in related area

Job description

Employer Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Town Guildford Salary £39,205 - £47,084 (per annum) pro-rata -includes high cost area supplements (HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 30/05/2025 23:59

Senior Physiotherapist - HOST

AfC Band 6

Job overview

The Physiotherapy Department is a dynamic, friendly and cohesive department and we are looking to recruit a motivated and ambitious individual to work within our Hospital Outreach Support Team (HOST).

HOST is a highly regarded and experienced team supporting discharges and helping prevent readmission of complex patients from all specialities and demographics. By reviewing patients in their own homes, HOST provide short term patient centred rehabilitation, adaptive aids and advice to help patients reach their functional goals. In addition, HOST support patients with management of orthopaedic devices including cervical collars, upper and lower limb braces.

We are looking to recruit an experienced band 5 or current band 6 physiotherapist for a full time position. You will demonstrate excellent multidisciplinary team working, adaptable communication for complex patients and be innovative in their approach to support further development of this busy, dynamic department.

Benefits of the role include the opportunity to experience a wide range of complex patients with varied pathologies and functional abilities; close collaborative working with occupational therapy; supporting the patient pathway between the acute and community settings and experience with a wide variety of orthopaedic devices and adaptive aids. A rotation with inpatient services will be considered.

Main duties of the job

To provide physiotherapy to relevant patients within HOST, in a range of settings including inpatients, outpatients and patient homes

Working for our organisation

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To assess and treat patient’s in HOST. To support the team in the organisation and provision of an efficient, high quality and co-ordinated physiotherapy service for patients in each area. To undertake a defined clinical caseload. To ensure that patient and service standards and priorities are met. To provide clinical supervision to assigned junior physiotherapists, technical instructors, physiotherapy assistants and students. A rotation with inpatient services may be considered.

Person specification

Qualifications

• HCPC registration
• BSc Physiotherapy
• Member of CSP
• Member of Specific interest group
• Post graduate qualifications in related area i.e. frailty

Knowledge

• Previous Acute NHS experience at band 5 level
• Achieved core skills in all core Junior rotations, including elderly care and orthopaedics
• Evidence to support knowledge base in specialist area
• Previous acute NHS experience
• Previous Senior Experience in Specialty Area

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.

Name Jessica Williams Job title Inpatient Superintendent Physiotherapist Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01483571122 Additional information

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