Urgent Community Response Physiotherapist - South West

Shropshire Community Health Nhs Trust; Little Stretton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health services provider in the UK is seeking a Community Physiotherapist to join the Urgent Community Response & Virtual Wards service. The role involves delivering treatment plans in patients' homes and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure effective rehabilitation. Ideal candidates will have full registration and relevant experience in physiotherapy. A commitment to patient care and teamwork is essential.

Qualifications

• Full and current registration as a Physiotherapist and relevant clinical experience.
• Excellent assessment and intervention skills to plan and evaluate rehabilitation.
• Understanding of Health and Social care provision and ability to work with other organisations and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver treatment/care plans to service users in their own homes.
• Provide goal-focused rehabilitation and complex discharge planning.
• Collaborate with the Multidisciplinary Team.

Skills

Physiotherapy skills

Excellent assessment skills

Interpersonal and communication skills

Understanding of Health and Social care provision

Education

Full and current registration as a Physiotherapist

Job description

Overview

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office. Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £41,700. For a limited number of clinical posts (listed here), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying. Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Urgent Community Response & Virtual Wards service as a Community Physiotherapist. The post will form part of a seven day service based within one of the Trust''s locality teams. The service provides patients who are experiencing an acute change in their health a safe and effective alternative to hospital admission, supported by a mixture of face-to-face visits and digital technology.

Responsibilities

• Work as a Physiotherapist to deliver a recommended and agreed treatment/care plan to service users in their own homes.
• Provide excellent assessment and intervention to plan, develop and evaluate goal-focused rehabilitation and reablement programs, as well as complex discharge planning.
• Collaborate with the Multidisciplinary Team including consultant, GP, Pharmacist, Nurses, Therapists, and Health Care Support Workers.
• Demonstrate high standards of evidence-based clinical practice.
• Prioritise workload, manage time effectively, and work flexibly within the team.

Qualifications and Skills

• Full and current registration as a Physiotherapist and relevant clinical experience.
• Excellent assessment and intervention skills; ability to plan and evaluate rehabilitation and reablement programs and complex discharge planning.
• Understanding of Health and Social care provision and ability to work with other organisations and stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to work with and across teams.
• Strong commitment to values and behaviours; positive, can-do attitude.

About Us and Additional Information

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff. Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people. The Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life—and a good work life/home life balance.