Specialist Community Physiotherapist

Job summary

Are you passionate about Physiotherapy and providing health care in people's own homes? Do you have the commitment to make a difference to people's lives? Are you keen to learn and develop within a rewarding Community Physiotherapy role? The Amesbury Community Team are looking for an inspirational Physiotherapist to deliver a high standard of quality care to patients within the community setting. Wiltshire Health and Care is proactive in developing community specific training and can offer a supportive and friendly environment in which to learn new skills. You will be responsible for providing highly skilled therapy care to the residents within our geographical area, promoting the health of the population, reducing the effects of ill health and disability and maximising the individuals potential for independence. You will be expected to work closely with General Practices, Social Services and other statutory and non-statutory services to meet the needs of the local population, so excellent communication skills are essential for this role. As well as bringing your clinical expertise, you will be a champion of integrated community care. You will be a strong team player, an excellent communicator who is adaptable, committed, organised and able to work well under pressure. You will support the development, implementation and maintenance of high quality safe and sustainable clinical and operational leadership under the direction of the team leaders and clinical lead.

Main duties of the job

• To lead, support and work within a multi-professional team.
• To undertake specialist and complex assessments and care planning.
• Supervise and train junior staff and students.

Please see the attached Job description for the full list of responsibilities.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs 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.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Date posted: 16 April 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: HCRGCG/TP/111228/14994

Job locations: HCRG Care Group, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 7AN

Job description Job responsibilities

As a Specialist Community Physiotherapist you'll be part of our valued team at our Amesbury Community Team.

You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Salary of £37,338 with Agenda for Change Terms and conditions with NHS Pension.
• Free tea and coffee at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

The Ideal Candidate

• MCSP Dip PT / BSc / BSc(Hons) PT / MSc Physiotherapist
• Registered as a Physiotherapist with the Health and Care Professionals Council
• Relevant Post graduate qualification
• Teaching and assessing in clinical practice
• To possess a current, valid driving licence and to be a competent driver
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Knowledge of legislation affecting professional practice
• Up to date community experience
• Case management experience
• Experience of working with adults
• Working with a multi-disciplinary team
• Leadership experience
• Teaching experience
• Knowledge of recruitment, selection & appraisal system
• Setting and monitoring standards of care
• Experience within a wide range of patient/client care groups
• To be able to communicate with people from a wide range of backgrounds
• To be able to work flexibly and sensitively
• Wide range of interpersonal and communication skills
• Competence in a wide range of physiotherapy skills
• I.T. literate
• Skills in preparing and presenting teaching sessions
• Undertake specific physiotherapy tasks requiring precision and/or intense concentration. Undertaking complex physiotherapy skills
• Manual handling skills and experience
• Ability to sensitively inform service users on complex and distressing Issues, able to support and facilitate staff In dealing with these

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.

Employer details

Employer name: HCRG Care Group

Address: HCRG Care Group, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 7AN

Employer's website: https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/