Job Introduction
We’re looking for an innovative, motivated Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our Luton Intermediate Care Rehabilitation Service.
The Intermediate Care Rehabilitation Service aims to assist service users with a range of physical and psychological needs either in their own homes or in Residential or Nursing Homes through maximising patient independence through rehabilitation and support.
You will be working closely with a wider multi-disciplinary team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Therapy Technicians and Clinical Support Staff to deliver supportive and therapeutic sessions to adults and their families to reduce hospital admission, enabling adults to stay living at home independently. You will be responsible for carrying out holistic assessments and treatment of service users through the development of personalised care plans and goals and will work flexibly to ensure the service user's wide range of needs are met.
The service operates 5 days a week throughout the year, between the hours of 08.00 and 17.00. There will be a requirement to work weekends and bank holidays within a team rota basis.
This is a community-based role within the Luton area, where you will carry out physiotherapeutic assessment, diagnosis and treatment with patients so a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is required.
If you are an established Physiotherapist looking for the next step in your career, and looking to be part of a transformational, innovative service where you can really make a difference, we would love to hear from you!
Main Responsibility
As a Band 6 Physiotherapist, your days will be varied and fulfilling and include:
- Provide an evidence-based Physiotherapy service of a high standard, to patients in a community setting
- Undertake comprehensive assessments, reassessments, care planning, rehabilitation and therapeutic care and implementation
- Use clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of evidence-based practice to inform the appropriate intervention and developing comprehensive discharge plans
- Provide professional advice and guidance to the team and others.
- Use good communication skills to work with and share information across professional and organisational boundaries.
- Managing complex and sensitive situations, ensuring patient confidentiality and responsibility for case management
- To undertake supervision and appraisal of therapy technicians and on occasion clinical education of Physiotherapy students
For a full list of responsibilities please see the attached job description
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate for this role will:
- Hold a Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- Be a Registered Physiotherapist with HCPC
- Hold a Full UK Driver’s License and have access to a car/vehicle as this is a community-based role
- Have previous post qualification experience working in a health and social care environment
- Demonstrates experience in a people management role
- Have a depth of knowledge of principles and practices within physiotherapy.
Package Description
We are looking for a Community Physiotherapist to join our Luton based team who have recently been rated as Outstanding by the CQC. You will be a valued member of the team, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- A Band 6 salary with NHS Pension and full AfC terms and conditions
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday 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
- Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
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.
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