Specialist Physiotherapist Sittingbourne

Meeveem Limited; Sittingbourne; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Wellbeing support

Learning opportunities

Career pathways

Discounts & rewards

Job summary

HCRG Care Group in Medway is recruiting a Specialist Physiotherapist to join a newly mobilised service delivering rehabilitation and reablement pathways across community and intermediate care settings. You will assess, treat and support adults with complex conditions, lead the therapy team, supervise junior staff, and help discharge planning while upholding Home First principles and an inclusive culture.

You will benefit from NHS Agenda for Change Band 7 salary with an NHS pension, wellbeing and

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
• Current HCPC registration
• Significant post-registration Physiotherapy experience
• Experience at Band 6 level or above
• Experience in rehabilitation, intermediate care, community services or similar
• Experience managing complex clinical caseloads
• Strong knowledge of physiotherapy assessment and treatment
• Excellent clinical reasoning and decision-making
• Knowledge of Home First principles
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams
• Experience supervising junior colleagues and students
• Excellent communication, organisational and time management skills
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for adults with complex physical, medical, surgical and neurological conditions
• Work autonomously across community and intermediate care settings to support rehabilitation goals
• Develop personalised treatment plans and promote independence
• Coordinate safe and timely hospital discharge and reduce unnecessary admissions
• Lead and support the therapy team, promoting consistent, person-centred care
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and training

Skills

Physiotherapy assessment

Clinical reasoning

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Communication

Time management

Supervision

Driving licence

Education

Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy

HCPC registration

Job description

Package Description:

Are you an experienced Physiotherapist looking for an opportunity to help shape a brand new service and make a lasting difference to people across Medway? HCRG Care Group is proud to have been chosen by Medway Council to deliver the Intermediate Care and Reablement Service from 1 October. As we launch this exciting new service, we are looking for a Specialist Physiotherapist to join our growing team and play a key role in supporting people to recover, regain independence and achieve the outcomes that matter most to them. This is an exciting opportunity to join a service at the beginning of its journey. Working alongside colleagues across health and social care, you will help develop and deliver high-quality rehabilitation and reablement pathways that support a Home First approach, improve patient outcomes and enable people to live as independently as possible within their own homes and communities.

Package Description

You will be joining a passionate and supportive multidisciplinary team dedicated to helping people maximise their independence following illness, injury or hospital admission. As part of a newly mobilised service, you will have the opportunity to contribute ideas, influence service development and play a key role in shaping rehabilitation and reablement services across Medway. In return, we offer:

• NHS Agenda for Change Band 7 salary with an NHS pension
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you discounts on everyday purchases, plus cashback and voucher offers for treats and essentials
• Access to your wages as you earn them, helping cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high-interest borrowing
• Online and in-person wellbeing support, including mental health services, activity challenges, financial wellbeing tools, coaching and counselling
• Access to e-learning, bespoke career pathways and professional development opportunities through our Outstanding Learning Enterprise team
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to contribute ideas, backed by ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation where the majority of our rated services hold Good or Outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Main Responsibilities

As a Specialist Physiotherapist, you will provide specialist assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for adults with a wide range of complex physical, medical, surgical and neurological conditions. Working autonomously across community and intermediate care settings, you will support people to achieve their rehabilitation goals, maximise their functional ability and maintain their independence. You will manage a diverse and complex caseload, undertaking comprehensive assessments and developing personalised treatment plans that support recovery and reablement. Working closely with patients, carers and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will help facilitate safe and timely hospital discharge, reduce unnecessary admissions and support individuals to remain within their own homes wherever possible. Alongside your clinical responsibilities, you will provide leadership and support across the therapy team, helping to coordinate rehabilitation provision and promote a consistent, person-centred approach to care. You will contribute to service development, quality improvement and the ongoing growth of this exciting new service, while supporting colleagues through supervision, teaching and shared learning.

Person Specification Essential

• Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
• Current HCPC registration
• Significant post-registration Physiotherapy experience
• Experience working at Band 6 level or above
• Experience working within rehabilitation, intermediate care, community services or a similar environment
• Experience managing complex clinical caseloads
• Strong knowledge of physiotherapy assessment and treatment
• Excellent clinical reasoning and decision-making skills
• Knowledge of rehabilitation, reablement and Home First principles
• Experience working effectively within multidisciplinary teams
• Experience supporting or supervising junior colleagues and students
• Excellent communication, organisational and time management skills
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

Desirable

• Community Physiotherapy experience
• Experience working within an Intermediate Care or Reablement service
• Experience participating in clinical audit, quality improvement or service development activities
• Experience coordinating therapy provision or acting in a clinical leadership capacity
• Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Relevant postgraduate qualification or specialist training
• Knowledge of local health and social care services

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year, guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Questions about the role? Feel free to reach out to Sam on [phone] or [e-mail].

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy, Current HCPC registration, Experience working at Band 6 level or above.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.