Community Physiotherapist Rotation - Band 6

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Community Physiotherapist (Rotational Post Band 6)

We are offering an exciting career opportunity for an experienced physiotherapist to join our well-established Community Physiotherapy Team, working in a number of specialties, including D2A and home-based rehabilitation, Urgent Care Response Therapy, community physiotherapy, inpatient rehab, stroke and neurology (LTC) as well as opportunities to work alongside community falls service.

You will join our forward-thinking multidisciplinary teams to deliver high quality patient care, tailored to meet the patient’s needs in a variety of settings. You will be assessing and treating patients with a diverse range of conditions and multi-pathologies in a number of clinical settings. You may see people only once following surgery through to patients living with complex and long-term conditions, including the frail elderly.

You will be asked to provide expert opinion whether a patient can remain within their home with additional support or require hospital admission. As your caseload will be varied, experience in all core rotations with evidence of working with older people and the multidisciplinary team is essential.

This post is based at Honor Oak Health Centre, 20 Turnham Road SE4 2LA.

You will be required to assess the patient’s physical, social and psychological needs in discussion with the patient, carers and the multidisciplinary team. You will formulate and implement treatment plans and delegate tasks to the rehabilitation assistants as appropriate.

Good IT, written and verbal communication skills are important to liaise with a wide range of healthcare professions, the patients and their carers. You will need to be flexible, able to work alone and as part of a team and will be required to travel across the borough via car or other means (e.g bicycle). Community experience is desired but not essential.

Continuing Professional Development is encouraged through the online appraisal system. Senior and peer support is available at all times, and you are encouraged to take part in the regular in-service education programme.

We praise ourselves as being a very open and friendly MDT. Current rotational staff have expressed how much they have enjoyed their rotations in the community setting as it provided the opportunity to place the patients at the heart of their intervention and required a much more holistic therapy and management approach. Staff are using mobile working for more flexible working.

Our People Are Our Greatest Asset. When We Feel Supported And Happy At Work, This Positivity Reaches Those Very People We Are Here For, The Patients. Engaged Employees Perform At Their Best And Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives Contribute To Cultivate a Culture Of Engagement. We Have Four Staff Networks, a Corporate EDI Team And a Suite Of Programmes And Events Which Aim To Insert The 5 Aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development.
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability.
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability.
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development.
5. Making equalities mainstream.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Theresa Agbeni Job title: Lead Community Physiotherapist Email address: theresa.agbeni1@nhs.net Telephone number: 07887 633 356