Job Overview
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a
Senior Community Physiotherapist to join our dedicated and supportive Community Therapy Team.
Specialising in long term disease management including, PD, MS and dementia, long term rehab, complex equipment, falls and frailty you will be supported by your team's MDT and B7 PT and OT Team Leads. You will receive regular supervision and be supported with a comprehensive induction to the team and community.
You will manage your own caseload, get involved in service development and provide clinical & operational supervision to junior staff. We will support you with your ongoing CPD including specialist study days, Masters modules in relevant subjects and clinical supervision to name but a few. We are proud of our accomplishments, our strong MDT approach and our constant evolution and development.
The wider Intermediate Care Team is a 7 day service, providing input between the hours of 8am-9pm, however, Community Therapies largely functions across an 8am - 6pm working pattern, Mon-Fri.
Ability to drive is essential for this Community role.
We would happily welcome your visit to meet the team and Team Leads, talk to the other clinicians and non-registered staff in the teams prior to your application and/or interview.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties of the Job
- Undertake comprehensive clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients on the caseload, including those with acute, complex, and/or chronic conditions, taking into account varied diagnoses, prognoses, and rehabilitation potential.
- Provide evidence-based interventions in line with best practice, including public health education, falls prevention and management, chronic disease management, rehabilitation, and equipment assessment and prescription.
- Develop person-centered rehabilitation goals and care plans collaboratively with patients, and where appropriate, with families and carers, to support functional independence and enable patients to remain safely at home for as long as possible.
- Deliver care as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team, contributing to and promoting the inter-disciplinary working model within the intermediate care service.
- Provide clinical input, advice, and support to colleagues across disciplines to ensure high-quality, coordinated, and holistic care.
- Ensure accurate documentation and communication of patient progress, treatment outcomes, and care planning decisions.
- Actively contribute to health promotion, early intervention strategies, and admission avoidance initiatives in the community.
- Maintain up-to-date clinical knowledge and skills through continuing professional development, supervision, and participation in training and audit.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
To provide high-quality, patient-centered physiotherapy services in the community, focusing on assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and admission avoidance. The post holder will manage a varied caseload, contribute to service development, and support junior staff through supervision and clinical leadership.
Clinical Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive assessments of patients’ physical, functional, and psychosocial needs.
- Develop, implement, and review individualized treatment and rehabilitation plans to support patients in achieving their goals.
- Assess for and prescribe necessary equipment, aids, and adaptations to promote safety and independence.
- Provide treatment interventions in line with best clinical practice and patient-centered goals.
- Monitor patient progress, identify changes in condition, and escalate any signs of deterioration appropriately.
- Support safe and effective discharge planning, including from Frimley Park Hospital and other acute settings, aiming to reduce hospital admissions.
- Deliver crisis interventions and rapid response to patients at risk of admission.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HCPC registered Physiotherapist
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Physiotherapy
- Able to demonstrate evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- Clinical educator trainings
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience
- Leadership experience
Desirable criteria
- Both community and inpatient experience
- Experience of appraisal supervision & recruitment processes
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge about best clinical practice in community and rehabilitation
- Knowledge of key drivers nationally re: integrated care and intermediate care
- Ability to assess, plan, and evaluate the rehabilitation needs of patients and progress to effective outcomes
- Effective and varied communication skills
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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